Building Industry Magazine - February 2015 - (Page 38)
Rocket Man
An interview with
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Guy Akasaki, CRW
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president and CEO
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BY BRETT ALEXANDER-ESTES
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Guy Akasaki, CRW
president and CEO
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n 1993, Guy Akasaki started a roofing
business with a storage unit, a Nissan
pickup and a promise that nearly broke
him. In 2014, Akasaki and his company,
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Commercial Roofing & Waterproofing
Commerci
Hawaii Inc., won national recognition as
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Roofing Contractor Magazine's "Roofing
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Contractor of the Year in the Commercial
Contracto
Roofing Sector."
"I thought it was spam!" was Akasaki's
tho
reaction when he heard the news. Accepting
the award in Florida, Akasaki couldn't hide
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his delight: "I'm in Hawaii, I drink Mai
delig
Tais, watch hula girls and fix the roof on
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the grass shack once in a while. And you
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guys are giving me an award!"
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Reroofing the Harbor Court tower
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and installing a "turnkey" roofing and
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power system on the Unicode Building put
Akasaki in the winner's circle, but these
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high-profile projects are all in a day's work
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for CRW and its president.
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Akasaki's original one-man operation
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is now a leading firm with an allied
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network of strategic partners in
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Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines.
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Akasaki, who still works 10-hour days,
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continues to expand CRW-Hawaii's
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second-largest roofer as measured by
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2013 receipts-and is exploring new
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markets in the Pacific Rim and Asia.
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A self-described "military brat"
who aspired to be an architect,
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Akasaki was quick to integrate phoA
tovoltaic options into CRW's roofing
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operations. A visionary who sees
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roofs as launchpads into the future,
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Akasaki is also an energetic seeker
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of spiritual counsel from a source
he calls "the Man Upstairs."
Recently, Building Industry Hawaii sat down
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with Akasaki in CRW's Waipahu office as he charted his
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company's rise and its continued steady climb.
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