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THE 2013 ASME FRANCIS RHODES MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITIONThe ASME Hawaii Francis Rhodes

Montgomery (FRM) Design Competition washeld May 3, 2013 in Hawaii Institute ofGeophysics HIG 110 on the University ofHawaii at Manoa Campus. This annual event iscosponsored by the Department of MechanicalEngineering (DME), University of Hawaii atManoa, and the ASME Hawaii Francis R.Montgomery Foundation. One of the biggestFRM Design Competition lasting over six hours,eleven project teams from the DME CapstoneME 482 Senior Design course competed forthree cash prizes. First place and $500 went tothe 808Formula team, in second place andreceiving $300 was the Magnetic FieldSimulator team, and third place and $200 to theSAE Micro Aero Design West 2013 team. Alleleven teams including 56 mechanical engi-neering students performed outstandinglyaccording to the judges, making finals scoresvery close.

Since 1987, ASME Hawaii has worked withthe DME, to host the Francis RhodesMontgomery Design Competition for the ME481/482 Senior Design Courses. This is a two-sequence mechanical engineering designcourse starting with ME 481 and sometimesfunded in the past by various organizationssuch as REHAB Hospital of the Pacific, Officeof Naval Research, Boeing Co., Ltd., and theUHM DME. This year a new supporter is theHawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) throughtheir connections with Dr. A. Zachary Trimble.

The student project teams compete before apanel of practicing mechanical engineerjudges in an oral project presentation anddemonstration judged on the basis of technicalcontent, originality of concept and resolution of

design problems, and effectiveness of the pro-totype. Besides helping to recognize andreward innovative design efforts and the prac-ticality of the design, the competition encour-ages the students to practice communicationalskills to develop the ability to present a designproject in a clear and understandable mannerlater in their professional careers.

As for accomplishing Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) accredita-tion requirements, the competition provides theDME third-party (practicing engineer judges)verification documents of the effectiveness ofthe DME program. The judges this year includ-ed Mechanical Engineers Victor Bolin, KoryIkeda, and Major General Robert G.F. Lee, U.S.Army (Retired). General Lee is the 2013 recipi-ent of the HCES Lifetime Achievement Award.He was the ASME-HI Chairman 1985-1986. Hewas also one of the organizers of the FrancisRhodes Montgomery Design Competition backin 1987, and was a trustee of the MontgomeryFoundation for many years after. It made sensethat he return this year as a judge to see howmuch the competition and projects havechanged.

Victor Bolin graduated from UHM with aMSME. He now works at Hawaiian ElectricCompany, Inc. as a Controls Engineer in theirTechnical Services Division of Power SupplyEngineering Department. Kory Ikeda is the cur-rent ASME-HI Chairman. He was a classmateof Bolin at the UHM and is employed byHawaiian Dredging Construction Company.Ikeda served as the spokesperson for ASMEproviding background and history of the com-petition.

The following are synopses of the designprojects. The project abstracts can be found atthe ASME Hawaii website athttp://sections.asme.org/hawaii/frmdc.html.

The First Three Design Projects808Formula, Formula SAE Race Vehicle -

This project received the $500 first placeaward. Team members included John Blewitt,David Horton, Blake Iinuma, Shohan Islam,Kelly Koike, David Lebowitz, Darren Lee,Gaven Manalo, Brenden Minei, RossNakahara, Tadd Oshiro, BrandonPiriyakarnjanakul, Harold Shimono, andBrennan Yamamoto. The project goal was todesign a single-rider, open wheel, rear-wheeldrive vehicle capable of producing upwards of100HP, accelerating from 0-60 MPH in lessthan 4 seconds and attaining a potential totalweight of less than 500 lbs. In order to achievethis level of performance, the components hadto be designed and analyzed employing allaspects of mechanical engineering.

Magnetic Field Simulator - This projectreceived the $300 second place award. Teammembers included Lawrence Leung, JarrodNg, and Liang Xue. In association with theHSFL, the goal was to develop a MagneticField Simulator for a microsatellite based onHelmholtz coils. The simulator will assist HSFLin its satellite development activities by con-structing a cost effective computer-controlled“Helmholtz Chamber” for a satellite test bedthat will be able to simulate Earth’s magneticfield.

