Mayor-elect Kirk Caldwell announced Saturday his appointments in the Mayor’s Office, Managing Director’s Office, and for the directorships of city agencies. Follows are links to the reports from the local media: KHON2 KITV4 Hawaii News Now Honolulu StarAdvertiser (subscription required)
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Road Builders Corporation was the paving subcontractor for the beautiful new track and field at Castle High School. Please click on Hawaii News Now for the story shown on the December 10, 2012 broadcast. (source: Hawaii News Now)
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The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) kicked off its Asphalt FACTS campaign to help raise public awareness about the many benefits of asphalt pavements. The Asphalt FACTS campaign is centered on a new website,www.AsphaltFACTS.com, which highlights the truth about smooth, safe, durable, quiet, and economical asphalt pavements. The […]
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The eventual buyer of Tesoro Corp.’s Kapolei refinery, which the company has been trying to sell for nearly a year, will probably discontinue the facility’s refining operations and convert it to an import terminal for refined products, according to several analysts. The change could result in the […]
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The city has made great progress toward implementing a road maintenance program that will judge all roads on Oahu through a Pavement Condition Index, or PCI. On Wednesday, Division of Facility Maintenance Director Westley Chun told members of the City Council’s Public Works and Sustainability Committee that […]
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The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has released a study evaluating the role of ground tire rubber (GTR) in asphalt mixture performances. The study found that GTR can be considered an appropriate asphalt binder modifier to achieve critical high-temperature performance in asphalt mixtures, and that the […]
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Local industry activity recently gained national attention when the featured project in our August newsletter, SSFM’s design approach to pavement preservation in the National Parks, captured the attention of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). So much so that the November/December 2012 issue of its Asphalt Pavement […]
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Appreciative McCully Resident writes – Mahalo to all those involved in the splendid street revitalization project in the McCully area: the city’s road crew, contractor Grace Pacific, Aiwohi Bros., Hawaii Pacific Concrete & Paving and numerous others who have their hands on the job, all under the oversight […]
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