Hawaii Supreme Court Halts Construction of the TMT: Decision here:

http://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/opin_ord/sct/2015/December/SCAP-14-0000873.pdf

DCCA Hearings Officer rules against Nan Inc. on airport rental facility project bid protest.

This DOT project was first bid in 2014. The first three low bidders were all eliminated in favor of Hawaiian Dredging, which was slated to be awarded the bid based upon it being "low" after a reduction in job scope. Nan…

The bill

Just returned from the Forum's January meeting in Scottsdale.   One of the many well attended and well done programs was a breakout session on litigating the $200,000 case,  put on by Franklin Elmore of the Elmore Goldsmith firm in South Carolina, and Erik Raines of the Hill Ward Henderson firm in Tampa Florida. 

For construction…

In a decision  issued yesterday by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the court affirmed the ruling issued by District Court Judge Tashima, refusing to issue a preliminary injunction stopping construction of the Honolulu Rail Project

In the 2013 legislative session, the senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 84, Senate Draft 1 (2013) ("Resolution"), which requested that the Contractors License Board ("Board") conduct an assessment of each of the contractor licensing classifications under chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS"), and chapter 77, Hawaii Administrative Rules ("HAR"), and prepare a report that evaluates…

HART executive director Dan Grabauskas has warned that delay of a decision from the federal court of appeals could once again suspend construction on the rail project.  The lawsuit filed by former governor Ben Cayetano and others, is on appeal and oral arguments were heard in San Francisco in August of last year, and the…

The Star Advertiser reports that the construction industry will play a larger part in the expected healthy growth in the island economy over the next few years.  Reporting on the comments of Jack Suyderhoud at the First Hawaiian Bank business outlook forum, the Adversiter notes:  "Tourism's torrid pace will taper as the sector continues to…