HPM Building Supply was ordered to immediately cease and desist all unpermitted activities at an illegal truss manufacturing site in Kōloa, according to a notice of violation issued to Maha‘ulepu Farm LLC by the Kaua‘i County Planning Department. The HPM facility, located near the Old Kōloa Sugar Mill, was found
Executive Chef Matt Young Duke’s Waikīkī at the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort recently completed significant renovations to its dining room, led by architect Charles H. Palumbo. The project aimed to update both the buffet’s equipment and aesthetic, achieving a “modern yet casual Hawai‘i beach house feel.” “The original buffet area
The American Institute of Architects, Honolulu Chapter (AIA Honolulu) honored this year’s best architectural projects during its 65th annual Design Awards. Held annually on O‘ahu since 1958, the gala event took place July 28 in the Sunset Ballroom at Aloha Tower Marketplace. This year’s Award of Excellence winners are: Island
Nearly a dozen high school graduates recently completed the Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund’s Career Connections Summer Internship Program, taking one step closer to careers in construction. The program, now in its fifth year, provides six weeks of paid, hands-on experience at major construction sites. Upon completion, graduates gain
In a move aimed at enhancing road safety in the wake of last month’s wildfires in Lāhainā, the Hawaii Department of Transportation is spending more than $2 million to install a 30,000-linear-foot dust screen along two roadways on Maui. Workers began to install the screen along Honoapi‘ilani Highway (Route 30)
Kaʻulu, a new master-planned community by Gentry Kalaeloa LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gentry Homes Ltd., is set to debut this fall.
Caddell-Nan JV, an Alabama-based joint venture that includes Hawai‘i general contractor Nan Inc., was awarded a $12,016,223 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously-awarded contract.
The County of Maui Department of Finance’s Purchasing Division announced a new partnership with Public Purchase, a web-based e-procurement service, to provide vendor registration as well as additional e-procurement services for the County and contracting community.
Low- and moderate-income households in Hawaiʻi now have access to $50 million in state funding to install solar photovoltaic power and battery storage on their properties.
The Hawaiʻi Fire Relief Housing Program, an emergency response effort by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, has registered more than 900 houses, apartment units and rooms that are immediately available for rent by Maui residents displaced by the island’s devastating fires.