Constructors Hawaii

What Constructors Hawaii does

Constructors Hawaii is a Honolulu-headquartered general contractor founded in 1972 and operating as a family-owned enterprise now in its second generation of Yoshiyama family leadership, with Colin Yoshiyama serving as President. The company delivers design-assist construction services exclusively within the State of Hawaii, serving institutional clients across healthcare, financial services, cultural and historical preservation, education, religious, recreation, and commercial end-markets. Its customer base is anchored by repeat institutional relationships with Hawaii Pacific Health, Bank of Hawaii, First Hawaiian Bank, Central Pacific Bank, Kamehameha Schools, and Queen's Health Systems, suggesting a relationship-driven, project-based revenue model rather than a technology or platform business. The firm executes work under American Institute of Architects (AIA) standard contract forms, embedding itself into pre-construction collaboration with owners and architects via the design-assist methodology.

The firm operates with an estimated 11 to 50 employees and ranks among the top 25 contractors in Hawaii (historically in the #13-25 range). Revenue has tracked in the $21M to $36M range across 2017-2020, with a peak of $35.82M in 2019 and a pandemic-related dip to $32.8M in 2020. There is no evidence of proprietary software platforms, technology product lines, or AI/ML capabilities; the business is fundamentally a services operation whose value derives from craft execution, institutional client trust, and Hawaii-specific regulatory, labor, and supply-chain knowledge. Strategic posture is organic-only, with no M&A, no outside funding, and a deliberate single-state focus that has held for five decades.

Name

Constructors Hawaii

Legal name

Constructors Hawaii Inc.

Website

https://constructorshawaii.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Constructors Hawaii is a Honolulu-based, family-owned general contractor founded in 1972 that delivers design-assist construction services across healthcare, banking, education, and cultural-historical sectors for institutional clients throughout the State of Hawaii.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction / General Contracting Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Construction (23)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD), Senior Living & Assisted Living Facility Construction (IMAFACAJ), Healthcare Facility Construction (Hospitals, Clinics, Labs) (IMAFACAD)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Commercial construction management
• Healthcare facility construction
• Historic preservation construction
• Design-assist construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Honolulu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. General Contracting / Construction Management: Project-based revenue earned through fixed-price construction contracts (lump-sum GC contracts) with AIA standard contract documents. Typical project size ranges from a few hundred thousand dollars (e.g., 18-8 Fine Men's Salon at $351,000, Iolani Palace repairs at $245,500) up to multi-million-dollar builds (e.g., Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum $13.8M, Friendship Christian School $4.5M, 3470 Waialae $3.8M, Leeward YMCA $11.7M, Waimanalo Health Center $11.8M, Kobayashi & Kosasa Family Dining Room $9.8M, Hilo Federal Building $7.5M, Queen's Health Care Centers Kahala $6.7M, Kekelaokalani Building $5.9M). Company reported earnings of $32.8 million for 2020 and $35.82 million for 2019. Design-assist preconstruction services included at no extra cost.
2. Preconstruction / Design-Assist Services: Early-stage budgeting, phasing, and value engineering provided during design phase; typically embedded into overall contract rather than charged separately. Includes AIA G702/G703 pay request procedures with 10% retention standard.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Constructors Hawaii provides full-service general contracting for new construction and major renovation projects across Hawaii, working directly with project owners, architects, and designers from earliest design stages through final contract documents. The firm delivers design-assist preconstruction services (budgeting, phasing, value engineering) bundled into AIA standard lump-sum contracts and executes projects from approximately $245K to $13.8M across healthcare, education, cultural and historical, financial, religious, recreation, restaurant and dining, and commercial sectors. Senior managers and the EVP personally oversee each project from kickoff through completion, emphasizing single-point accountability and preservation-sensitive construction in occupied or historically significant facilities.

