Hawaii High Rise Starts Upward Climb

摘要

Hawaii's first hydraulic climbing concrete placing system provides a lift on this condominium project. Construction of the 24-story Holomua condominium project was originally planned for 2009, but was shelved amid Hawaii's real estate slump. Then, in April 2011, the developer re-launched unit sales at reduced prices and all 176 condos quickly sold out. As a result, construction swiftly began in September 2011 to build the 220-ft.-tall tower, encompassing a seven-story parking garage, 16 stories of living space and a one-story roof. Honolulu, Hawaii-based Nordic PCL Construction, Inc. selected Ohana Concrete Pumping, Inc. (Ohana) of Pearl City to provide a complete concrete placing systems approach. The demanding project would require meeting a highly aggressive schedule and tackling very challenging job-site conditions to place 13,000 cu. yds. of concrete in total.