New EV Rebates May Aid Energy Code Compliance
Hawai‘i Energy, a Hawaii non-profit that promotes clean energy alternatives, in May announced a new electric vehicle (EV) charging station bonus incentive for affordable housing projects. The bonus may make it easier for affordable housing developers and landowners to comply with the Honolulu City Council’s Bill 25, signed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell in June. Bill 25 amends the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (2015 IECC) to require that “new multi-unit buildings that have eight or more parking stalls … shall be electric vehicle charger-ready for at least 25 percent of the parking stalls.” Hawai‘i Energy’s new rebate is now available for affordable housing developments statewide and complements Hawai‘i Energy’s current Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) Incentive Program that launched in January. The new bonus incentive will be available to affordable housing units offered for sale or rent to households earning 100 percent or below of the area median income (AMI) per county.
Navy Awards $9M Contract to AECOM AECOM Technical Services Inc. of Los Angeles was awarded a $9 million contract for the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) Advanced Studies, part three at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). AECOM Technical Services, a subsidiary of AECOM which has offices in Honolulu, landed the cost-plusaward-fee task order modification job by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific on June 2. As one of the Navy’s four public shipyards, PHNSY & IMF on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam performs a vital role in national defense by executing maintenance on attack submarines in order to provide combat-ready ships to the fleet. SIOP is a 20-year, $21 billion effort to modernize infrastructure at the four naval shipyards through critical dry dock repairs, restoring and optimally placing shipyard facilities and replacing aging and deteriorating capital equipment. The work to be performed provides for 17 advanced studies and project management for Site 1, PHNSY & IMF. Work is expected to be completed by September 2021.
Rosendin’s Hawaii team was honored with two NECA Safety Excellence Awards in May. The team includes (front, from left) Kara Bunn, Ayche McClung, Jodi Watanabe, Alissa Bautista, Nancy Alexander, Candy Rodriguez, (back, from left) Jason Valentine, Ryan Chun, Tony Lambert, Kevin Buchholz, Tim O’Reilly, Michael Hiu, Ken Kaneshiro and Chris Spencer.
Rosendin Earns Two Safety Awards
Rosendin Electric Inc. of Aiea has been selected for two awards from the National Electrical Contractors Association in May for its safety performance. The Hawaii office was one of three Rosendin affiliates honored with the NECA’s 2020 Safety Achievement of Zero Injury for working a full calendar year without any recordable incidents. The others were Sacramento and San
Francisco. The Aiea team is one of nine Rosendin offices receiving the NECA’s 2020 Achievement in Safety Excellence in recognition of the highest level of safety performance. Others include Pflugerville, Texas; Tempe, Ariz.; Hillsboro and Prineville, Ore.; and Sacramento, San Francisco, Anaheim and San Jose in California. “We are grateful to NECA for
acknowledging our efforts and are especially proud of our employees who trust our guidance and embrace new safety protocols that keep people working,” says Marty Rouse, Rosendin’s national vice president, safety. Rosendin, which is headquartered in San Jose, is an employee-owned electrical contractor and employs over 6,500 people in the U.S.
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