Building Industry Hawaii Staff

3D Printing: Framing the Future

Could three-dimensional (3D) printing be the technology of the future for Hawai‘i’s building industry? Black Buffalo 3D, which produces large-scale 3D construction printers using a ready-mix cement “ink” to print buildings while on a job site, recently launched a project described as “the world’s biggest and most ambitious 3D home construction undertaking to date.” Virginia-based […]

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PBX23 Opens September 27​

PBX23, the annual trade show for Hawaii’s building industries sponsored by the Construction Specifications Institute Honolulu (CSI), opens Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the Hawaii Convention Center. “This is an exceptional opportunity for companies to showcase their products and services and meet hundreds of architects, contractors, engineers, specifiers, developers, interior designers, and military and government officials

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Hensel Phelps Launches ConTech Company

Hensel Phelps (HP), a leading U.S. general contractor with a strong presence in Hawaii and the Pacific, in January announced the launch of Diverge, a new HP company that fosters the development and deployment of new construction technology by start-up enterprises and innovation partners. “Over the past decade, we have seen continual advancement in prefabrication,

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