Building Industry Magazine - July 2012 - (Page 33)

KIEWIT CORP. • Parent Company: Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc.; Omaha, Neb. • Construction Specialty: Building, infrastructure, industrial, bridge & marine • Years in Hawaii: 31 • Employees in Hawaii: 171 • Public Sector Work: 90 percent • Work Subcontracted: 80 percent tor keeping us busy in 2011. Completing the $7.8 million Kalanianaole Highway project at Makapuu for the state Department of Transportation was one such example.” Wilhelm describes Kiewit Corp.’s work on the Honolulu Rail Transit Project: “2011 was primarily spent completing the final design and preparing for the work coming in 2012. That is not to say that no work went into the field. Our crews spent the better part of 2011 completing our test shaft program along the Farrington Highway alignment as well as completing temporary and permanent utility relocation work.” 2 T his year, Kiewit Corp. and its various divisions present a united front, reporting more than $250 million in revenue, landing them squarely in the No. 2 spot of this countdown. Lance Wilhelm, senior vice president, building division, Kiewit Corp., says: “2011 was about more than just the rail program for us. Like most contractors, we continued to look for new work to pursue throughout 2011, but we also stayed busy constructing a number of important projects. Department of Defense work continued to be an important market for us in 2011 with ongoing work on the Wheeler Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Pearl Harbor Fitness Center and the Training Area Complex at Pohakuloa on the Big Island. Transportation was also another sec- Wilhelm offers his observaKiewit Corp. is the general contractor on the Ford Island tions on the second half of Control Tower Stabilization Project for the Pacific Aviation 2012: “I worry that we are not Museum Pearl Harbor. seeing enough work coming out of both the public and private sector to give me much optimism dustry’s outlook for the year. Because more for any significant improvement in our in- and more projects are procured under a design/build or design/assist format, and because of the complexities of administering even the more traditional procurement processes, there is an increasingly long lag between the time a project is bid and when that project breaks ground. Consequently, we can usually tell by the end of the year how the market will shape up for the following year. And we almost certainly know by midyear how we will fair for the remainder of the year. Unfortunately, we have not seen an appreciable increase in bidding activities throughout the end of 2011 and so far this year, which suggests that 2012 will likely be more of the same.” Kiewit Corp. delivers truckloads of base course to its project site at the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. TOP 25 www.buildingindustryhawaii.com 13 http://www.buildingindustryhawaii.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - July 2012

Contents July 2012
Hawaii’s Top 25 Contractors
Educating for the Industry
Surviving a Tough Economy
Top Eats
News Beat
Forest City Completes $312M Neighborhood
2012 CAK Home Show Streams Live
Keokea Beach Park Renovation Completed
La Tour Bakehouse Partners with RevoluSun
Pier 29 Construction Complete
NAIOP Awards Honor Commercial Development
NAVFAC Awards $46.6M Contract
Departments
Datebook
Best Practices
Contracts Awarded
Concept to Completion: Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club, Phase 5
Low Bids
Spotlight on Success: BEQ, MCBH
News Makers
New Products
July's Features

Building Industry Magazine - July 2012