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ACK Heads The Park Ward Village

Albert C. Kobayashi Inc. (ACK) is general contractor on The Park Ward Village, the eighth residential tower in The Howard Hughes Corp.’s 60-acre master-planned community. Construction on the 400-foot-high tower, located at the corner of Ward Avenue and Auahi Street, broke ground Oct. 20. The tower’s 546 units were 90.6%

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Project Update: FY19 MCON P-169 Water Transmission Line

Len Dempsey Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. Inc.’s P-169 project involves installation of a 42-inch potable water transmission main and extends from Waihona Street along Kamehameha Highway. “All construction and AC (asphalt concrete) paving work has been completed on the project,” says Len Dempsey, Hawaiian Dredging vice president, Heavy Division. “Hawaiian

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New Leaders Emerge From Pacific Resource Partnership

Fred Kim Heather de la Garza Pacific Resource Partnership’s Leadership Series—a training program for mid-career leaders in construction—recently graduated its third class, bringing the number of participants to nearly 60 since the program launched in 2019. The accelerated program runs for 10 months and covers the gamut from construction ethics

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Navy May Approve $2B Pearl Harbor Project This Month

The new Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dry Dock and Waterfront Production Facility project may get the go-ahead when the Navy issues its final Record of Decision in December. The decision follows a required waiting period of 30 days or more after publication of the project’s Notification of

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Depression at the Job Site

Be sure to check in on your construction and trades crews to see if they need any moral support or counseling for depression. You want to be sure your most valuable assets are happy, healthy and ready to work. Consider these facts:  • According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control,

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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, SLSH vice president; Beverly Ishii-Nakayama, PE, SLSH vice president     PHOTO COURTESY: COFFMAN ENGINEERS INC. Coffman Engineers Inc. has acquired Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi

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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 Million: Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. (Hawaii) This $27,465,700 firm-fixed-price task order under a previously awarded contract was awarded Sept. 14 to repair roads and erosion control

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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 single-family homes on 5,000-square-foot lots for approximately $200,000 will be available to current Maui residents and not outside investors. Realtor and developer Peter Savio is

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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 at the Town Center. Constructors Hawaii Inc. is the general contractor for the project set to open in 2024.  Related Images:

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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 low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt revenue bonds and a low-interest loan and support from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. The project was delivered

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