

Department of Water staff with Mayor Derek Kawakami (center, left) and DOW Manager and Chief Engineer, Joe Tait (center, right) stand in front of the more than 11,000 feet of 8-inch pipeline that will be installed as part of the Kalaheo Water Systems Improvements Project.


The project is estimated to be completed in 2025. Bechtel National, a Dragados-Hawaiian Dredging-Orion joint venture, ECC Infrastructure, a TPC-NAN joint venture, and a team of Kiewit and Alberici hold positions on the SIOP contract. Work will include the replacement of two storage tanks, approximately 11,500 linear feet of water line, upgrades to water meter service connections, fire protection facilities and appurtenances and paving work. The project will be conducted in three phases along a portion of Pu’uwai Road, Po’ohiwi Road and a portion of Kikala Road. (Photo courtesy: Kauaʻi County)Ī blessing was held Wednesday for the $21.8 million Kalaheo Water Systems Improvements Project, the largest in the history of Kauaʻi County’s Department of Water. Left to right: Hawaiian Dredging and Construction vice president Len Dempsey, Mayor Derek Kawakami and Department of Water manager and chief engineer Joe Tait performs the ceremonial “turning of the dirt” during the blessing ceremony to commence the Kalaheo Water Systems Improvement Project on June 28, 2023.