SAE Micro Aero Design West 2013 - Thisproject received the $200 third place award,

First place 808Formula team all 14 of them.

Second Place Mag Simulator team, L-R:Lawrence Leung, Jarrod Ng, and LiangXue.

Third Place SAE Micro Aero team, L-R:Chriselle Galapon, Andy Lieu, GarricMcLean, Matthew Oishi, Shaun Pearce,Lyle Shimata, Tracie Takaki, and AmandaYamamoto.

UHM College of EngineeringDeans and ChairsDean Peter E. CrouchInterim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Bruce LiebertAssistant Dean Song K. ChoiCEE Chair Clark C.K. LiuEE Chair Wayne ShiromaME Chai Mehrdad N. Ghasemi NejhadHCAC Director Magdy IskanderHSFL Director Wayne A. Shiroma

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President: Michael Packard [email protected] President: Juanita Wolfgramm [email protected]: Brian Gibson [email protected]: Sara Toyama [email protected]: Honglong Li [email protected]

and the team members were Andy Lieu,Chriselle Galapon, Garric McLean, MatthewOishi, Shaun Pearce, Lyle Shimata, TracieTakaki, and Amanda Yamamoto. This is aSociety of Automotive Engineers (SAE) compe-tition project where the team designed, ana-lyzed, fabricated, and tested/modified a microunmanned aircraft designed to be lightweight(~0.6 lbs.) and carry four times its mass (~2.5lbs.) during flight.

Other Design Projects:Other projects listed according to presenta-

tion sequence included:• Cold-gas Propulsion for Small Satellite

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Attitude Control, Station Keeping, andDeorbit. Team members included JohnFurumo, Evan Greer, Nathan Walsh, andDaniel Wukelic.

• Thermal Design, Modeling and Testing ofSolar Panels for a Low-Earth OrbitingSatellite. Team members included Camila S.Bortoluzzi, Jocelyn P. Gabriel, and CharissaHigashi.

• Solar Simulation for Solar CellPerformance Characterization. Team mem-bers included Kevin Lam, Eugene Nam,Denton Sato, Jason Abayon, Jon Imai, andGabriel Chan.

• Laparoscopic Instrument to Facilitate theExtract of an Internal Organ. Team mem-bers were Maxfield Rausch and ValerieMencias.

• Bloodbank Retrofit. Team members wereJonathan Chinen, Thad Hee Wai, TylerKaneshiro, Cainan Shinjo, Tyson Quisano,and Geraldine Ribao.

• SAE Aero Design – Regular Class. Teammembers were Ryan Safahi, Jose E.Legaspi, Roger Young, Aaron Ogura, andDaniel Murakami.

• Smart Battery System (SBS). Jarrett S.L.Kodani, Reed Shinsato, Anthony Sylvester,and Reika Arata.

• Mana Kai Electric. Team members includedAlexei Samimi, Lehua Kamalu, and Jay-meMorita.

AcknowledgementsThe Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design

Competition was established in 1987 in memo-ry of Francis Rhodes Montgomery, retiredHawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Vice-President of Engineering, to further the field ofMechanical Engineering. The Hawaii Section isgrateful to the DME for helping to perpetuatethis competition.

Coordinating this event for the DME were Dr.Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad, DME Chair andUHM DME ABET Chair, and Dr. A. ZacharyTrimble, ASME Faculty Advisor. Both profes-sors shared in instructing the ME 482 classes,and in a way competing in instructing throughtheir teams.

Hawaii Section Meeting Highlights March 27, 2013

President Packard announced the upcomingITE and Hawaii Section elections, and providedsome candidate information. He alsoannounced that he had some flyers regardingthe Complete Streets demonstration projectthat is being planned for Mother’s Day (May 12,

2013) in Kaka’ako.Vice-President Wolfgramm introduced the

speaker, Kelly Cruz from the City & County ofHonolulu Department of TransportationServices.

