Building Industry Magazine - March 2012 - (Page 6)

NewsBeat GCA Celebrates 80th Anniversary at Installation The 2012 executive board includes: Rick Heltzel, second vice president; Johnny Higa, executive vice president/secretary; Marnie Koga Hursty, first vice president; John Romanowski, president; and Lyle Moody, immediate past president. The General Contractors Association of Hawaii celebrated its 80th anniversary on Jan. 21 at The Royal Hawaiian hotel, along with its annual installation banquet. Leading the association in its landmark year are: • President: John Romanowski, Jas. W. Glover, Ltd. • First Vice President: Marnie Koga Hursty, Mega Construction • Second Vice President: Rick Heltzel, Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. • Treasurer: Joyce Furukawa, Royal Contracting Co., Ltd. • Executive Vice President/Secretary: Johnny Higa Serving as immediate past president is Lyle Moody of Walker-Moody Construction Co., Ltd. In 2012 the directors for the AGC (Associated General Contractors), the national affiliate of the GCA, are: Glenn Nohara, AGC life director; Gordon Scruton, AGC life director; Garrett Sullivan, Sullivan & Associates, Inc.; Lance Wilhelm, Kiewit Building Group, Inc.; and William Wilson, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc. Serving as past president directors are: Darrell Goo, Grace Pacific Corp.; Lance Inouye, Ralph S. Inouye Co., Ltd.; Glen Kaneshige, Nordic PCL Construction, Inc.; and Kathleen Thurston, Thurston-Pacific, Inc. Also installed as directors are: George Ehara, Swinerton Builders; Sheri Mau: Kiewit Building Group; Kelvin Osborne, Watts Constructors, LLC; Kenneth Spence, Nordic PCL; Wesley Tsutsui, Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc.; and Raymond Nii, Grace Pacific. Kaleo Nakamura of Alii Flooring is chairperson of GCA’s Subcontractors Council. Besides inducting its newest officers, another highlight of the evening was the presentation of committee awards. The Most Improved award went to the Subcontractors Council, and the finance committee earned the Outstanding Performance award. Renowned local musician and activist Kapono was the evening’s featured performer. Top: Moody presents the Outstanding Performance award to Sheri Mau, chair of the finance committee. Bottom: Glenn Nohara, mentor for the Most Improved committee, the Subcontractors Council, accepts the award from Moody. HONORING LOYALTY AND LONGEVITY As part of its 80th anniversary celebration, GCA Hawaii also honored its loyal and longtime member companies, presenting them with keepsake koa paddles. • • • • • • • Receiving recognition were: dck pacific construction LLC First Insurance Co. of Hawaii Hawaiian Cement Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc. Hawthorne Pacific Corp. Heide & Cook Honolulu Painting Co., Ltd. • • • • • • • Jas W. Glover, Ltd. Nordic PCL Construction Inc. Oahu Plumbing & Sheetmetal, Ltd. Ralph S. Inouye Co., Ltd. Robert M. Kaya Builders, Inc. Tokunaga Masonry, Inc. Walker-Moody Construction Co., Ltd. With the firm’s honorary koa paddle, three generations of the Moody family from Walker-Moody Construction (from left): John Moody, Max Moody and Lyle Moody, GCA’s immediate past president 6 | 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