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GOODFELLOW BROS. INC.
A Common Goal of Quality
Partnering has been the key to completing its projects on time and within budget, Goodfellow says. It is
the general contractor for two phases of the Mokulele Highway in Maui.
By Fernie Grace Tiflis
S uccessful partnering has been key to a smooth-sail-
ing highway widening project in Maui, Hawaii.
Goodfellow Bros. Inc. is the general contractor for
the Mokulele Highway expansion, which serves as one of
the two connectors in Maui, providing access to locals and
as many as two million island visitors annually.
Chad Goodfellow, project manager, notes its relationships
with the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT)
and its construction manager, SSFM International Inc., as
well as California-based F&H Construction and Maui Pav-
ing LLC make the project unique. “This is one of those jobs
where everyone is working together for a common goal to
provide a quality project with the least inconvenience to
the public,” he states. “This job has been smooth because of
the great help from HDOT and SSFM. Without them this
project wouldn’t be going as well as it is.”
In addition, Goodfellow Bros. has more than 20 years
of working relationships with its key subcontractors on
the projects.
The scope of the Mokulele Highway consists of two
Goodfellow Bros. Inc. is the general
contractor for the Mokulele Highway
expansion, which serves as one of
two connectors in Maui.
phases, and has a target completion date of spring 2008.
The project is broken down by:
■ Phase 1C – $25 million, 1.8-mile highway expansion from
two to four lanes, including a box culvert and relocating
two 36-inch water lines. It will also include electrical, pav-
ing and landscape work. This phase was started in January.
■ Phase 1A – $21 million, one-mile expansion from two to
four lanes, including a major intersection improvement,
bridge and nine-channel box culvert. Goodfellow says this
intersection will be one of the heaviest traveled intersec-
tions on the island when it is completed. Phase 1A was
started in March.
Goodfellow Bros. Inc. –
Adapting to Challenges Mokulele Highway Widening
Working in Maui creates minor chal- www.goodfellowbros.com
lenges, Goodfellow notes. Pre-planning is a Estimated value: $46 million
Location: Maui, Hawaii
top priority to ensure all materials needed Employees: 25 (on-site)
are available, he adds. “Materials are quite Project type: Highway widening
limited [when working on an isolated Chad Goodfellow, PM:
“Starting things out in a trusting
island], and there is no room for error environment gives users a high-
when it comes to ordering and installing er-quality project.”
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