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.”
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.
How to Play It Safe
Building Industry Hawaii provides insight from four experts in contractors’ insurance claims and bonds
Guam eyes 100% renewable energy by 2045
Thousands of photovoltaic solar panels glisten against the backdrop of the blue ocean in Sasayan Valley in Mangilao, heralding a new era of clean energy production on Guam. Power officials and project contractors have officially opened the Mangilao solar farm, pushing Guam closer to its goal of becoming 100% powered by renewable energy by 2045. …