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NewsBeat Forest City Completes $312M Kaneohe Neighborhood On May 17, Forest City Military Communities, LLC celebrated the completion of the Mololani subdivision as part of Forest City’s multiphase public-private venture (PPV) partnership with the Department of the Navy. Meaning well-kept or rare in Hawaiian, the Mololani 765-home neighborhood on Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) was completed in four years. Col. Brian Annichiarico, MCBH commanding officer, says, “What’s important to me is when our Marines and sailors deploy into harm’s way, they can leave their families behind and rest assured they are taken care of.” Mololani offers Navy and Marine military personnel picturesque views of the Pacific Ocean and the Koolau mountain range. The new homes feature three, four, and five-bedroom plans with various single-family, duplex, tri-plex, and quad-plex configurations offered to military families and service members of all ranks, from E1 through 05. They also have covered lanai, open floor plans and amenities that include two-car enclosed garages, intrusion alarms, enclosed privacy yards and automatic lawn irrigation systems. The neighborhood features a new 7,500-squarefoot multipurpose community center with extensive green space that includes play lots, courts, picnic pavilions and a dog park. Green building elements include an improved thermal exterior, due to increased insulation and low-E thermal pane windows, SEER 16 highefficiency central air conditioning, solar hot water systems and Energy Star ceiling fans throughout. These sustainable features earned three of the home models Leadership in Energy and Design platinum certification, the highest certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. One home designed with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Energy achieved net-zero energy status in January 2012 by producing more electricity through solar photovoltaic generation than the residents consumed during the year. Above, the newest addition to military housing in Kaneohe is named Mololani. Below, project partners of Forest City and military officials celebrated the neighborhood’s completion with a traditional Hawaiian blessing on May 17. PBTE Online Registration Now Open Online registration for the 2012 Honblue Pacific Building Trade Expo is now open. Scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the Hawaii Convention Center, the one-day trade show is free for professionals in the AEC (architect-engineeringconstruction) industries. By pre-registering online at www. pacificbuildingtradeexpo.com, attendees can bypass the registration lines on the day of the event. Now in its 13th year, the expo is co-produced by the Honolulu chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), and features products and services from nearly 300 vendors, as well as seminars eligible for continuing education credits, buffet lunch, Aloha Reception and prize giveaways – all included with the free admission. Companies that wish to showcase their services and product lines and network with more than 1,700 architects, contractors, engineers, military and government officials, developers, specifiers and other AEC industry professionals can still apply for exhibit space by e-mailing barbie@ pacificbuildingtradeexpo.com. 6 | BUILDING INDUSTRY | JULY 2012 http://www.pacificbuildingtradeexpo.com

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

Contents July 2012
Hawaii’s Top 25 Contractors
Educating for the Industry
Surviving a Tough Economy
Top Eats
News Beat
Forest City Completes $312M Neighborhood
2012 CAK Home Show Streams Live
Keokea Beach Park Renovation Completed
La Tour Bakehouse Partners with RevoluSun
Pier 29 Construction Complete
NAIOP Awards Honor Commercial Development
NAVFAC Awards $46.6M Contract
Departments
Datebook
Best Practices
Contracts Awarded
Concept to Completion: Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club, Phase 5
Low Bids
Spotlight on Success: BEQ, MCBH
News Makers
New Products
July's Features

Building Industry Magazine - July 2012