Kamehameha III Elementary School temporary campus receives national award forconstruction management achievement : Maui Now [Video]

The Construction Management Association of America recently named the temporary King Kamehameha III Elementary school on Maui the 2024 Project of the Year. The national award celebrates skill, collaboration and impact of construction management for the project.

The temporary campus was constructed below the Kapalua Airport in West Maui to accommodate students displaced when the August 2023 wildfires damaged the original campus, located on Front Street in Lahaina, beyond repair.

The major federal disaster declaration on Aug. 10, 2023, enabled the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers to develop a temporary school. USACE hired local workers and sub-contracted with Pono ʻĀina Management, a native Hawaiian organization, and soon the new school began to take shape. Construction of the $78.8 million project, which can accommodate up to 600 students, began in November 2023 and was completed in 95 days. 

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