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Bracing for rising seas, a Hawaii county makes builders prep for year 2100

Construction Dive

Kaua’i County is one of the nation’s first to base construction regulations on projected sea-level rise. A planning official explains how others could follow.

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Hawaii Regulators Reject Navy Plan to Drain Leaking Fuel Storage Site

ENR Construction

Hawaii officials say Navy plan to defuel the massive Red Hill facility on Oahu, which last year contaminated the local water supply, lacks key information to be approved.

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Hawaii Regulators Reject Navy Plan to Drain Troubled Fuel Storage Site

ENR Construction

Hawaii officials say the Navy plan to defuel the massive Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oahu lacks key information.

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Rejected Hawaii Utility Merger Scraps Aging Power Plant Upgrades

ENR Construction

Hawaii utility Hawaiian Electric Co. billion plan to upgrade oil-fired power plants to burn natural gas after state regulators rejected its planned merger with Florida-based clean-energy firm NextEra Energy Inc. has withdrawn its $1.2-billion

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Metcalf Construction wins key reversal from federal appeals court in Hawaii on military contract

BD+C

Hawaii-based Metcalf Construction Co. Regulations Codes and Standards' has won a key reversal from a federal appeals court in a case involving failures by the federal government to properly administer a contract for work that could have broad implications for government contractors.

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Hawaii Utility's Failed Merger Puts $860M Gas-Fired Project in Limbo

ENR Construction

State regulators on July 15 rejected the deal between Hawaiian Electric and NextEra—a deal in play since 2014.

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Safety as service for Kevin Moorhead

The Korte Company

He was born in Hawaii, and his father’s career took the family all over the world — Germany, Texas and Idaho, to name a few, and eventually Illinois. Sure, sometimes employees grouch about following what they might see as tedious regulations. There are so many people that look at me going to Hilton Head or Hawaii or Key West.

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