Ms. Cruz presented information on the TyreGrip product that was recently installed onTantalus and Round Top Drives in reaction toneighborhood complaints regarding racing,speeding, and drifting that was occurring onthose roadways. She showed a few video clipsof the product being applied. Some of theissues that occurred following installation were:1) problems with loose gravel, 2) graffiti on theCurve Warning signs and chevrons, 3) and thecommunity requesting removal of the addition-al signage. She then took a few questions fromthe audience. Ms. Cruz said the estimatedlifespan of the product is about 5 years.

Ms. Cathy Leong announced the status ofthe ITE Western District Student EndowmentFund and that the Hawaii Section had madeanother donation to the fund, bringing its levelof support to Gold status.

President Packard announced that theStudent Chapter at the University of Hawaii atManoa no longer had any active students, soencouraged those present to contact him ifthey knew of anyone who might be interested inbeing involved in ITE.

Hawaii Section Officer Meeting Highlights May 2, 2013Topic: Elections

Treasurer Toyama is changing jobs, but is stillrunning for Secretary.

Vice-President Wolfgramm is not running foroffice due to personal conflicts. PresidentPackard is willing to run again for President tofill the gap in the slate of candidates.

Secretary Gibson is running for Vice-President.

Member Robert Nehmad is running forTreasurer.

The position of Director is typically filled bythe past-president, but does not have to be. Mr.Yoshida indicated that he is willing to serve inthat capacity.

Topic: Annual MeetingThe Annual Meeting will be on June 19th at

SSFM International from 11:30 am until 1:00pm. Lunch will be catered in. On the agendawill be the guest speaker, ITE InternationalPresident Zaki Mustafa, announcement of theelection results, and the swearing in of the newofficers.

Topic: Increasing ITE Hawaii’s VisibilityIt was decided that ITE Section shirts would

be provided for current and new officers goingforward, but not Chairs. This is intended toincrease ITE’s local visibility and be an incen-tive for members to seek office. Officers willalso receive durable name tags with magneticclosures, while members will be provided stick-er name tags at meetings.

Regarding a banner, no need had been iden-tified, so it will not be purchased.

Several ideas for fields trips were also dis-cussed.

Topic: Student InvolvementPresident Packard expressed his desire to

meet at UHM at least once in the coming yearto help stir student involvement in ITE.Assigned Tasks: 1) President Packard will coor-dinate at least one meeting, possibly more, atUHM in the autumn or winter.

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Officers/BoDirectors for 2012-2014President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PEVP/Pres-Elect: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIASecretary: Krizlle Jane C. MabutiTreasurer: Riza Marie R. Gatdula

http://www.hawaiispe.org/2012-2013 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Manny Lanuevo, P.E. [email protected]. Elect: Joelle Dubois, P.E. [email protected] Pres.: Darren Okimoto, P.E. [email protected]: Soo Choi, P.E. [email protected]: Nathan Yuen, P.E. [email protected] Pres.: Kurt Kunimune, P.E. [email protected]

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CMAA Hawaii Chapterhttp://hawchapter.cmaanet.org

OfficersPresident Mike Young 836-7787 [email protected] Pres Tim Bramsen 592-1116 [email protected] Wesley Wong 440-0217 [email protected] Neil Kaneshiro 562-308-8734 [email protected]

The HSPE Education Foundation golf tourna-ment fundraiser for Hawaii State Mathcounts isjust around the corner - June 28, 2013 at theWaikele Country Club. Fliers have been sentout and are also available on the HSPE websiteand HCES website.

We hope you can participate by putting ateam together and via sponsorships and/ordonations.

As you may know the HSPEEF golf tourna-ment is the premier fundraising event for theannual Hawaii State Mathcounts competition.

In its 25 plus year history, the MATHCOUNTSCompetition has reached out to thousands of6th, 7th, and 8th graders from over 60 publicand private middle schools on Oahu, Kauai,Maui, Molokai, and the Big Island. Mathcountsoffers an exciting opportunity to the youth ofour State, with the hope of leading themtowards the exciting fields of science, engi-neering, technology, and math.

The golf tournament registration deadline isJune 14, 2013; however, if you would like toparticipate, we will not turn you away!

Mahalo.

