April 2012

The construction industry heaved another sigh of relief today when Circuit Court Judge Gary Chang granted, in part, summary judgment requesting that an insurer be forced to provide coverage for construction defects on an Owner Controlled Insurance Policy (OCIP) that include a wrap provision providing coverage for years after construction completion. 

The project is the…

Hot off the presses!  Anna Oshiro and Christi-Anne Kudo Chock co-authored a chapter in a book entitled Construction Defects that was just published by the American Bar Association and sponsored by the Forum on the Construction Industry.  Construction Defects delves into various legal aspects related to issues that commonly arise on construction projects. 

This chapter…

Forbes recently featured the development of energy using the differential in temperatures between cold deep sea and warmer surface ocean waters. The technology is called ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The technology apparently works as follows:
"Cold water is drawn with a pipe from depths of a 1,000 meters or more, where the
sun’s heat

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Forum

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 — DCCA, licensing, bid openings, GCA, BIA

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…