• Participants will be introduced to concrete durability distress from chloride permeability, corrosion (from seawater and ocean spray),  carbonation, and  sulfate attacks. 
• Learn the Do’s of concrete durability and how to avoid problems in new construction
• Plastic and drying shrinkage cracks…why and how to prevent them
• Thermal cracking and controlling autogenous temperature rise (heat of hydration)
• Understand test methods for evaluation of durability potential
• Specifying durable concrete 
• Interpret durability specifications
• Review of ACI 318-08 on Durability Requirement Chapter 4
• Better understanding of Service Life Models

CCPI
2153 N. King St. #327 
Honolulu, HI 96819

Please register before May 28, 2008.  Thank you.   Questions?  Contact  Wayne at 848-7100 or wkawano@ccpihawaii.org.

1. Review the historical development of barrier free design standards, including the rationale behind construction limits. Features work done at University of Illinois following World War II to accommodate returning injured soldiers. 
2. Focusing on the mission allows everyone to experience the mission. Features the USS Arizona Memorial site and describes the fine tuning of the built environment so the mission of remembrance can reach people with varying sensory and physical skill levels. 
3. Barrier free design does not have to fundamentally alter the mission. Features Keahole Airport and shows how to convey the Hawaiian culture while making a site accessible. 
4. Creative design and construction accommodations can preserve the mission for everyone. Features Parker Ranch as an example of how to pull together design and construction to meet barrier free compliance, while preserving a unique historical theme. 
5. 5Access for all can expand your mission. Features Kealia Pond and Wildlife Refuge as an example of a win-win situation in which using accessible design both protects sensitive environments and extends services to a wider base of visitors. 

For more details and to register, go to the Pac Rim Conference 2008 website.  Standard registration rates end on March 31, 2008.  On-site registration rates are effective from April 1 - 15, 2008.

The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is pleased to announce that the next Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference will be held April 13-16, 2008 at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu, Hawaii. The conference program will follow the format developed and enhanced by Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002, held in San Diego, California and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005, held in Charleston, South Carolina. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 will start with short courses and an opening reception; it will include plenary and technical sessions, exhibits, posters, field trips, and social events that encourage participant interactions. The Solutions to Coastal Disasters events are held at coastal regions that provide interesting coastal learning opportunities and attempt to find venues that make it easy for participants to meet informally throughout the programmed event. 

What’s New in 2008: The first decade of the 21st century may well go down in history as the decade of the coast. Global warming and climate change continue to be important to coastal communities around the world, through concerns about sea-level rise and changing storm and rainfall patterns. Coastal disasters such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina and regular new stories on coastal vulnerabilities heighten the focus on the need for new approaches and solutions that can applied to the array of potential future disasters facing the coast. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 will build upon the information and discussions that developed from earlier conferences and focus on both the lessons learned and the opportunities to best apply these lessons to avoid or minimize preventable losses. The conference will provide opportunities for multi-disciplinary presentations including lessons learned from the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004, from Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst hurricane seasons ever to occur in the Gulf of Mexico and concerns and opportunities developing from the fourth and most recent IPCC Report. Recent disasters have revealed the vulnerabilities of coastal ecosystems and coastal communities, the interdependent nature of coastal systems as well as the intense and conflicting pressures that define human use of dynamic coastal environments. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 will encourage greater examination of the ecosystem dynamics, vulnerability and ways to incorporate social and ecological solutions into the discussion of coastal disasters.

The Solutions to Coastal Disasters series has encouraged international, multi-disciplinary participation. There is always a balance between involving more groups in the conference program and maintaining a participant size that fosters interdisciplinary discussions. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 will continue its effort to seek sponsors and exhibitors who will add beneficially to the conference experience and will work with national and international coastal organizations to make more coastal professionals aware of the conference event. Please help in this effort by distributing information on the conference to friends and colleagues. 

For more details and to register, go to the COPRI Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 website.  Registration is on-going.

Ahupua‘a - Ancient Hawaiian life was based around the ahupua'a system of sustainable land management. An Ahupua'a was a watershed-based, political land division extending from the surrounding mountain ridges to the coastal ocean extending out to and including the coral reef.  The ahupua'a system evolved to protect the upland water resources that were a life-sustaining gift from the gods to be used wisely and conserved by all Hawaiians.

This Congress has become an important annual opportunity for the best minds at work in water and environmental fields to convene and focus on key topics of today. In this time of climate changes and shifting resources, it is vital that those working at the forefront of our professions share their ideas and insights from research and experiences in the field, to generate the best practices for the future.  EWRI invites your full participation!

Anticipated Attendance: More than 1,000 water resources planners and environmental professionals and engineers are expected to participate in this year’s Congress.

Become a Sponsor! Contact Marcia Saumweber, ASCE Foundation, at msaumweber@asce.org or tel.: (703) 295-6347.

Become an Exhibitor! Contact Jeff Sandersen, ASCE, at jsandersen@asce.org or tel.: (703) 295-6107.

This Congress will focus on sustainability issues related to water resources and the environment in more than a dozen technical tracks covering local, national and global issues with special focus on the Pacific-Rim Region.

For more details and to register, go to the EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2008 website.  The advance registration deadline is Monday, March 31, 2008.

Scheduled Speakers include :

• Project Owners – Clyde Morita, U.S. Navy (NAVFAC Pacific), Brennon Morioka, State of Hawaii DOT, & Beverly Braun, City & County of Honolulu (DDC)
• Contractors – Audrey Hidano, Hidano Construction, & William Wilson, Hawaiian Dredging Construction
• Designers – Matt Gilbertson,RIM Architects, Lester Fukuda, HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers
• Liability & Risk Issues – Karen Hong, Finance Insurance, Anna Oshiro, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
• Owner/Designer Expectations – Janice Marsters, Masa Fujioka & Associates (ACEC Hawaii)

See the February Wiliki which is available for download as a pdf file from this link (951 kb). 

See the January Wiliki which is available for download as a pdf file from this link (1832 kb).