2013 Pacific Industry Forum andScholarship Golf Tournament

Over 150 individuals participated in SAMEHonolulu’s Pacific Industry Forum andScholarship Golf Tournament on May 8 and 9.The Forum, held at the Ala Moana Hotel,brought together SAME sustaining and individ-ual members, non-members, and senior lead-ers from the Federal, State and CountyGovernments for program briefings, a lun-cheon, and small business opportunities.Program briefings were provided by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Air Force, NAV-FAC Pacific, Pacific Command, and variousState of Hawaii and City & County of Honoluluagencies.

The golf tournament, held on May 9 at theKaneohe Klipper Golf Course, generated thou-sands of dollars for the SAME HonoluluScholarship Program, which provides scholar-ships to deserving students majoring in theengineering or architecture fields.

A big mahalo goes out to the Pacific IndustryForum committee, including LCDR PrestonTaylor (NAVFAC Hawaii), Will Boudra (ForestCity), Julie Chen (ECC), Jodie Cordero (TetraTech), Shae Grimm (AECOM), LTJG DanielGroszek (NAVFAC Hawaii), Eric Jensen (TetraTech), Reid Perry, and Mark Tawara(Marketability).

CMAA Hawaii is very pleased to announceour Chapter’s 2nd Annual Mini Conference onWednesday, June 19th, at Hale Ikena on FortShafter. The conference will run a half daystarting with registration/lunch at 11:30 AM andincludes five exciting ConstructionManagement related presentations. Followingthe presentations, we will have a chapter socialhour (pupus provided). The speakers/topicsinclude:• Richard Andrews (Neutral Intervention &

Facilitation) / Utilizing Stakeholders

HIGHLIGHTS:BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT – The April

27 FALEA’S “B-Ballers for College Scholars”basketball tournament at the Pearl City HighSchool Gymnasium was a huge success. Thetournament had 8 teams divided into 2 pools of4 teams each. Each team played 3 games min-imum. Each team played every other team inround-robin competition per pool. The top 2teams in each pool played in a single elimina-tion tournament, the playoffs. There were 2semi-final games matching the first place teamfrom each pool against the 2nd place teamfrom the other pool. The winner of each semi-final team – in this case Island Green team andRed Horse Team - challenged each other in thechampionship game. The winner, Red HorseTeam, was declared the winner of the tourna-ment. Congratulations! This tournament was a“first” for FALEA under Jeoffrey Cudiamat’sadministration & generated additional funds forour Scholarship Program. From all indicationsbased on comments & feedback, it appearsthat it will be repeated next year. It was truly aneffort by everyone involved. Gene Albano, Co-Chair for the event, says: “Thank you so verymuch to everyone who came out to help &especially those who participated in the veryentertaining basketball games.” It is worth not-ing that a team he recruited was unable to par-ticipate due to insufficient number of players,but the company instead donated $500 to theFALEA Foundation. That’s the spirit! Jeoffreyalso gave special thanks to the following:Gene, for taking care of trophies & waiverforms, recruiting teams, bringing food & help-ing with all of the planning; John, Riza, Nick,Elvi, Frank, Gene’s sister Rose, & Ramon’sfriends for scorekeeping which is not easy todo & requires lots of attention; Suzie, Tez, Elvi,Gene, Gil, Frank, Cheryl, Angie, & Ramon forthe food & supplies provided at the concessionstand; Rigel, for stepping up as a volunteersupplying tables & helping out from early in themorning to the end of the day; Krizelle, for pick-ing up the trophies; Ramon, for the menu signs;John, for the miscellaneous supplies; and thenumerous people, members & family, for help-ing in the concession stand. He also says,“With all the donations, concession stand rev-enues, and entry fees, we raised some moneyin just one day for our organization…it was agood event for the various A/E/C groups tohave fun and build camaraderie!”