Product overview

Constructors Hawaii Inc. (CHI) operates as a single, unified general contracting firm — not a software platform with discrete modules — offering new construction and major renovation services organized by market sector. Its core offering is full-service general contracting delivered through a design-assist construction management methodology, with dedicated practice areas in Healthcare, Education, Cultural & Historical Resources, Financial, Religious Facilities, Restaurant & Dining, Recreation, and Commercial construction. All of these sector-specific services are executed by the same in-house team (including Project Engineers, Project Superintendents, Project Managers, and Operations Management) under the leadership of President Colin Yoshiyama and Executive Vice President David Thom, supported by the firm's Honolulu-based office at 1728 Kahai Street.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contracting Services Full-service general contracting for new construction and major renovations in Hawaii. The firm teams with owners, architects, and designers to deliver complex projects, providing quality craftsmanship, diligent construction management, and design-assist services across all market sectors under AIA standard contract documents.
• Healthcare Construction Construction and renovation services for healthcare facilities including hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, fitness centers, and specialized medical environments. Featured projects include the Waimanalo Health Center, Kapiolani Medical Center, Straub Medical Center, Queen's Health Care Centers, and Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii.
• Education Construction Construction services for educational facilities including schools, preschools, university laboratories, and performing arts centers. Featured projects include the Kekelaokalani Building at Kamehameha Schools, Moanalua High School Performing Arts Center, Friendship Christian Schools, KCAA Mother Rice Preschool, and Lyon Arboretum at University of Hawaii.
• Cultural and Historical Resources Construction Specialized restoration, renovation, and new construction for historic landmarks and cultural institutions including Bishop Museum, Iolani Palace, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum and Park, Doris Duke's Shangri La, Hilo Federal Building, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, and Ali'iolani Hale.
• Financial Construction Construction services for banks and financial institutions, including Branch of Tomorrow bank buildouts for Bank of Hawaii, First Hawaiian Bank, Central Pacific Bank, and Kamehameha Schools Financial Assets Division.
• Religious Facilities Construction Construction and restoration services for religious facilities including the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Friendship Christian Schools sanctuary, and St. Anthony Church.
• Restaurant and Dining Construction Construction services for restaurants and dining venues including Kobayashi & Kosasa Family Dining Room at KMCWC, Brue Bar, Tutu's Place by Highway Inn at Bishop Museum, Genki Sushi Pearlridge, and Honolulu Community College Cafe.
• Recreation Construction Construction services for recreation facilities including Kroc Center Hawaii, YMCA Waianae Branch, Leeward YMCA (renovation of historic Oahu Sugar Mill), and YMCA Camp Erdman.
• Commercial Construction Construction services for commercial projects including tenant buildouts, mixed-use retail-office-restaurant spaces such as 143 Hekili, 3470 Waialae, 18-8 Fine Men's Salon, Longs Drugs Waimea, Levi's Store Ala Moana, Sen Plex Campus, Oahu Veterans Center, and Kamehameha Schools FAD office.
• Design-Assist Construction Management Construction methodology in which Constructors Hawaii works directly with the architect from the earliest stages of design through final contract documents to budget, value-engineer, and identify cost-saving alternatives, providing pricing transparency and reducing change orders. Used on projects such as Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, and Friendship Christian Schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reported 2020 earnings of $32.8 million; ranked #25 in Hawaii's Top 25 Contractors
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers39 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• General Contractors Association of Hawaii (GCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partnership. Constructors Hawaii is one of more than 150 GCA signatories on the COVID-19 Safety Pledge outlining contractor commitments to prevent COVID spread on construction job sites. Travis Higa serves as Vice Chair of the GCA of Hawaii Construction Leadership Council. CHI enters projects in GCA's Build Hawaii Awards annually.
• NAIOP HawaiiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association. Travis Higa is a member of the NAIOP developing leaders program. Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace project received a 2019 NAIOP Hawaii Kukulu Hale Award in the Non-Profit Project Category.
• Pacific Resource PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTravis Higa is a graduate of the Pacific Resource Partnership executive leadership development program. Labor-management organization representing Hawaii unionized construction.
• MASON ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-running design-assist collaboration on multiple signature projects: Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace multi-phase restoration (2018 sanctuary completed for 175th anniversary), Ali'iolani Hale exterior alterations and clock-tower restoration (2014, $3.7M), St. Peter's Episcopal Church (2017, $868K), Our Lady of Peace, and Doris Duke's Shangri La ($850K ongoing since 2001). Also collaborated on Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum and Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.
• MIG Portico (architects)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign-assist collaboration with Griffith Consulting Group, Seattle-based MIG Portico, and MASON on the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum and Park ($13.8M, 12,000 SF renovation and 2,000 SF extension at Pearl Harbor). MIG Portico handled architectural and exhibit design.
• Ferraro Choi & AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-running design partnership on Kamehameha Schools Kekelaokalani Building ($5.9M STEM renovation), Waimanalo Health Center Hale Ola 'Alua ($11.8M), and HomeStreet Bank Hilo Branch. Testimonial from Ferraro Choi principals David Akinaka & Joseph Ferraro attests to consistent reliability.
• Peter Vincent ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitect of record on multiple Kamehameha Schools, Bank of Hawaii Mililani, and Kapiolani Medical Center projects including the $9.8M Kobayashi & Kosasa Family Dining Room (2019) which won the 2022 AIA Honolulu Design Award of Merit.
• WhiteSpace ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected WhiteSpace Architects along with Hayes Structural Design and PBR Hawaii to develop a strategic master plan and recommendations for the Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center in 2019. Services were provided pro bono. Also designed the 143 Hekili Street project (2013).
• Wood Specialties, Lambrecht Glass Studio Inc., Patrick J. Ruane Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialty subcontractors from the US mainland recruited for the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace restoration: Wood Specialties (custom millwork, Omaha Nebraska), Lambrecht Glass Studio Inc. (stained glass restoration, Omaha Nebraska), and Patrick J. Ruane Inc. (plaster restoration of historical buildings, San Francisco).
• Bowers + Kubota ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction management partner on University of Hawaii Lyon Arboretum Hawaiian Micropropagation Laboratory project (Cottage C replacement, $3.2M, completed 2018). Bowers + Kubota project staff Pac Saenguthai is pictured in the project gallery.
• Trinity Management Group LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject management and ownership partner on the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (Phase 3 sanctuary renovation, $1.8M, 2018) and on the Aesthetics Hawaii clinic buildout (2024). Trinity Management Group LLC collaborates with CHI on project oversight and owner representation.
• Historic Hawaii FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarding body for multiple Historic Preservation Honor Awards recognizing CHI projects (Bishop Museum 2009, Hilo Federal Building 2012, Shangri La Jali Pavilion and Mughal Suite 2014, St. Peter's Episcopal Church 2019). Featured in Building Industry Magazine November 2019 family-run company article.
• Beelieve HawaiiminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSpecialty subcontractor that extracted and relocated feral bee hives from Iolani Palace walls prior to CHI's historical wall repairs (2020).

