ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry

American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/construction_industry.html

Forum Newsletters (“Under Construction” Online):  http://www.americanbar.org/groups/construction_industry/publications.html

Hawaii Resources 

Business and Trademark Registration

• State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Business Registration Division (BREG):  http://hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/ 

• Information re business registration: http://hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/geniforegister 

• BREG Online Services (business name and trademark registration and search): http://hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/online

Licensing

• State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism: http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/business/start_grow/Document.2005-10-13.4537
• Professional and Vocational Licensing Search: http://pvl.ehawaii.gov/pvlsearch/app

Bid Openings

• State Procurement Office (SPO): http://www.spo.hawaii.gov/
• State of Hawaii Electronic Procurement System (HePS) Public Procurement Notices Website: http://heps.sicomm.net/HePS/
• State & County Procurement Notices (not on HePS): http://www.state.hi.us/inetpub1/www4.hawaii.gov/bidapps/ShowBidse4b6.html
• SPO Forms: http://hawaii.gov/forms/state-procurement-office
• Price & Vendor List Contracts: http://hawaii.gov/spo/price-vendor-lists
• Procurement Statutes and Rules: http://www.spo.hawaii.gov/statutes-and-rules
• City and County of Honolulu Division of Purchasing: http://www2.honolulu.gov/wps/portal/main/agencies/pur/pur_home
  • Honolulu Division of Purchasing Registration: http://www4.honolulu.gov/bfspurchasingbids/main/frmregister.asp
  • Bids and Proposals: http://www4.honolulu.gov/bfspurchasingbids/main/vueOpenBids.asp?sType=C

• County of Maui Division of Purchasing: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/index.aspx?NID=509
  • Bid Listings: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/Bids.aspx?CatID=19
• County of Kauai Division of Purchasing: http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/Finance/PurchasingDivision/tabid/156/Default.aspx
  • Bids and Proposals: http://www.kauai.gov/default.aspx?tabid=533
• County of Hawaii Division of Purchasing: http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/directory/dir_finance.htm
  • Bids and Proposals: http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/purchasing/bids.htm

Approvals and Permits 

• State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources: http://hawaii.gov/dlnr
  • Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands: http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/occl/

• State of Hawaii Department of Health (Clean Water Branch): http://emdweb.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/wqd/viewer/
• Army Corps of Engineers (Honolulu office): http://www.poh.usace.army.mil/
• City and County of Honolulu Department of Permitting and Planning (DPP): http://www.honoluludpp.org/aboutdpp/
  • Planning Information: http://www.honoluludpp.org/Planning/
  • Permitting Information: http://www.honoluludpp.org/PermitInfo/
• County of Maui (Maui, Molokai, Lanai): http://www.co.maui.hi.us/
  • Planning Information: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/index.aspx?nid=121
  • Permitting Information: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/index.aspx?nid=79
• County of Hawaii: http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/contents.htm
  • Planning Information: http://www.cohplanningdept.com/
  • Permitting Information: http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/permits/permits.htm
• County of Kauai: http://www.kauai.gov/
  • Planning Information: http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PlanningDepartment/tabid/61/Default.aspx
  • Permitting Information: http://egov.kauai.gov/Click2GovBP/

Environmental

• Office of Environmental Quality Control: http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/oeqc/index.html

Associations

• General Contractors Association of Hawaii (GCA): http://www.gcahawaii.org/
  • GCA Members (search page)_: http://www.gcahawaii.org/cgi/search_members.php
  • GCA Bidding Information: http://www.gcahawaii.org/cgi/bid_access.php
  • GCA Buyers’ Guide (search page): http://www.gcahawaii.org/cgi/search_buyGuide.php
• Building Industry Association of Hawaii (BIA): http://biahawaii.org/
• The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): http://www.agc.org/
  • AGC Industry Topics: http://www.agc.org/cs/industry_topics
• The American Institute of Architects (AIA): http://www.aia.org/
  • AIA Contract Documents: http://www.aia.org/contractdocs/index.htm

Federal Government

• Central Contractor Registration: https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx
• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA): http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/100000
  • Contract Award Information: http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do
  • GSA e-Tools: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104555

Rail: http://www.honolulutransit.org/

• Public Notices re Rail: http://www.honolulutransit.org/document-library/public-notices.aspx