FALEA’S ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT –Chairperson Angie Armas needs help fromeveryone. June 7 is the deadline for turning inTeam Entries, Tee Sponsors, Major Sponsors,and Donors for our 6th Annual ScholarshipOpen Golf Tournament. All proceeds will go tothe FALEA Foundation Scholarship Program tobenefit students in engineering, architecture,

• Stuart Ujimori (City & County of Honolulu) /Lessons Learned on WastewaterConstruction Projects

• Norman Takeya (Honolulu CommunityCollege) / 3D Printing

• Brennon Morioka (HART) / CM Opportunitiesand HART

• Dave Conover (HDR/CMAA National) / CMCertification Registration is available on-line. The link

below will take you to the conference info/reg-istration form:https://docs.google.com/spread-sheet/viewform?formkey=dDhhR2pDMTd3emxpeWdOemo5QUdTM3c6MA#gid=0

Deadline for registration is June 7. Pleasebring a canned good to support the HawaiiFoodbank.

Save the date for the 2nd Annual CMAAScholarship Golf Tournament scheduled forOctober 4, 2013 at Leilehua Golf Course.

Please also take note of the revised dates forthe CMAA National Conference in Las Vegas,October 27-29, 2013.

Please visit the CMAA Hawaii website foradditional information about upcoming eventsand how you can get involved with CMAA.

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2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Brian Kung 488-7579 [email protected] President Ethan Okuna 945-0198 [email protected] Annette Wong 543-5603 [email protected] Renee Ishisaka 531-1308 [email protected] President Wesley Segawa 935-4677 [email protected]

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po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and ArchitectsWEB address: http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home

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EAH’s new meeting location is at the MangoGrill in the Topa Tower (Ewa tower on FortStreet ) in the Topa Financial Center (OldAMFAC Bldg). Parking is available (enterfrom Nimitz). The WEB site has been updatedto provide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays).

Meetings start at NOON and have endedPROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years.

Program schedule may be adjusted, callSam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739 Fax203-1335.

$10.00 Members, $12.00 Guest (AllWelcome), Students Free, Bring Your OwnLunches Welcome, Drink Refreshments arecompliamentary. A $2.00 donation is verygratefully appreciated!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGMay 1, 2013

General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events:

The SEAOH Annual Convention 2013 will beheld at the Hawaii Prince Hapuna BeachResort on October 3, 4 and 5 2013. Check theSEAOH website for additional information andtentative program. Vendors interested in hav-ing an exhibit, please contact Mike Nishikawaat (808)-226-3574 or [email protected].

By- LawsVoting results for the Amendment to SEAOH

By-Laws regarding Life Membership dues:SEAOH Board received a total of 70 votes.

The votes were 62 Yes and 8 No. The revisionto SEAOH By-Laws went in effect May 1, 2013and Subsection (d) under Article III, Section 2will read as follows: “(d) LIFE MEMBERs duesshall be one-half (1/2) that of MEMBERS,unless the LIFE MEMBER is retired. LIFE MEM-BERS who are retired shall be exempt fromannual dues. Retired shall be defined as notholding an office outside the home.”

Life Time MembershipCongratulations to Dennis Hanatani and

Rodney Yamamoto for becoming LifeMembers.

Legislative CommitteeHB763-HD1-SD1-CD1 is approved by the

Legislature. The compromise bill adds 3 mem-bers (BIA/GCA, Subcontractors Association ofHawaii, and DBEDT) to the State Building CodeCouncil (SBCC), removes one member (DOH),and clarifies that the Legislature can authorizethe Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to spend itsfunds on the SBCC when appropriate.

Golf CommitteeThe SEAOH golf tournament is tentatively

scheduled for August 30, 2013 at the WaikeleGolf Course. If you are interested in participat-ing, please contact Tim Goshi at [email protected].

Building Codes CommitteeSEAOH is considering providing support

towards the development of the probabilistictsunami design maps for incorporation in thefuture ASCE codes.

Missing Members:Please contact Membership Chairperson,

Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or email [email protected]), or any of the SEAOH Officers ifyou have a new mailing and/or email address.

Hawaii Chapter SFPE to CreateProfessional Practice Committee

The broad purpose of the committee with beto deal with issues affecting practicing fire pro-tection engineers on both a local, national andinternational basis. Topics with which HawaiiSFPE is currently involved that would fall underthe purview of this committee would be profes-sional licensing issues, support of the FPE PEExam, and PE Exam Preparation. A new initia-tive to be undertaken by this committee will beto liaison with agencies that use fire protectionengineering services. Through this liaisonSFPE Hawaii will address issues affecting ourmembers with the goal of improving the level offire protection engineering services providedto all. Participation will not be limited to SFPEmembers.