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc. Long-established Hawaii general contractor (founded 1947) with broad commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and industrial capabilities. Directly competes for mid-market institutional and commercial projects in Hawaii and shares the same locally-rooted, relationship-driven GTM motion as Constructors Hawaii.
• Isemoto Contracting Co., Ltd. Hawaii-based general contractor (Big Island roots) delivering commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and institutional projects statewide. Comparable in scale and Hawaii-focused geographic footprint, often partnering on Neighbor Island projects alongside Constructors Hawaii.
• Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company: Hawaii's largest general contractor, providing commercial, industrial, healthcare, and institutional construction statewide. Directly comparable as a Hawaii-headquartered GC competing for the same institutional, healthcare, and government project pipeline as Constructors Hawaii, but at materially larger scale.
• Swinerton (Hawaii): National contractor with an established Hawaii division serving commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and institutional clients. Directly competes for the same institutional and healthcare project pipeline and brings deeper balance-sheet capacity than Constructors Hawaii.
• Nordic PCL Construction Services: PCL's Hawaii operation delivers commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and institutional construction. Direct competitor for mid-to-large Hawaii projects with the same design-assist delivery model and overlapping healthcare/banking client base as Constructors Hawaii.
• Group Pacific Construction: Hawaii-headquartered GC specializing in healthcare, commercial, and institutional construction. Comparable mid-market scale, vertical mix, and design-assist delivery approach; active competitor for the same Kamehameha Schools, healthcare system, and government work.
• Arita-Purves Construction: Hawaii general contractor with deep institutional, healthcare, and historical/cultural restoration experience. Comparable in size and niche focus on complex Hawaii projects including museums, churches, and government facilities.
• dck pacific construction: Hawaii-headquartered general contractor with commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and resort work statewide. Directly comparable in scale, vertical mix (healthcare, hospitality, institutional), and Hawaii-only geographic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction (Hawaii): Major national GC with a Hawaii presence delivering healthcare, education, and commercial projects. Competes for the larger end of the same institutional project pipeline as Constructors Hawaii, with substantially greater capacity and brand reach.
• Kiewit (Hawaii operations): One of North America's largest construction firms, with active Hawaii infrastructure and commercial work. Not specialized in CHI's mid-market institutional/historical niche, but competes for larger Hawaii healthcare, federal, and commercial projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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