Building Industry Magazine - March 2012 - (Page 10)

NewsBeat HLPA Names 2012 Board The Hawaii Lumber Products Association (HLPA) announced its 2012 board of directors on Jan. 27. They include the following: Ken Laughlin • President: Ken Laughlin, Pacific Wood Preserving • Vice President: Jeff Browning, Sause Bros. • Secretary: Connie Smales, Plywood Hawaii, Inc. • Treasurer: Robert B. Kayser, Jr., Gentry Builders, LLC The rest of the board includes: Keith Cuthbert, iLevel by Weyerhaeuser; Michael Fujimoto, HPM Building Supply; Jim Keller, Armstrong Builders; Scott Loomer, Truss Systems Hawaii, Inc.; Art Owada, Honsador Lumber LLC; and Hap Person, Honolulu Wood Treating, LLC. The HLPA is comprised of professionals representing the development and construction industry as well as building material producers and service companies, all of whom are committed to the education and promotion of lumber products. Construction Begins on Kawailoa Wind Farm by Siemens. The total capacity of 69 MW of wind energy the project is expected to generate will be enough to power about 14,500 homes per year, equal to 5 percent to 10 percent of Oahu’s energy load, according to Kekoa Kaluhiwa, director of external affairs for First Wind in Hawaii. It will be the largest wind energy project in the state. In addition to the turbines, the project also includes construction of two buildings, three fenced yards, two meteorological towers, a communications tower and connector lines. The complex is being built on former Kawailoa plantation land owned by Kamehameha Schools above Haleiwa. Lease revenues from the wind project will go to help promote agriculture in Kawailoa. As with its other projects (Kaheawa plant in Maalaea, Maui, and the Kahuku wind farm – also built by RMT – on Oahu), First Wind developed a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), a conservation effort that includes research funding and actions to protect and minimize incidental harm to wildlife in the vicinity. The Kawailoa Wind Farm is expected to be operational by the end of the year. An informal blessing by Kahu David Kaupu was held in November before site clearing began. Civil work will be followed this summer by the installation of the wind turbines. Following the December 2011 approval of a power purchase agreement between Massachusettsbased First Wind and Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO), First Wind scheduled a Feb. 24 groundbreaking ceremony for its Kawailoa Wind Farm on Oahu’s North Shore. General contractor, RMT, Inc. — with a variety of local subcontractors that include Goodfellow Bros. Inc., Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc. and South Pacific Steel — will commence with civil work, followed this summer by the installation of turbines. The project will include 30 2.3megawatt (MW) turbines manufactured 10 | BUILDING INDUSTRY | MARCH 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - March 2012

Sitework
Residential Construction
Guam
GCA Celebrates 80th Anniversary at Installation
Carpenters Name ‘Builder of the Year’
BIA Home Show Draws 20,000-plus Attendees
$12M Grant Funds New Chaminade Parking
Construction Begins on Kawailoa Wind Farm
St. Francis to Build Multifamily Center
ACECH Spotlights Best in Engineering
UH to Get $42M IT Center
Datebook
Contracts Awarded
Best Practices: Without Working 80-Hour Weeks
Spotlight on Success: Kroc Center Hawaii
Architects Corner: AIA Welcomes New Year with New Board
Concept to Completion: Safeway Beretania
Low Bids
News Makers
New Products
Cover March 2012

Building Industry Magazine - March 2012