I recently litigated a bid protest seeking to overturn acceptance of a bid for a $7 million dollar paving job. The time set for bid opening was 2:00. On the date of bid opening, the low bidder ran into the room, self-stamped his bid, and handed it over to the public agency rep. behind the counter. The
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Okada Trucking 13 Years Later: Still Making Waves in the Industry
By Anna Oshiro on
Last year I researched and wrote a paper on the Okada Trucking decision, first issued by the Hawaii Supreme Court in 2002. The decision dramatically affected the scope of a general engineering and building license in the state, altering and limiting work traditionally performed by general contractors, and making them little more than construction managers…