Every year, Hawai‘i’s Top Projects dazzle us with their scope, scale and technical brilliance.
This year, they also humble us with their kōkua.
Emergency Facilities, a new Building Industry Hawaii Top Projects category, honors the general contractors that delivered critical housing and a temporary elementary school to West Maui residents following the 2023 wildfires in Lāhainā.
These emergency projects were all completed in record time, and one — Kapalua Village Emergency Housing — brings a new type of spacious, pre-manufactured, modular home to Hawai‘i for the first time.
They join Top Projects in other sectors that were completed or are underway as of Dec. 31. Together they demonstrate the highest levels of construction performance and community service by Hawai‘i contractors in 2024.
Congratulations to all our winning contractors, and mahalo for your outstanding vision and devotion to the people of Hawai‘i.
COMMERCIAL
First Place (Medical):
The Queen’s Medical Center – Emergency Department / General Services Building Expansion, Honolulu
General Contractor:
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Inc.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: Nov. 2023
Project Finish: Dec. 2025
This 54,209-square-foot renovation and expansion project is aimed at enhancing the existing Emergency Department (ED) and transforming the General Services Building to accommodate both the ED and Behavioral Health Department.
“[This] renovation and expansion reflect the Queen’s Health System’s commitment to improving patient care and modernizing healthcare facilities to meet evolving community needs,” says Daniel DuCote, project manager.
Second Place (Warehouse):
Confidential Retail Client Last-Mile Distribution Center
General Contractor:
Swinerton
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: June 2022
Project Finish: Q2 2024
EMERGENCY FACILITIES
First Place:
Kapalua Village Emergency Housing, Kapalua
General Contractor:
Layton Construction Co. LLC
Layton and its partners built 50 temporary modular homes for displaced Maui residents on the Kapalua Golf Course in less than six months.
“This project offers hope for the victims of the Maui fires and reinforces the belief that the community truly cares for them,” says Nathan Contreras, Layton senior project manager.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: April 2024
Project Finish: Sept. 2024
Second Place:
West Maui Temporary School, Pulelehua
General Contractor:
Goodfellow Bros. Inc.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: June 2022
Project Finish: Q2 2024
Third Place:
‘Ohana Hope Village, Kahului
General Contractor:
Arita Poulson General Contracting LLC
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: 2023
Project Finish: Underway
HOSPITALITY
First Place:
Maui Coast Hotel Expansion, Kīhei
General Contractor:
Layton Construction Co. LLC
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: Sept. 2022
Project Finish: April 2024
The Maui Coast Hotel Expansion project included the ground-up construction of the new 153-guestroom Kai Tower along with a new pool and restaurant shell.
“The Layton team is proud of our role in transforming Maui Coast Hotel into a resort-like facility,” says Seth Goodnight, Layton senior project manager. “The relationship we now have with the hotel team is testament to our team’s dedication to delivering a successful project.”
Second Place:
Outrigger Kona Resort & Spa, Kailua-Kona
General Contractor:
Elements Hospitality (Lynden, Wash.)
Project Value: $60 Million
Project Start: April 2023
Project Finish: June 2024
Third Place:
Marriott Vacation Club, Waikīkī
(Formerly King Kalakaua Plaza)
General Contractor:
Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: Oct. 2022
Project Finish: Sept. 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE
First Place:
Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Treatment, Phase 1B – Secondary Compliance Facilities, ‘Ewa Beach
General Contractor:
Nan Inc.
Project Value: $267.5 Million
Project Start: Dec. 2018
Partial Turnover: Feb. 2024
Nan Inc.’s critical upgrade and expansion installed new aeration basins, a blower building, six clarifiers and other secondary treatment facilities, including a pump station and generators.
“We are pleased to deliver these vital secondary treatment upgrades required under an EPA consent decree and to accommodate the future expansion of the facility,” says Ed Shukri, Nan Inc. civil estimating vice president.
Second Place:
Kaipapa‘u Stream Bridge Replacement, Hau‘ula
General Contractor:
Goodfellow Bros. Inc.
Project Value: $16.1 Million
Project Start: Nov. 2021
Project Finish: Dec. 2025
Third Place:
Gentry Kalaeloa Parcel 1 Phase 2
General Contractor:
Royal Contracting Co. Ltd.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: Oct. 2022
Project Finish: Sept. 2024
MILITARY
First Place:
Dry Dock 5, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
General Contractor:
Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Inc. /Orion JV (DHO JV)
Project Value: $3.2 Billion
Project Start: March 2023
Project Finish: 2028
Dry Dock 5, the U.S. Navy’s largest-value single project in history, is remaking Pearl Harbor and will service Navy vessels for the next 150 years.
“We are very excited to be selected by the government to build this key Dry Dock 5, which is the first major expansion of our state’s historic shipyard facility,” says Roy Morioka, DHO JV project manager.
Second Place:
P-911 Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
General Contractor:
Nan Inc.
Project Value: $122.6 Million
Project Start: June 2020
Project Finish: July 2024
Third Place:
Schofield Barracks Repair Buildings 2075 and 2076
General Contractor:
Nordic PCL Construction Inc.
Project Value: $50.8 Million
Project Start: Jan. 2022
Project Finish: March 2024
PUBLIC WORKS
First Place:
Women’s Community Correctional Center New Housing & Related Improvements, Kailua
General Contractor:
S & M Sakamoto Inc.
Project Value: $55.7 Million
Project Start: June 2021
Project Finish: May 2024
The WCCC project delivered three new buildings, 176 new beds, improved security, fencing and electrical and utility infrastructure to accommodate the growing facility.
“We truly enjoyed working with WCCC, DAGS, Rider Levett Bucknall (construction manager) and CML/Nelson Worldwide (project architect),” says Dale Sakamoto Yoneda, S & M Sakamoto Inc. president and project manager. “Everyone pulled together to get this project to where it is today.”
Second Place:
UHM Student Success Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
General Contractor:
Swinerton
Project Value: $56+ Million
Project Start: June 2022
Project Finish: Q3 2025
RESIDENTIAL
First Place (Luxury):
Victoria Place, Kaka‘ako
General Contractor:
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company Inc.
Project Value: $55.7 Million
Project Start: June 2021
Project Finish: May 2024
The WCCC project delivered three new buildings, 176 new beds, improved security, fencing and electrical and utility infrastructure to accommodate the growing facility.
“We truly enjoyed working with WCCC, DAGS, Rider Levett Bucknall (construction manager) and CML/Nelson Worldwide (project architect),” says Dale Sakamoto Yoneda, S & M Sakamoto Inc. president and project manager. “Everyone pulled together to get this project to where it is today.”
Second Place:
La‘i Loa, Wailea, Maui
General Contractor:
Armstrong Builders LLC
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: June 2021
Project Finish: August 2024
Third Place (Multi-family):
Hale Nā Koa ‘O Hanakahi – Senior Veterans Affordable Housing, Hilo
General Contractor:
Maryl Group Construction Inc.
Project Value: Confidential
Project Start: Nov. 2022
Project Finish: Oct. 2024