Let me know if you are interested. In thenear future we will be contacting you to attendan organization meeting.

Aloha, Samuel S. Dannaway, PEOffice Tel: 808 526-9019Email: [email protected]: www.ssdafire.com

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERAL/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGDate: June 11, 2013 TentativeTime: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue

CafeteriaAgenda: TBA

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks, as usual. Pleasecontact Chairman Kory Ikeda or SecretaryRaymond Liu for directions and for more infor-mation, such as parking. The ASME-HI websitewill have the latest meeting information.

2013 FRANCIS R. MONTGOMERY DESIGNCOMPETITION

The Design Competition occurred on FridayMay 3, 2013 on the UH at Manoa campus from12 noon to 6:00 p.m. It was a long day forjudges Victor Bolin, Kory Ikeda, and MajorGeneral Robert G.F. Lee, US Army (Retired),and the Hawaii Section and Department ofMechanical Engineering, UHM, are grateful fortheir assistance and dedication. SectionChairman Kory Ikeda did a very professionaljob for the opening and closing of the competi-tion.

2013 BALLOTS AND SURVEYS RESULTSAcceptance of the submittals closed on April

19, 2013. The Hawaii Section 2013-2014Officers and Directors are Chairman KoryIkeda, Vice-Chair Derick Kam, Treasurer KevinDang, Secretary Derek Sato, and DirectorsJohn Ahern, James Grogan, Chester Kaitoku,and Raymond Liu. Ballots and surveysreceived included 17 via SurveyMonkey.comand one via USPS. This was another typical lowresponse from the membership, as expected.

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The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,June 5, 2013. Contact 2013 SEAOH President,Brian Kung (488-7579, [email protected]) formore information.

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2012-2013 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Ian Arakaki 596-7790 email: [email protected] Elect Brian Enomoto 388-5559 email: [email protected] President Glenn Miyasato 488-7579 email: [email protected] Benjamin Rasa 497-6209 email: [email protected] Tim Goshi 533-2210 [email protected] President Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133 email: [email protected]

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for Wednesday, June 5th, 6:00 p.m. at Tsunami.If you are interested in attending to find outwhat the YMF is all about, contact YMF [email protected].

JUNE DINNER MEETINGTopic: Honolulu Board of Water Supply

(BWS) Water Master Plan andCapital Improvement Program

Speaker: Ron Wada, Assistant ChiefInformation Officer, BWS, and DaveJochim, Stepp Consulting, Inc.

BWS is embarking on a 30-yr capitalimprovement program (CIP) designed toaddress the needs of its water system at anaffordable cost, and is preparing a WaterMaster Plan to identify water system needs, pri-orities and implementation logistics. The WaterMaster Plan will include an extensive capacityanalysis and condition assessment of itspipelines, pump stations and reservoirs, and aroot cause analysis to determine causes ofwater main failures. BWS is also focusing onprocess and organizational improvementsneeded to assure capability to consistentlyexecute an annual CIP of $80 million. This pre-sentation will provide an overview of the WaterMaster Plan and technical approach to thewater system analysis, pipeline conditionassessment, and root cause analysis.Date: Thursday, June 20th, 2013Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,

Manoa ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time

6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$28.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members

Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Tim Goshi, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, KAI Hawaii, Inc., 31N. Pauahi Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii96817. Please send reservations for the dinnermeeting to Tim Goshi by Monday, June 17,2013, by phone at 533-2210 or email [email protected]. No shows will bebilled.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: May 1, 2013Next meeting: June 5, 2013

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 semi-

nars and computer workshops each year on awide variety of technical, management, andregulatory topics. These seminars are held inmore than 45 cities across the U.S. In addition,

ASCE offers customized on-site training andmany distance learning programs, includinglive interactive web/teleconference seminars,online courses and courses on CD, videotape,and audiotape. Please visit http://ascehawaii.org for complete details.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserv-ing students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Dawn Szewcyzk at 783-1119,or [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Civil Engineer VI – City and County of

