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NEWS MAKERS Adams Named President at Bonterra Solar Christian Adams, who joined Bonterra Solar Hawaii as a partner and sales director in July 2013, has been named company Christian Adams president. "Christian has an impressive solar sales track record, and he worked for a number of our competitors before he joined us last year as a partner," says Blair Herbert, Bonterra Solar principal and head of its Commercial Division. "He set sales records wherever he worked, and it says something positive about Bonterra and Christian that, after he tested the solar energy waters in Hawaii, he decided that Bonterra was the place he wanted to be. We are excited to have him as president." "I felt I had found a home when I joined Bonterra Solar last year," Adams says. "I was deeply impressed with the company's love for Hawaii and its philosophy of life and business." Adams lives in Kaimuki with his wife and two children. launch of Waiea and Anaha, the first two mixed-use residential towers in Ward Village. His role will be to execute strategy and support all Andy Ardila sales-related activities for Ward Village as well as managing product positioning, brand development, lead generation, advertising and public relations. Ardila came to The Howard Hughes Corporation from JMA Ventures LLC. BCC Appoints McCann Donald J. McCann Black Construction Corp. (BCC) has announced that Donald J. McCann has been named vice president of operations for the Black Group of Companies, and will handle overall management of the firm's day-to-day operations. He has been a senior project manager for more than 13 years with BCC, managing projects in Guam and Micronesia. Oba Joins Nordic PCL Cory Oba has joined Nordic PCL Construction Inc. as a field engineer. He will assist the project superintenCory Oba dent with safety, project planning and execution, scheduling, progress monitoring and field production, project document control and subcontractor management. BI WE SPEAK CONSTRUCTION With many years of active experience running a Hawaii company and a background in everything from employee accountability to leadership and profit margin strategy, we really understand your needs. Call us, we can help. Pankow Promotes Betz, Hopkinson Pankow Builders has promoted Mike Betz to vice president of operations and Lee Hopkinson to regional manager. Garret J. Sullivan President 37 years of hands-on industry experience 808.478.2564 | GSullivan@SullivanHI.com | www.SullivanHI.com Mike Betz Lee Hopkinson Betz, a 17-year Pankow employee and Hawaii construction veteran, will be responsible for pre-construction and construction activities. Previously he was regional vice president. Hopkinson previously was client relations manager. Ardila to Handle Ward Village Sales The Howard Hughes Corporation has hired Andy Ardila as vice president of residential sales as part of the Precast Concrete Stair Treads * Never need painting * Quieter than wood or steel * Won't chip, rot, burn or rust * 24,000 used in Hawaii since 1990 B uilding SyStemS H awaii.com www.buildingindustryhawaii.com | 51 http://www.SullivanHI.com http://www.BUILDINGSYSTEMSHAWAII.COM http://www.buildingindustryhawaii.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - May 2014

SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII
SUSTAINABILITY
MILITARY TRIBUTE
LEARNING THE CRAFT
NEWS BEAT Island Insurance Offers Contractors E&O Coverage
Goodfellow Bros. Launches Viaduct Repairs
HDCC to Construct Waikiki Landing
Black Construction Wins Eagle Award
Kiewit to Construct Kapolei School
Construction Begins on Salt at Our Kakaako
Gateside Completes Pali Momi Wellness Station
RGS Energy Acquires Elemental Energy
Watts-Healy Tibbitts Lands NAVFAC Pacific Job
DEPARTMENTS Datebook
Spotlight On Success: Kaiser Koolau Clinic
Contracts Awarded
Low Bids
New Products
News Makers
Faces
Best Practices

Building Industry Magazine - May 2014