Building Industry Magazine - December 2013 - (Page 47)

HART Hosts Industry Day The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit (HART) hosted Industry Day Oct. 16 at the Honolulu Country Club. The all-day event brought together more than 200 local building industry professionals representing local contractors, constructionrelated organizations, trade unions, small businesses and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) companies interested in potential partnerships and job opportunities with the largest capital improvement project in the state's history. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, HART Executive Director and CEO Dan Grabauskas, HART Deputy Executive Director Brennon Morioka and HART Board member Damien Kim provided opening remarks. The event was a partnership among HART, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, the State Department of Transportation and Move Oahu Forward. "This is about connecting with local companies to create local job opportunities with our project," Grabauskas said. Prime contractor presentations, one-on-one contractor appointments and more than a dozen exhibits were available for attendees. HART, Kiewit, Skanska/PCL/Hawaiian Dredging Joint Venture, Nordic PCL and Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc., delivered PowerPoint presentations. Exhibitors included Ansaldo Honolulu, a Joint Venture; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; City & County of Honolulu DBE Office; General Contractors Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Building & Construction Trades Council; Hawaii Construction Alliance; Hawaii Department of Transportation; Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc.; Kiewit; Nordic PCL; and Skanska/PCL/ Hawaiian Dredging, a Joint Venture. Construction of the rail transit project, which resumed in September on the East Kapolei site with work in progress throughout the 20-mile alignment, is expected to create approximately 10,000 jobs each year. More than half of the $5.26 billion elevated transit rail project's HART Industry Day brought together more than 200 building industry professionals. www.buildingindustryhawaii.com | 47 contracts have been awarded. HART reports that the interim opening of the first 10 miles is scheduled for 2017. The entire 20-mile system is expected to be operational in 2019. HART's updated list of upcoming construction contracts include: West Construction Contracts * West Oahu/Farrington Highway/ Kamehameha Highway Stations (9) - $150 million: February 2014 * Pearl Highlands Parking Structure & Ramps (Design-Build) - $175 million: March 2014 * University of Hawaii-West Oahu Park-and-Ride - $10 million: March 2016 East Construction Contracts * Airport Section Utilities - $25 million: December 2013 * Airport & City Center Guideway, including City Center Utilities - $745 million: July 2014 * Airport Stations (4) - $60 million: November 2014 * Dillingham and Kakaako Stations (8) - $125 million: August 2015 http://www.buildingindustryhawaii.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - December 2013

TOP STORIES, ISSUES AND PROJECTS OF 2013
INSIDE THE GCA
GUAM UPDATE
Concept to Completion: HBA High School - Phase I
Best Practices:Ten Strategies for 2014
Contracts Awarded
Low Bids
Newsmakers
New Products
NEWS BEAT: Plumbers Union Gifts $100,000 for Kids
Black Construction to Close Guam Dump
Architects Hawaii Strikes LEED Gold
Free Electronic Waste Pickup Offered
AIA Honolulu’s CANstruction Wins Big
NAWIC Installs New Officers
HART Hosts Industry Day
For Sale: Waikiki Icon
Navy Spreads Word on Energy Action

Building Industry Magazine - December 2013

https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0315
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0215
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0115
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1214
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1114
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1014
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0914
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0814
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0714
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0614
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0514
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0414
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0314
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0214
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0114
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1213
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1113
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1013
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0913
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0813
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0713
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0613
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0513
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0413
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0313
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0213
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0113
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1212
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1112
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1012
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0912
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0812
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0712
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0612
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0512
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0412
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0312
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0212
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0112
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1211
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1111
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/1011
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0911
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0811
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0711
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0611
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0511
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/201103_bldngIndustry_nxtd
https://www.nxtbook.com/trade/bi/0411
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com