Contractors Association of Kauai

The Association provided 11 safety training courses for osha/hiosh compliance: the courses included: 3 - flagger certification classes 4 - powered industrial trucks (fork lift) certification classes 1 - confined space and trenching/excavation certified training for field supervisors 2 - driver improvement classes for certified drivers licensed (cdl) holders 1 - fork lift competent person training a total of 197 people attended these trainings. In addition the Association provided one class for lead paint certification (rrp) for 22 people. Another environmental workshop was offered in partnership with the state of Hawaii department of heath, clean water branch on the national pollutant discharge elimination system (npdes) and best management practices (bmps) for 32 registered individuals.

Nine Kauai students shared in 10,000 worth of scholarships. The scholarship funds were retained in the Association's restricted account to be awarded in 2022: - ron janus acob, senior architect major at portland state university. 1,500 - thomas jay shigemoto, master's in business administration at the university of Hawaii, shidler school of business. 1,000 - julia safford, junior civil engineering major at saint mary's college in south bend, Indiana. 1,000 - kailee oyama, freshman civil engineering major at santa clara university. 1,500 - destrey shibuya, junior civil engineering/math major at the college of wooster in Ohio. 1,000 - kalish letman, freshman architect major at wentworth institute of technology in boston, Massachusetts. 1,000 - andrew james galiza, freshman construction manager major at Arizona state university. 1,000 - dwight apao, freshman mechanical engineering major at the university of southern California. 1,000 - bronze decosta, freshman heavy equipment operator/construction manager major at butte college in California. 1,000

The Association normally sponsors up to six general membership meetings a year which is designed to provide members, potential members, and guests with timely information, and education that impacts the construction industry and/or the business community. In 2022 six meetings were held and included included the following: - in january, the soon-to-be opened puakea golf course and puakea grill was the site of the membership meeting with a "walkabout" of both the golf course and restaurant and presentations by the golf course pro and the executive chef of the restaurant. - in march, joseph tait, the manager and chief engineer, of the county of Kauai department of water updated the membership on the status of issuances of permits and other construction related issues. - in may, the department of education's technical education resource teacher and area complex superintendent provided updates on the department's new curriculum of developing "academies" in the high schools to provide students with exposure of various career paths and the department of education was sharing how it is partnering with the local community college to provide students with incentives of completing not only high school work but also gaining college credits. - in july, the 2022 scholarship recipients and their parents were honored at this meeting with check presentations. The keynote speaker was eric wright the president and ceo of par Hawaii, the local fuel distributor in the state, who spoke on issues facing his industry and the potential impact it could have on the construction industry and business community. - in october, the meeting was dedicated to networking and fellowship in a meeting held at Kauai community college. The second year culinary arts students prepared dinner for the meeting which was part of their course curriculum. - in december, the Association celebrated its 65th anniversary. Warren haruki, the president and ceo of grove farm company provided an update of their company's plans.

The board of directors continued previous years' initiatives of addressing environmental issues, unlicensed contracting, building code issues and issues that impact the construction industry. 1. The Association continues to file complaints on behalf of its members to the regulated industries complaints office (rico) on unlicensed contracting. 2. The Association produces a monthly newsletter, which is the Association's internal communication tool. Included in the newsletter are flyers and registration forms for membership meetings, all of the safety and environmental trainings and workshops the Association sponsors and any special activities the Association is affiliated with. 3. The group health insurance program that the Association has been able to provide the membership which is at 16 companies with over 300 members (employees and their families who belong to the program).