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7 SWINERTON BUILDERS • Parent Company: Swinerton, Inc.; San Francisco, Calif. • Construction Specialty: Hospitality, retail, health care, federal, high-rise construction • Years in Hawaii: 9 • Employees in Hawaii: 210 • Public Sector Work: 15 percent • Work Subcontracted: 80 percent I n a big time move up our list, Swinerton Builders goes from No. 14 in 2010 to No. 7 for 2011. In addition to a $52.10 million increase in revenue, Swinerton increased its number of employees in Hawaii from 68 to 210. We asked George Ehara, RME, vice president/division manager, what contributed to the increases. “Hospitality has always been a ‘bread-and-butter’ market for us,” he says, “and 2011 was no different. We also expanded our healthcare presence and continued to maintain our share of the reHyatt Place Waikiki Beach lobby tail market.” Major projects begun in 2011 include ANdAZ Wailea Resort & Villas, Walgreens Wahiawa, Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach and the Ko Restaurant at Fairmont Kea Lani Maui. Completed were Safeway Hilo, reno- vations at Fairmont Kea Lani, Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach - phase one, Forever 21 and the Waikiki Shopping Plaza expansion. New employees are: Andrew Valentine, Ashley Arisumi, Chad Cataluna, Deanna Benevedes, Doug Kim, Hanson Wong and Eric Teremae, project engineers; Krystle Beauchanp, senior project engineer; Jeff Weller, senior project manager; Jun Park, assistant project manager; Dino Allen, superintendent; Jon Burke, BIM manager; Suzette Navarro and Kathy Guaderrama, project coordinators; Wendy Kaneyama, preconstruction manager; Stan Diones, warehouse coordinator and Anastasia Magele, receptionist. A highlight of 2011 was a General Contractors Association Build Hawaii excellence award for the Waikiki Shopping Plaza. Ehara says, “2012 will be our biggest year ever in Hawaii. We always take a long-term view of our business. We are an employeeowned company and our decisions are not driven by outside investors. This allows us to focus on optimizing our company for the long-term. If we focus on ‘build a best-inclass construction company, we will be able to provide excellent service to our clients and win our share of the work, whether the economy is expanding or in a recession. What this means for us is we kept on hiring great talent even through the recent recession.” we build... trust with our clients excellence in our people Q ua l i t y i n o u r p ro j e c t s paua h i tow e r • 1 0 0 3 b i s h o p s t r e e t s u i t e 1340 honolulu, h i 96813 t: 808.521.8408 s w i n e rto n . c o m 24 July 2012 • Building Industry TOP 25 http://www.swinerton.com http://www.swinerton.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