Honolulu• Structural Engineer II – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Project Engineer – Hawaii Public Housing

Authority• Building Engineer IV – Hawaii Public

Housing Authority• Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Manager –

Parsons Brinckerhoff• Senior Civil Engineer – Oceanit Laboratories,

Inc. For further information on these job listings or

to find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

COMMERCIAL CLUBSam Gillie of the Hawaiian Electric Company

(HECO) is the official archivist of Engineers andArchitects of Hawaii (EAH), the descendant ofthe original Engineering Association (est.1902).

As part of his practice for keeping the mem-bership informed about the association’s pastand present, he prepares a two-sided weeklybulletin. On the front side, he includes a sum-mary of the previous week’s presentation,along with upcoming meeting announcementsand other club items. For the flip side, he picksa similar content from a previous meeting.From 1910 when regular meetings at theKapi`olani Building were discontinued to about1948, most of these meetings were held at aplace called “The Commercial Club.”

Here is an excerpt from 1929: “At the meet-ing on Friday noon, February 1st. to be held atthe Commercial Club, the principal speaker willbe Lieut. S. R. Hickey, U. S. Navy, who willspeak to us about some interesting phases inconnection with the rescue work at the time ofthe sinking of the submarine S-51, with whichwork Lieut. Hickey was directly connected.”

But where was this “Commercial Club” thatwas apparently so familiar to one and all as toobviate the need for specifying an address?Did it occupy its own building or was it leasingits quarters elsewhere?

My investigation into the matter eventuallyled to the July 10, 1906 issue of the HawaiianGazette: “President Smith of the HonoluluMerchants’ Association will shortly call a meet-ing of business men to consider the propositionof staring a Commercial Club similar to those inmainland cities. A central and in every waysuitable location is available, being the entirethird floor of the McCandless building underconstruction at Bethel and King Streets.”

Designed by architect Harry Livingston Kerr,the McCandless Building has survived the var-ious redevelopment waves in downtownHonolulu and is still standing at the waikiki-makai corner of the two streets.

As for the composition of the new club, theHawaiian Star of August 11, 1906 said that itwas meant to embrace both the “Merchants’Association and the Promotion Committee.”Five days later, the same paper lauded thisunion by saying, “for one thing it ought, andprobably will, reduce the amount of ‘knocking’that goes on in regard to practically every pub-lic matter touching the business interests,because it will provide a forum where ques-tions can be thrashed out on the basis of dis-cussion and conference, making the arena of‘knocking’ unnecessary.”

Apparently, the merchants’ group and thepromotions committee, the latter being con-cerned with growing the fledging visitor indus-try and exporting Hawaiian products, had beenengaged in family feuds and rivalries over pub-lic policy priorities and business-relatedissues.

Less than a year later, on July 21, 1907, theSunday Advertiser announced that “theHonolulu Commercial Club held an informaland very pleasant opening last night. Tomorrowat noon it will begin the service of luncheonsand from thence proceed, as fast as may be, to

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ANNUAL CHISTMAS PARTY – Suzie report-ed that our venue for the December 15thChristmas Party, Pacific Beach Hotel GrandBallroom, in Waikiki, is being finalized. She’llalso be needing help and will be calling on yousoon. This will be our final activity for the year2013 in conjunction with awarding scholar-ships to deserving students as mentionedsomewhere above.

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develop all its functions.”The club occupied the entire fourth floor of

the McCandless building commanding “freshair and beautiful scenery, an electric elevatorfrom the handsome main entrance of the build-ing on Bethel street [and] a room with a tele-phone installed.” It was also reported as one ofonly a few buildings to feature a full basement.In addition, “its furniture was specially made forit by J. Hopp & Co. of Honolulu from koa wooddonated by the Hawaiian Mahogany Co.”

President Smith likened the opening of thenew club as completing a surveyor’s “triangula-tion” with “the oldest club in existence here -the Pacific, which had a long initial career asthe British Club” and the recently establishedUniversity Club, “which catered to a certainclass and did well.” Coincidentally,in last month’s article (May 2013) I happened tomention the eventual merger of these other twopoints of the triangle in 1930.

