News Archive

  • SHELDON HUNT NAMED PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF AQUA ENGINEERS
    10/31/2011
    HONOLULU— Kaua‘i-based Aqua Engineers, Hawai‘i’s largest and most experienced water and wastewater management company and one of the state’s largest defense contractors, has named Sheldon Hunt President and General Manager.  As President and General Manager, Hunt will be responsible for running Aqua Engineers and its subsidiary, Briant Construction, Inc., a mechanical contracting company.
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  • GROUND BREAKING HELD FOR SCHOFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADES AND CONSTRUCTION
    08/26/2011

    HONOLULU— As part of fulfilling a 2004, 50-year privatization contract with the U.S. Army, Aqua Engineers is upgrading sewer pipeline and transmission lines, and building a pumping station on Schofield Barracks.  A blessing and groundbreaking was held at the Schofield Barracks Wastewater Treatment Plant on Wheeler Army Air Field on Friday, August 19.

    The project includes upgrading sewer pipeline—which will be the main wastewater conveyance for Schofield Barracks to the treatment plant south of Wheeler Army Airfield (WAAF), constructing transmission main, a booster pump station, and 1 million gallon storage tank.

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  • Briant Construction Hires Nathan Rutledge
    08/09/2011
    Hawai‘i—Nathan Rutledge has been hired as Project Manager by Briant Construction, a mechanical, design/build contractor, and project and construction management firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaua‘i-based Aqua Engineers, Hawai‘i’s largest and most experienced water and wastewater management and operations company.  
    As Project Manager, Rutledge initially will be responsible for overseeing construction of the Lyman Road project at Schofield Barracks, which is expected to break ground in August. 
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  • Aqua Engineers Awarded Army Contract To Upgrade Wastewater Collection System At Schofield Barracks Army Base
    05/23/2011

    Hawaii— Kauai-based Aqua Engineers, Inc. (Aqua), Hawaii’s leading water and wastewater management company, has hired Goodfellows, Bros., Inc., as partner and contractor to do construction as part of a $15 million contract to upgrade the wastewater collection system at the Schofield Barracks Army Base in Hawaii. This is the first phase of several infrastructure work projects in support of the US Army goals to expand Schofield Base as part of GTA (Grow-the-Army).
       

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  • Aqua Engineers Hires Vince Gallo
    04/17/2011

    Hawai‘I - Aqua Engineers has hired Vince Gallo as Kaua‘i Operations Manager. He will direct a staff of twenty-five technicians, operators, mechanics, electricians and chemists serving Aqua’s many clients on Kaua‘i.  He will also be part of a management and engineering team that provides water and wastewater services to projects throughout the State of Hawai‘i..

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  • Aqua Engineers Hires Jennifer Parker
    02/09/2011
    Hawaii—Aqua Engineers, Hawaii’s largest water and wastewater management private company, has hired Jennifer Parker as Collection Systems Superintendent. She will be responsible for the oversight of wastewater installations at Fort Shafter, Aliamanu Military Reservation, Fort DeRussy, Tripler Army Medical Center, Red Hill Coast Guard, Hickam Air Force Base, and Pililaau Army Recreation Center. Parker will also oversee the upgrades, repairs, expansions and facility replacements, as well as continue to operate and maintain the utility wastewater collection systems.
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  • Bill Thornton Named General Manager Of Briant Construction
    07/09/2010

    Hawai'i - Kauai - Bill Thornton has been hired as General Manager of Briant Construction, a mechanical, design/build contractor, and project and construction management firm, that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kauai-based Aqua Engineers, Hawaii’s largest and most experienced water and wastewater management and operations company.

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  • Aqua Engineers Hires Ken Davis
    04/29/2010

    Hawai‘i - Kauai — Ken Davis has been hired as Kaua‘i-based Aqua Engineers new Chief Financial Officer in charge of overall accounting, budgeting, financial planning and other financial operations of the company in support of the company’s strategic goals and ESOP initiatives.  
    In his previous employment, he served as the CFO/COO/Secretary and Treasurer at an employee benefits consulting company in the Midwest, which he joined in 1995.  He brings to Aqua 15 years of experience as an ESOP administrator and trustee.

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  • Wastewater treatment plant project uncorks Westside development
    04/12/2010

    • Dignitaries gather for the dedication of the groundbreaking of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Phase I, Friday afternoon.
    • Michael Flanagan, project manager, and Haku Aletha Kaohi look on as County Engineer Donald Fujimoto uses salt water to draw out any undesireables during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Phase I, Friday afternoon. Shown are Flanagan, Kaohi, Mike Faye of Kikiaola Construction, Bill Thornton of Aqua Engineers, Fujimoto, Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr., Ed Tschupp of the county’s Wastewater Division, April Matsumura of the Dept. of Health, Roy Abe of HDR and Chair Kaipo Asing of the County Council.
    • Michael Flanagan, project manager, and Haku Aletha Kaohi look on as County Engineer Donald Fujimoto uses salt water to draw out any undesireables during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Phase I, Friday afternoon. Shown are Flanagan, Kaohi, Mike Faye of Kikiaola Construction, Bill Thornton of Aqua Engineers, Fujimoto, Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr., Ed Tschupp of the county’s Wastewater Division, April Matsumura of the Dept. of Health, Roy Abe of HDR and Chair Kaipo Asing of the County Council.
    • Project Manager Michael Flanagan accepts a piko of ti leaves from Haku Aletha Kaohi during the groundbreaking for the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion.
    • Kris Reisdorf of the PacRim Marketing Group checks out the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant which is 35 years old and running at capacity. Dedication of the plant’s expansion, Friday afternoon, will not only allow for more capacity, but will create jobs as well as incorporate new technology to make more recycled water available as a resource

    WAIMEA — Reliable expanded wastewater service opportunities, the creation of jobs for local contractors and the integration of new technology to provide more water as a resource are some of the benefits of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Phase I.

    Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. touched on these points during the blessing and groundbreaking of the project, Friday afternoon, which featured Haku Aletha Kaohi.

    “This is an excellent example of how the people of Kaua‘i are directly benefiting from federal stimulus funds,” Carvalho said. “We are pleased that Briant Construction was awarded the contract for the Waimea WWTP project via a competitive proposal process. We look forward to the job opportunities this project will provide our residents along with future economic development on the Westside as a result of the increased capacity of the treatment plant.”

    Phase I is intended to increase treatment capacity of the existing plant, built in the early 1970s, from approximately 300,000 gallons per day to 700,000 gallons per day with the ability for future expansion to 1.2 million gallons per day of flow treatment.
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  • AQUA ENGINEERS ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS
    04/11/2010

    Hawaii-Kauai–based Aqua Engineers has promoted Hugh Strom and Lyle Tabata. The growing wastewater management company, now Hawaii’s largest, was recently awarded the contract for the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant project and has two large military contracts. They will be holding a groundbreaking and blessing at the Waimea plant location this Friday.

    Hugh Strom, has been promoted to Senior Vice President/business development, overseeing and supporting the Army Operations Manager, who is responsible for overseeing, coaching and developing the Army Operations Teams and implementing the policies and procedures for the Army contracts and projects.
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