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SAME HONOLULU MONTHLY MEETING - 9 Sept 2008. Hale Ikena, Fort Shafter Topic: "Iraqi Reconstruction" 2008 SAME Honolulu Officers and Directors Congratulations to the 2008 Honolulu Post President Todd Barnes, and the 2008 Officers and Directors. Click here for the roster. AMEC's June briefing on "Andersen AFB, Guam North Runway Repair Project, Lessons Learned" is now available. Click here for a copy. MONDIALOGO ENGINEERING AWARD - largest worldwide contest for student engineers. This worldwide competition is aimed at developing ideas and design project proposals for sustainable solutions to problems in developing countries. The focus is on the design of innovative technologies to reduce poverty, promote sustainable development and address other United Nations Millennium Development Goals, in such fields as environmental protection, energy, water supply and sanitation, waste management, use of natural resources, medical care, nutrition, housing, hygiene, disaster protection, mobility, communication and climate change. ---------------------- SAME Honolulu post 2008 meeting and event schedule is now posted. Click here for the 2008 schedule. Special thanks to Todd Barnes for arranging another year of exciting speakers and topics. More Events |
SAME Honolulu December 2008 Highlights
The Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning (HSWAC) project involves installing a 63-inch high-density polyethylene pipe offshore of Honolulu to a depth of 1,600 feet, a distance approximately four miles. Cold seawater (~45º F) at the rate of 44,000 gallons per minute will be pumped through a heat exchanger and returned to the ocean through a second pipe. The cold seawater will receive the heat from a freshwater distribution network beneath the streets of Downtown Honolulu, which will be used to cool approximately 65 buildings. The following project descriptions summarize the HSWAC project. * 63-inch HDPE intake pipeline / 55-inch HDPE discharge - Will include chillers to maintain a consistent chilled water temperature of 44°F Click here for the PowerPoint presentation given at the December 9 meeting. Note the February 2009 Century of the Pacific military engineering conference to be held in Honolulu from February 24-26, 2009. This will be a premier Pacific military engineering conference, with speakers and attendees from the Pacific Rim. Visit the conference website at http://samehonolulu.org/COP/COP1.html to register for the conference, and sign up for booths and sponsorships. The brief for the January 13, 2009 SAME monthly meeting will be 1991 Iraq Invasion of Kuwait – Environmental Impact. The 11:30 lunch meeting will be held at the Hale Ikena, Ft. Shafter. To RSVP, please contact Amy.I.Tashiro@usace.army.mil.
University of Hawaii, Engineering Day, November 15, 2008
SAME November 4, 2008 Meeting
President, Todd Barnes, introduced Custom Mechanical Systems, Corp. (CMS), a sustaining member recently joined the SAME Honolulu Post. A brief on CMS was presented by Leon De Souza. CMS was incorporated in July 2004 and is headquartered in Indiana. Certified as an 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged Business, CMS has performed construction projects in over 20 states and office locations in six states. The Tri-Service Presentation started with COL Howard Killian, Deputy Director, Installation Command – Pacific discussing energy-saving initiatives taken by the US Army. CAPT Chris Honkomp, Vice Commander, NAVFAC Pacific was next to explain the energy programs within the US Navy. To conclude, COL Dave Maharrey, Chief, Civil Engineer Operations, Pacific Air Forces talked about the energy programs implemented by the US Air Force. An energy agreement among the State of Hawaii, DCCA and Hawaiian Electric, Inc. (HEI) was recently signed by Governor Linda Lingle and representatives from DCCA and HEI. The vision for the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is to “encourage all stakeholders in Hawaii in creating a path to a sustainable, flexible, and vibrant State economy that by 2030 is based on clean energy resources for 70% or more of its energy needs, and to serve as an integrated clean energy model for the US and communities globally.” Among the 13 key points in the energy agreement, the following are some of the major initiatives:
For the Army energy program, five initiatives have been implemented to conserve energy:
The Navy has been issuing Resource Efficiency Managers (REMs) contracts that have produced substantial savings by advocating energy awareness, and implementing energy projects and operational efficiency. CAPT Honkomp briefly explained the Joint DOD Hawaii Distributed Generation Initiative and gave an overview of the renewable energy projects done by the Navy. The NOAA Pacific Region Center on Ford Island was featured as one of the facilities being built by the Navy using many of the sustainable design concepts. The Air Force’s energy strategic plan components include the following:
PowerPoint presentations given at this Tri-Service Presentation on Energy can be downloaded from the following links:
Note the February 2009 Century of the Pacific military engineering conference to be held in Honolulu from February 24-26, 2009. This will be a premier Pacific military engineering conference, with speakers and attendees from the Pacific Rim. Early registration for the conference is December 17, 2008. Visit the conference website at http://samehonolulu.org/COP/COP1.html to register for the conference, and sign up for booths and sponsorships. The brief for the December 9 SAME monthly meeting will be Deep Water Well Cooling Plans for Honolulu Downtown District. The 11:30 lunch meeting will be held at the Hale Ikena, Ft. Shafter. To RSVP, please contact Amy.I.Tashiro@usace.army.mil. SAME October 14, 2008 Meeting
Pacific Partnership is an annual Pacific Fleet led Humanitarian Assistance mission. In summer of 2008, Pacific Fleet deployed the USNS Mercy, a Hospital Ship, and conducted both medical and engineering humanitarian assistance in the Philippines, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, and Chuuck in Micronesia. Engineering efforts were primarily carried out by US Navy Seabees with NAVFAC support and centered on renovations and construction of community centers, medical clinics, schools and training facilities. Conditions at the region where the Humanitarian Assistance mission occurred are prone for terrorism to thrive (e.g., economic distress, ethnic and religious issues, fragile governance, weak democracy, human rights abuses, etc.). One of the main purposes of the mission is to “win hearts and minds” of the people in the region. The Pacific Partnership aims to build regional stability through capacity-building operations, such as civil affairs and military-to-military training; engineering and humanitarian support; medical, dental and veterinarian civil action programs; security training for border and coastal areas; and maritime training with host nations. Short-term assistance includes providing clean water, functional schools, improved roadways, and improved medical facilities. Long-term regional focus includes enabling Partner Nations to secure their homeland and contribute to a prosperous future. CAPT Cariello provided an overview of the Pacific Partnership program and shared his experience in participating in the mission. Lt. Jake McIlvaine of NAVFAC Hawaii also shared his experience in carrying out the mission in the Philippines. At the end of the mission, three objectives were accomplished: 1. Host Nations, Partner Nations and NGOs seek further participation in Pacific Partnership. Click HERE for the PowerPoint presentation given at the October 14 meeting.
