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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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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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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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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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February 2014 Section Meeting

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the featured speaker was Randolph Sykes from the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sykes presented a PowerPoint presentation of the “Final Alternative Scenarios Summary Report, Oahu Regional Transportation Plan 2035 Project,” prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff. He explained that the Consultants forecasting model results found increasing interstate H-1 by four lanes in …

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January 2014 Section Meeting

President Packard called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm.  He welcomed attendees and asked each person to introduce themselves and the organization they were with. Vice-President Gibson announced that the topic for the next meeting would be a summary of planning-level analysis that was done for the Oahu Regional Transportation Plan concerning. Warren Yamamoto …

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September 2013 Section Meeting

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 Wayne Yoshioka, allocated funds through the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization.  Additionally, …

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August 2013 Meeting Highlights

On August 28, Bob Lottie, from Marine Corp Base Hawaii (MCBH), was the featured speaker at the monthly section meeting.  He explained that the MCBH includes not only the Kaneohe Bay location, aka. K-Bay, but also Camp H. M. Smith in Halawa and the Bellows Training Area as well.  He discussed the reduction in personnel …

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2012 Meeting Highlights

November Meeting Highlights Posted on November 29, 2012 by ITEHIsec President Packard called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm and Vice-President Wolfgramm introduced the speaker, Chris Sayers from the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services. Mr. Sayers presented information on the final draft of the Oahu Bike Plan, including current projects such …

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July 2013 Meeting Highlights

On July 31, Director Yoshida, in the absence of the President and Vice President, called the meeting to order.  He congratulated Cathy Leong on being elected Western District Secretary-Treasurer, and reported that she attended the District Meeting , July 14-17. Leong reported that the Western District Annual Meeting took place in Phoenix, Arizona, in which …

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