Hale Kalele is a public-private partnership to transform a State-owned, underutilized urban parcel into a mixed-use development featuring a 20-story affordable rental tower, two-story Juvenile Center, and six-level parking structure. To support the project’s long-term needs durability of the tower and its units was of utmost consideration, so an all-reinforced concrete system utilizing tunnel-form construction… Read More

This two-story, 50,000 SF office building for Maui County houses the Real Property Tax, Motor Vehicles and Licensing, and Treasury divisions on the first floor and offices for the Development Services Administration of the Department of Public Works, Department of Transportation, Department of Liquor Control, and Maui County Business Resource Center. The building is constructed… Read More

This 50,000 SF addition to the original high school that opened in 1952 provides a much-needed modernization that improves school safety, security, and accessibility. The addition includes a new gymnasium, theater, concessions area, band and orchestra rooms, cafeteria, commons area, and classrooms. The design was catered to allow the school to remain open throughout construction… Read More

This competitively awarded design-build project at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is situated on a parcel that is the former site of the Atherton YMCA with the purpose to provide an integrated, live, learn, work, innovation center. A portion of the historic Charles Atherton House will remain and house the innovation center, incubator spaces,… Read More

BASE was originally engaged to only provide a value engineering evaluation of the structural design for the contractor, but based on realized cost savings of several million dollars the State of Hawaii allowed BASE to take over as the structural engineer of record. This project is a four-level, 1.85 million SF facility that consolidates more… Read More

This competitively awarded design-build, 197,000 SF, 810-bed dormitory is located on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus and includes two student lounges and features suite-style accommodations with a maximum of four students per suite in single and double rooms with shared compartmented baths. Functional spaces include a social lounge, fitness center, game room, vending… Read More

This modern courthouse in West Hawaii consolidates the dispersed existing court facilities around Kona and centralizes the Judiciary Third Circuit West Hawaii operations into a single location. It houses three Circuit courtrooms, two District courtrooms and two Family courtrooms including Judge’s Chambers, holding areas and spaces for Third Circuit departments and programs. The structural system… Read More

This competitively awarded design-build, 144-bed, 196,944 SF secured psychiatric facility includes patient care units, rehabilitation mall, building support, office spaces, and a standalone central utility plant. The structure is a hybrid precast and cast-in-place superstructure that required a fully-collaborative (BIM enhanced) effort with the design team, contractor, precaster, and MEP subcontractors throughout the entire design… Read More

This 69,000 SF expansion of Okkodo High School included new classrooms, laboratories, dining area, work and administrative rooms, a standalone culinary arts building, and a 1,500 SF field house. Construction for this design-assist project consisted of cast-in-place (CIP) concrete load-bearing walls supporting precast, prestressed double tees with CIP topping. In the dining area precast, prestressed… Read More

This eight-story, 650,000 SF competitively won design-build parking garage includes over 1,700 stalls and is connected to the existing interisland terminal garage at the 7th and 8th floors by a two-level 150-foot structural steel bridge designed to accommodate traffic as well as moving walkways for pedestrians. To create a competitive advantage, the team evaluated several… Read More