Building Industry Hawaii - July 2023

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ALLIED BUILDERS SYSTEM abshawaii.com

A s President Gary Oda predicted last year, several projects for Allied Builders System that were delayed or canceled due to COVID-19 returned in 2022. This resulted in a healthy 46 precent increase in revenue for the company, from $60.4 million, in 2021 to $88 million in 2022. The 53-year-old company remains at No. 17 on Hawai‘i’s Top 25 Contractors list for a second straight year. Allied Builders received an

working together to overcome challenges created by supply chain disruptions and the economy.”

Gary Oda

2022 REVENUE: $88M

One significant ongoing project Allied is work- ing to complete in 2023 is the AC Hotel Honolulu by Marriott at the site of the old Remington College in downtown Honolulu, a full-gut demoli- tion and property-wide transformation to create 112 new guestrooms. “One of the biggest challenges on this proj- ect is logistics. This building has no parking areas and limited loading stalls,” Oda says. “We need to be diligent about planning deliveries, hauling out debris, and any exterior work which may affect pedestrian and vehicular traffic.” As for the future, Oda says he’s cautiously opti- mistic for 2023 and beyond. “There are still many risk exposures regard- ing geopolitical concerns, rising interest rates, employee shortages and recessionary pressures, but our industry has been incredibly resilient through all the uncertainty over the past few years.” – Jackie M. Young

YEARS IN HAWAI‘I: 53

EMPLOYEES: 71

Honorable Mention at the 2022 AIA Honolulu Design Awards in the institutional category for ‘Iolani School’s Kaneshiro Science & Innovation Center and Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Performance Studios. “It was very encouraging to see more projects starting and the increased confidence level of our clients and industry partners about the recovery after the pandemic,” Oda says. “Our team learned a lot

Among last year’s projects for Allied Builders on O‘ahu were renovations at Servco Toyota’s administrative offices. PHOTO COURTESY ALLIED BUILDERS SYSTEM

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