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Dec 17

December 2014 Section Meeting

On December 17, 2014, members and friends met for happy hour and networking at Gordon Biersch as a holiday gathering. The Hawaii Section also took this opportunity to acknowledge Dr. Constantinos S. Papacostas for all his accomplishments and contributions to Transportation Engineering upon his retirement Born on the island of Cyprus, Papacostas came to the …

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Nov 17

October/November 2014 Section Meeting

On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, the Section meeting was held at the Fasi Municipal Building.  In the absence of President Pete Pascua, Director Mike Packard opened the meeting and announced that we do not have a section meeting scheduled for next month, but be on the look out for a happy hour for the month …

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Oct 15

September 2014 Section Meeting

On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, ITE Hawaii held their Section Meeting at the Kapolei State Building. Western District Secretary-Treasurer Cathy Leong announced that there is currently an RFP out to overhaul the Western District website for $10,000, if anyone is interested go to westernite.org. President Pete Pascua informed everyone that we are looking for ideas …

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Aug 15

July 2014 Annual Section Meeting

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, ITE Hawaii’s annual meeting was held at the Fasi Municipal Building. President Mike Packard opened the meeting, and turned it over to Vice President Brian Gibson. Brian introduced speaker Maaza Mekuria, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE, from the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation.  Maaza gave a PowerPoint presentation about Modeling and …

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Aug 15

May 2014 Section Meeting

President Packard opened the meeting, stating that all members should have gotten their Western ITE ballots by email.  If not, let Cathy know. Director Yoshida announced the candidates for Hawaii Section election: President – Pete Pascua Vice President – Natasha Soriano Secretary – Sara Toyama Treasurer – Robert Nehmad Vice-President Gibson introduced speaker Cyndy Aylett …

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Aug 01

2014-2015 Election Results

Congratulations to the newly elected Hawaii Section Board! President: Pete Pascua Vice President: Natasha Soriano Secretary: Sara Toyama Treasurer: Robert Nehmad Director: Mike Packard  

Jul 31

2015 Meeting Highlights

November 2015 Meeting Highlights Posted on November 26, 2015 by ITEHIsec On November 25 President Nita Wolfgramm welcomed everyone to the section meeting and then Vice President Sara Okuda then introduced Wayne Kawano, Executive Director of CCPI, and Timothy Folks, Technical Services Manager for Hawaiian Cement who explained the chemical process involved to produce concrete. …

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Jul 31

2014 Meeting Highlights

December 2014 Section Meeting Posted on December 17, 2014 by ITEHIsec On December 17, 2014, members and friends met for happy hour and networking at Gordon Biersch as a holiday gathering. The Hawaii Section also took this opportunity to acknowledge Dr. Constantinos S. Papacostas for all his accomplishments and contributions to Transportation Engineering upon his …

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Jul 31

2013 Meeting Highlights

September 2013 Section Meeting Posted on October 16, 2013 by ITEHIsec President Packard introduced, member Wes Frysztacki, of Weslin Consulting Services, Inc., who spoke about the Waikiki Regional Circulator Study.  Wes explained that the study was done for the City & County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services (DTS), in which former DTS Director, member …

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May 19

April 2014 Section Meeting

President Packard presented ITE Life Member Awards to Wes Frysztacki and Warren Yamamoto, for being ITE members for over 25 years, and reaching the age of 65 years old. Western District Secretary-Treasurer Leong announced that District Elections are coming up, and ballots will be emailed to members. Vice-President Gibson introduced speakers Brian Lock (Engineer, Wilson …

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