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Coffman Engineers Acquires SLSH
From left: Howard Lau, PE, SLSH president; John Thielst, Coffman vice president, managing princi-pal, Pacific Region; Craig Sakanashi, PE, SLSH vice president; Wayne Higuchi, PE,
Top Projects of 2022
Higher tech distinguishes many in Hawaii’s top tier
Federal funding and the arrival of H-2 workers accelerate Guam’s long-delayed public projects
Ypao Road, a skinny route in the central village of Tamuning, connects about 9,000 motorists daily between the housing subdivisions and business establishments in the
A Legal Mind
Introducing Sarah M. Love, 2023 president of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii
New Military Awards Top $290M
HAWAII-NAVFAC Hawaii Upcoming Hawaii projects by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii include these latest awards to contractors based in Hawaii and elsewhere: $27
Savio Launches Koa Waena
Koa Waena in Kihei, Maui, is a Savio Group affordable housing project breaking ground later in 2022. The large, new rural subdivision of approximately 500
New Clinic Breaks Ground in Mililani
Hawaii Pacific Health and Town Center of Mililani leaders broke ground Sept. 27 on a new, 24,000-square-foot medical facility located across from Straub’s existing clinic
Apartment Wins Best Practice Award
The American Planners Association (APA) Hawaii Chapter chose for its Best Practice Award the $91 million Hale Kalele project, developed by The Kobayashi Group with
Born to Run
Running multimillion-dollar projects at Unlimited Construction comes naturally to Kuulei Gaisoa. When she joined Unlimited in 2006, she vowed to be “the last man standing, as this is construction.”
Hawaii’s New Heavy-weights
New drills, excavators and dozers stand ready for civil work in 2023
Transfer of Power
When it comes to getting buy-in from the kids to take over the family business, a passive strategy might make them think it’s their idea. For David Dunham, founder and president of Kawika’s Painting Inc., it was having his sons Sean and Ryan around the shop ever since they were little. For Kaohinani “Hina” Schipa, it was a sense of pride in what her father built in Buck Roofing Hawaii Co.
Maybe the fathers Buck Schipa and Kawika Dunham were on the same wavelength when it came to gently giving their kids the business.