Keaau, Hawaii test sites

Site Information

Organizations: Viance, OSU, MSU, Borax, Genics, Troy, Arxada, MTU, Jeld-Wen, Marvin, all on land leased from W.H. Shipman
Contact person: Randy Akao, W.H. Shipman, Keaau, HI
Who uses it or can use it?: Various organizations
Is it a contract testing site?  Some are and some are not
Location: On kipukas on either side of the Keaau to Pahoa Road, Hwy 130 with the entrances at 19.588672 N, 155.013628 W
Site Coordinates: 19.596659 N, 155.009161 W

Type of testing

Decay: Above ground and ground contact
Termites or other insects: Termites in area, also ancillary insects
Ground Contact: stakes, posts
Above Ground: Lap-joints, L-joints, Sandwich tests, Double layer test, Wood bar tests, Ground promixity tests
Weathering: Vertical racks
Marine: N.A.

Biodeteriogens

Type of decay: brown-rot, white-rot, soft-rot
Termite species: Not at these test sites
Marine Organisms: N.A.

Geophysical information

Rainfall: 3300 mm
Temperature mean: 23.25
Climate Index: 315
Soil-type: The Hilo series consists of deep, well drained soils that formed in material weathered from volcanic ash. Hilo medial silty clay loam.
Taxonomic Class: Medial over hydrous, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Acrudoxic Hydrudands

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