Secretary E. H. Paris emphasized that theclub was “an organization that would tend tocement the business interests of Hawaii,” itsoon evolved into a business center that pro-vided meeting, reading, entertainment and din-ing room facilities to its members and to groupswith business connections, including theEngineering Association.

The Commercial Club grew by leaps andbounds to the point that a fifth floor to the build-ing was planned in 1913 for its exclusive use inaddition to the already occupied fourth floor.On March 2, 1914, three bids for the extensionwere opened: $27,900 by Lord-YoungEngineering Co.; $29,900 by Honolulu PlaningMill; and $30,111 Spalding Construction Co.[Star Bulletin 3/5/1914].

Also designed by Kerr, the neoclassical fifthfloor is of a distinctly different architecturalstyle, texture and color scheme than the origi-nal Beaux Arts (or RichardsonianRomanesque) blue-stone building. It featuredreinforced concrete walls, although the citybuilding ordinance had no provision for thisstructural system [Pacific CommercialAdvertiser, PCA; 08/29/1914].

To complicate matters, a new building ordi-nance had been adopted by the City & CountySupervisors (the precursor of the city council)that declared “it shall be unlawful to enlarge,build upon or remove any building unless at thecompletion of such work the whole buildingand every part thereof shall conform to the pro-

visions of this ordinance.” In the midst of a live-ly debate whether to revise the ordinance byrequiring that only “the repairs or alterationsmade” and not the entire structure shall con-form to the provisions of the new ordinance,”the construction project was determined tooperate without a permanent building permit,and was also found to violate the building codeby omitting the installation of a new staircase,fire shutters on the fifth story windows and thecalled-for thickness of the old structure’s walls.J. L. Young of the Lord-Young Engineering Co.was “firmly of the opinion that the officials werenot justified in holding up the permit,” and that“the building ordinance must be interpretedwith intelligence and some technical knowl-edge of engineering. It is difficult,” he said “fora layman to get beyond the letter of this law.”Owner L. L. McCandless, a Democratic leaderwho had switched from the Republican Party in1908 and ran unsuccessfully against PrinceKuhio Kalaniana`ole for delegate to the U. s.Congress, accused city officials and Fire ChiefCharles Thurston of being motivated by “poli-tics and not law [PCA 09/20/1914].” A “promi-nent builder” and “another business man”offered opinions anonymously that supportedMcCandless’ claim in the Hawaiian Gazette(10/02/1914) by noting instances in other build-ings where infringements of the building ordi-nance (including the construction of “pent-houses” on the roof of the Honolulu Iron Worksbuilding, akin to the current project) went unen-forced.

At one point, forty laborers on the job werearrested and arraigned by the police for failureto meet the building code! Legal maneuveringensued and the question was eventuallyresolved by the courts, but exactly howremains a mystery to me: The last reference tothe case that I found appeared in both the SBand the PCA of Thursday, August 12: “Theequity case of the City and County of Honoluluagainst the McCandless Building Company willgo to trial in Circuit Judge Ashford’s court next,Monday morning.”

During the hullabaloo, Commercial Clubmembers “decided not to interfere in the con-troversy, adjudging it as concerning only theowners of the building [SB 08/28/1914]” but,nevertheless, became beneficiaries of the fifthfloor expansion once completed.

On the socio-cultural side, the CommercialClub originated as the exclusive domain ofwhite males. In fact, “it was 50 years before theclub admitted women to its annual meetings,

and it took the club just about as long tochange its Caucasian complexion and admitpersons of oriental ancestry [SB 08/21/1963].”

Plagued with dropping membership andfinancial woes, the Commercial Club closed itsdoors on August 30 of that same year, auction-ing off its belongings, including three paintingsby D. Howard Hitchcock of the “Hawaii VolcanoSchool” who years earlier, prior to attainingfame, had been allowed to pay for his mealswith them. [Honolulu Advertiser 08/31/1963].

Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE members might find interesting? Please senda brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email [email protected]).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.

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