SAME September 9th Meeting SAME Honolulu’s September 9th meeting started with a moment of silence for the four Coast Guard members lost to a helicopter accident on Sept 4th. The feature presentation was given by LTC Jason Tanaka, of the US Army, who recently retired after 21 years of active duty service. The presentation provided the Colonel's perspective on the Iraqi Reconstruction Program based on his year tour with USACE Gulf Region South District from August 2006 - August 2007. Topics discussed were, 1. The essential cooperation of the US military, DOD civilian volunteers, Iraqi engineers, and the local Iraqi contractors. 2. The different types of projects including security buildings, electrical distribution, roads, water systems, and health care buildings. 3. Difficultly of movement between projects sites, and the reliance on security teams. 4. The overall goal of building up the capacity of Iraq. Thanks to LTC Tanaka for the informative presentation. SAME Honolulu August Highlightshts SAME Honolulu’s August 12 meeting was a joint meeting with ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers). SAME Honolulu President Todd Barnes and ASCE President-Elect Mike Hunnemann welcomed 72 attendees.
Todd Barnes presented Joel Hendrix with SAME’s Koa surfboard and reminded the audience that SAME Honolulu’s disaster Readiness Plan is available at its website: Also at the meeting, Jerry Matsuda, Chair of SAME Honolulu’s Century of the Pacific Conference updated attendees on plans for the February 24 and 25 conference and fund raising golf tournament.
Congratulations to the 2008 SAME Honolulu Scholarship Winners Congratulations to the 2008 SAME Honolulu Scholarship Winners 1) Mr. Collin Carlos, Konawaena High School - UH Manoa 2) Miss Jessica Greenough, Iolani High School - Colorado School of Mines 3) Mr. Mark Guirao, Waimea High School 4) Mr. Aaron S. Haque, Moanalua High School 5) Mr. Dionicio A. Labayog, Jr, Farrington High School 6) Mr. Julian Yuen, Farrington High School - MIT
2008 PACIFIC INDUSTRY FORUM and ANNUAL SAME GOLF TOURNAMENT
The 2008 tourney was extremely successful. This year we had 110 golfers and a 25% increase in fund raising. Also, at the reception, Post Presideny CDR Wykle was commended on a year well done. This was our first order of business. The group gave their aloha as this was his last formal duty as our post leader.
Speakers included: Brigadier General John Peabody, USA, CDR Roger Wykle, Col Bill Corson, Capt Richard Cook, Jerry Matsuda, and Capt Pat Rios.
Brigadier General John Peabody, USA. Click here for his brief - part 1, part 2, part 3. CDR Wykle and Col Corson. Click here for April 8 Monthly meeting
Featured speakers from Forest City Hawaii and Actus Lend Lease briefed on the status of military housing privatization on Oahu.
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The meeting’s feature speaker was Joel Hendrix, Chief of Emergency Management Office, Honolulu District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Hendrix is responsible for preparing the Honolulu District to respond to natural disasters and military contingencies. He is part of the national Emergency Support Function 3 (ESF-3) Team Leaders for the USACOE and has been the program manager or responder to over 80 major disaster declarations. Joel Hendrix delivered an highly informative presentation on the affects of category 3 and 4 hurricanes striking Hawaii. The presentation included results of computer models and gave projections on homes damaged, requirements for temporary housing, damaged roofs, and cubic yard of debris. 
On May 13, CDR Roger Wykle welcomed over 70 guests and sponsors to the 2008 Pacific Industry Forum, held at the Ala Moana Hotel. This year's forum featured distinguished speakers who briefed on military construction and infrastructure plans for the Pacific.
Capt Pat Rios. 
The Pacific's premier military engineer conference, February 2009. 
