BY DENNIS HOLLIER Denny Watts, president of Watts Contructors Photo: Rae Huo When the U.S. and Japanese governments announced plans in 2006 to move nearly 8,000 U.S. Marines and 9,000 dependents from Okinawa to Guam, they set in motion what may become one of the largest building booms of this era. Big Hawaii construction companies…
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Arrested Development
It’s tempting to believe the map. To run your finger over the blue swath of the Pacific and imagine that these are islands. But the turmoil in the world’s financial markets has demonstrated that Hawaii’s isolation is an illusion. Our economy — particularly capital-intensive sectors like real estate development and construction — has become dependent…