The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is located in the picturesque natural landscape of Honolulu in Hawaii. Because the memorial site was constructed inside a volcanic crater, it is informally known as the Punchbowl Cemetery. It is one of Holulu’s places of interest and memorial sites alongside Pearl Harbor. The site is dedicated to the approximately 53,000 soldiers who lost their lives in multiple wars. 

The memorial for those who fell during World War II is an important site in the large grounds. The national cemetery board decided to renovate the memorial because it was in poor condition. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for the planning, and the fischer Group of Companies was also involved in this historic project. The task was to replace the natural stone slabs bearing the engraved names of the fallen across an area of 1,200 square metres. Approximately 8,000 fischer undercut anchors FZP II in the 13x30 M8/SO/13 AL variant were used together with the fischer BWM aluminium supporting structure ATK 103 P in order to safely and firmly secure the 60-centimetre wide and 90-centimetre high slabs in the concrete walls. 

“Our fischer Zykon panel anchor FZP II scored points during this application just as it does during facade installation because it anchors in the natural stone in an interlocking manner that is completely free of expansion pressure”, says Christoph Plautz, ACT Manager for fischer SystemTec GmbH. The engraved memory to the fallen will therefore last for many more years. “The anchor is invisible from the outside thanks to its undercut technology, so that the fixing points on the natural stone or on the names of the fallen cannot be seen”, says Christoph Plautz, highlighting a further key advantage. 

The aluminium supporting construction ATK 103 P including the 150mm-long linear agraffes were used for this purpose and were manufactured by fischer BWM in Gorleben especially for this project. Together with fischer’s Zykon panel anchors the solutions securely and firmly fasten the natural stone slabs to the concrete so that the attachments are invisible from the outside. The fischer BWM ATK 103 systems also allow various material thicknesses to be economically combined through the patented “eversion principle”. The expert combination of fischer FZP undercut anchors and fischer BWM substructures provided the ideal solution for the project. Following the renovation, the memorial again provides a flawless and long-lasting place of commemoration.