Bill Thornton Named General Manager Of Briant Construction

Publish Date: 
Fri, 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.

Before joining Briant Construction, Thornton was Construction Manager and Project Director at Kitchell Contractors, Inc. for almost ten years, in charge of the company’s Hawaii projects, taking the lead on civil engineering improvement projects that were part of the Kukuiula master-planned community on Kauai and other Hawaii-based projects.

Prior to that, he worked at Arizona based Sundt Companies, Inc, working on military and other design/build projects from Hawaii to the Midwest, spending four years in Hawaii, from 1996 - 2000.

Thornton attended Arizona State University, Del E. Web School of Construction. He is an active member of Maui and Kauai communities, where he resides and works.

About Briant Construction


Briant Construction, Inc., a subsidiary of Aqua Engineers, was established in May 2000 to provide a full range of mechanical, design/build Contracting and Construction Management services to private, commercial, and government agencies.   The Briant Team, as general contractor, was recently awarded the Design/Build contract for the County of Kauai Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant (Waimea, Kauai) expansion, and  completed the upgrade and expansion of the Poipu Water Reclamation Facility (Poipu, Kauai) and the Schofield Wastewater Treatment Plant (Wahiawa, Oahu).  Briant Construction is Hawaii’s only certified fusion contractor for C900 and C905 PVC pipe.  For more information go to www.aquaengineers.com .