In Hawaii Business Magazine’ s article, Construction Helps Drive the Local Economy in Tourism’s Absence, our project Hale Makana O Maili is mentioned. Beverly Creamer writes about how construction is helping the economy that has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her is an excerpt from the August 3, 2020 article:
Projects big and small, public and private, keep construction as the major economic sector with the fewest layoffs
A spacious and well-stocked warehouse in Kapolei is helping power the strongest major sector in Hawai‘i’s hobbled economy. So is a custom-cabinet maker based in Kailua and a woodworking shop in Kāne‘ohe. For them and hundreds of other small suppliers and contractors, business remains lively, despite the pandemic.
Also driving the local construction industry are big construction, architectural and engineering companies, and big local spenders like the U.S. Department of Defense, the state government and the City and County of Honolulu.
See full article here.