Location: Honolulu, HI

Client: MARAD/HIDOT

The Cruise Passenger Terminal Building was originally constructed in 1955 as a general cargo warehouse. Converted to a passenger building in the early 2000′s and updated in 2006, the pre-renovation building consisted of expanses of bare blue/grey concrete floors and plain white walls with a few uncoordinated wall hangings. The goal of the renovation project was to give the building a sense of place. The interior now provides a coordinated setting of original Hawaiian artwork, storyboards, floor coverings, paint, and wood trim. This 300,000 sf building has been transformed into an attractive passenger waiting area highlighting the cultural heritage of Hawaii with a focus on the early sustainable life in and surrounding Honolulu Harbor or Kou (the Harbor and adjacent lands were known as Kou in traditional times).

Cardno TEC, as overall Program Manager, brought in a number of native Hawaiian and local designers and artists, to design a great exhibit of Hawaiian cultural heritage. As the cruise passenger now enters the terminal through the arcade, they are welcomed with soft yellow and brown colored walls with mid-wall length trim of deep brown coconut tree wood. The new floor covering provides multiple colors and flowing shapes reminiscent of waves in the ocean. Text accompanied by graphics and historic photos provide illustrations of fisherman and farmers with early fishing gear, tools and canoes. The artwork provides a true Hawaiian sense of place for the over 150,000 cruise passengers that pass through the Pier 2 Passenger Terminal building each year.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitor work of contractors to ensure quality control and contract compliance for projects of moderate complexity
• Oversee, inspect, and monitor contractual field work for compliance with construction documents
• Work with contractor superintendent and agency personnel to schedule work and inspection phases
• Advise contractors of violations
• Take field measurements to verify contractor billing
• Perform quality assurance reviews of construction
• Maintain project records
• Evaluate and monitor progress schedules, prepare work orders, prepare monthly estimates
• Prepare cost estimates and project descriptions

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• B.S. in engineering (Masters desirable); or significant, comparable experience in construction project management
• Ability to exercise professional discretion and judgment
• Ability to work independently in the absence of supervision
• Ability to read engineering drawings, specifications and inspection instructions
• Ability to prepare a variety of complex statistical reports and documentation
• Contractor’s license or general contracting experience preferred

Training and Experience:

• 5+ Years of experience in the construction industry
• Experience with Federal agency/DOD planning and budget/contracting procedures is preferred
• Superior leadership and management skills
• Experience working with building codes and requirements
• Experience working with construction practices
• Experience working with Microsoft Office
• Experience with Primavera preferred

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Some heavy lifting and considerable moving of equipment required
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

EOE M/F/Handicap/Veterans

Cardno TEC is seeking a full-time Staff Archaeologist/Project Manager in our Boise, Idaho Office.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Developing proposals, project budgets and schedules
• Managing multiple projects
• Developing background research
• Directing fieldwork and field crews
• Directing cultural resource projects
• Directing data management for NEPA projects
• Writing reports and sections for EA/EIS projects
• Providing documentation for Section 106 and Native American Consultation
• Marketing local and regional clients
• Performing other duties as assigned

The minimum requirements for this position are:

• A graduate degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or closely related field
• At least 10 years of professional experience in the discipline of archaeology
• Experience in the Pacific Northwest is a plus
• At least 6 years of full-time professional experience at a supervisory level in the study of archaeological resources
• Federal agency experience/clients a plus
• Must be able to travel and perform field work (survey, excavation)
• Must have strong writing skills
• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Additional Considerations:

May be required to work in project locations remote from their home office for extended time periods, and such remote deployments may recur with as little as three (3) calendar days intervening between deployments.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, talk, and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to walk multiple miles a day in rough and uneven terrain and transport up to 35 pounds of gear.
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

EEO/M/F/Vet/Handicap

Cardno TEC developed a feasibility study assisting the Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA) in determining the technical and economic viability of developing a proposed rail line from Bamako, Mali to Mali’s southeastern border with Cote d’Ivoire. Recommendations were also given for upgrading the existing railway from Bamako, Mali to Dakar, Senegal, to which the new rail line would be linked. Cardno TEC also determined the associated costs, design and construction criteria, and an implementation plan. The goal for this rail line is to interconnect two existing railways: the Transrail system which runs from Dakar, Senegal to Bamako, Mali, and the Sitarail system running from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire. If implemented, this interconnection would enable more efficient freight and passenger transportation and more reliable port access for goods coming into and out of the landlocked UEMOA countries.

Under a contract with the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, Cardno TEC conducted sustainable infrastructure assessments for 467 buildings comprising 10.2 million square feet at six U.S. Air Force bases in California and Arizona. A sustainable infrastructure assessment determines sustainment, restoration, and modernization requirements. Cardno TEC implemented the web-based BUILDER 3.0 Sustainment Management System at the six bases. Cardno TEC assessors conducted building component inventory and condition assessments to evaluate the performance of each system/building and reviewed the recurring work program to insure major mechanical assets were accounted for and receiving preventative maintenance. Project deliverables included a short-range maintenance action plan, population of the BUILDER Sustainment Management System database, and a long-range maintenance action plan based on output from the BUILDER database.

Cardno TEC is working as part of a team under a USAID Master Contract (MWH Americas is the prime contact holder) to prepare a Feasibility Study for the development of a new port on the northern coast of Haiti.

The inadequacy of Haiti’s main port in Port-au-Prince became clear in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, when life-saving relief supplies and food could not reach the affected populations because of extreme congestion in and around the port. In addition, the government of Haiti has made a commitment to create economic opportunities outside of Port-au-Prince and bring economic growth to Haiti’s regions; the development of a port in the northern region is critical to economic decentralization. The purpose of the Haiti Northern Ports Feasibility Study is to assess the feasibility of establishing a container port at Fort Liberté and/or significantly upgrading and modernizing the current port facility at Cap Haïtien.

The Cardno TEC Team was selected to perform a study that includes site selection, terminal planning, conceptual design, capacity analysis, cost estimating, and an environmental assessment, as well as providing the team with the Chief of Party.

Cardno TEC collaborated with Hypertect Inc. to design an Information Technology Center Data Center for the University of Virginia in direct response to present and anticipated computing system requirements. Cardno TEC employed innovative strategies into the system design for the Center, with reliability being a critical component. Cardno TEC’s approach combined original material types (i.e., red brick veneer, translucent panels, white metal panels, and a white EPDM roof) with a new 5,500 SF raised computer floor in the equipment room. The greatest challenge was the necessity to double IT capacity, power, and cooling of the entire Data Center without service disruption. Severe site limitations imposed by existing utilities, stormwater structures, and an adjacent railroad line required a two-story design, which also enabled advantageous use of site topography. Cardno TEC successfully administered the LEED certification process for receipt of a Silver Certification, which includes Energy Modeling.

Both Cardno TEC and now EM-Assist are part of Cardno, a global infrastructure and environmental services company with over 7,000 employees working on projects in more than 85 countries.

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