22 Jul 2011

Corps of Engineers Regulatory Outreach to American Samoa

In a continuing effort to help the people of American Samoa, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District recently held two outreach workshops for the territorial government on how the Corps’ Regulatory Program works and how to best work with Corps Regulators.

7 Jul 2011

Army Corps Awards Contract for New Schofield Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing Facility

Absher Construction Company Inc., Puyallup, Wash., was awarded a $35,275,888 firm-fixed-price contract on June 30, 2011.

10 Jun 2011

Honolulu District awards two construction contracts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District awarded two construction contracts totaling $23,581,446 for work to be completed at Tripler Army Medical Center and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.

6 Jun 2011

Hawaii Women-Owned Small Businesses benefit from contracting forum

Over 160 small business owners, mostly women, attended the Hawai’i Army Industry Day for Women-Owned Small Business at the Nehelani Conference Center at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Wednesday.

3 Jun 2011

Corps of Engineers Awards American Samoa Contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District has awarded a contract of $2,488,880.00 to Trade West Construction, Inc., Mesquite, NV for the Cyclone Repair of Route 118 Utulei Landslide, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa.

19 May 2011

Army Corps, ABMC ADA Chairlift Project at Punchbowl Begins Next Week

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District is scheduled to begin construction during the week of May 23 of a recently awarded $945,000 contract to install four chairlifts along the eastern side of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) Honolulu Memorial within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The chairlifts will facilitate American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant access to the entire memorial.

11 May 2011

Corps of Engineers holds Annual Workshop

A record number of local architects, engineers, construction contractors and others in related fields attended the 16th Annual U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Workshop May 5 at the Hale Koa Hotel in Honolulu.

26 Apr 2011

565th Eng. Det. Teams with Baltimore FEST-A at Key Resolve 2011

Honolulu District’s 565th Engineer Detachment Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance (FEST-A) joined forces with Baltimore District’s FEST-A (71st Eng. Det.) at the 2011 Key Resolve exercise in South Korea to develop a preliminary contingency bed down plan for use in potential future U.S. forces missions. Held in conjunction with the annual field exercise Foal Eagle, Key Resolve is a command post exercise that enables the Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance to hone the skills needed to deter aggression against South Korea or to fight and win, if necessary.

21 Apr 2011

Honolulu District Civilian Employee to Receive Prestigious National Award

Kris Young, who serves as the executive administrative assistant to the chief of the Engineering and Construction Division at the District, will receive the Federal Asian Pacific American Council’s Excellence in Individual Achievement award during the 26th FAPAC National Leadership Training Conference held May 9 to 13.

22 Mar 2011

Community Organizations, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hold the first America’s Great Outdoors Event in Hawaii

In order to promote President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (TNC); community group Kāko’o Ōiwi; the UH Institute of Marine Biology; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy and leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held Hawaii’s first ever America’s Great Outdoors Event at Heeia Wetland adjacent to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, March 17, 2011.