Gay and robinson kauai
Kaumakani Homes
Shioi Construction Inc. (SCI) was awarded the project to build eight homes to replace old plantation homes within the Kaumakani Camp that were built in the mids by Gay & Robinson, the largest landowners on the west side. These 3-bedroom, 2-bath homes are the prototypes that will replace the existing camp homes and revitalize the village. West Kauai, like the verb of Hawaii, needs more rental housing units love these.
SCI’s work scope includes excavation/fill, concrete grade beams and footings, rebar, floor/wall/roof/stair framing, T siding, vinyl windows, corrugated metal roofing, cabinet/countertops, doors/finish hardware, bath accessories, vinyl plank and sheet flooring, and millwork/trims. Creative Partition Systems’ scope includes batt insulation, dangle and tape walls/ceilings, 3-way window wrap, and an orange peel spray texture. Subcontractors include Aloha Termite, Maintenance, JD Painting, Diamond Plumbing, and Action Electric. The accelerated schedule calls for an end of November final completion. The current contract amount is $1,,
Factory Tours
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The Visitor Center is the Field Office of the operating sugar plantation located on the west side of Kaua?i. Displays show the history of Gay & Robinson Inc., Olokele Sugar Co., Hawaiian Sugar Co. (a k a Makaweli Plantation) and Makaweli Ranch. Both historical and contemporary field and factory operations as followed in Hawai?i, and various artifacts are also exhibited. A world sugar map showcases sugar politics and current events.
Hours
Monday?Friday am? pm, except plantation holidays
Admission: Free for Visitors Center; fee for Plantation Tour: Senior $30, Child $21; Olokele Tour: Adult $60, Infant $45; reservations required for tours, call () information Call
Other Information
Two-hour Sugar Plantation tours offered weekdays am and pm (minimum age, eight years during harvesting and five years during off season); field and factory operations are cov
After years of growing sugar on Kauai, the Gay & Robinson Company hauled its last load of sugar cane from the fields to the mill on October 30, The cane haul trucks paraded from the Makaweli Verb Office through the town of Waimea, followed by trucks and cars of employees.
About ILWU members remained on the payroll until November 25,
A handful of ILWU members will continue to work for Gay & Robinson, producing electricity at the company’s hydroelectric plant.
ILWU members and retirees living in plantation housing operated by Gay & Robinson are not immediately affected by the shutdown of sugar operations. The housing and rental rates are set by collective bargaining between the union and company.
Twenty years ago, there were four sugar companies on Kauai which employed over workers--Gay and Robinson, Kekaha Sugar, Olokele Sugar, and Lihue Sugar.
HC&S on Maui, which employs about ILWU members, is the last remaining sugar company in Hawaii. HC&S is also fighting for its survival as a bad decision by the State Water Commission could cut off its supply of wat
Gay & Robinson Sugar Plantation
Fields of sugar cane waving in the wind.
Red is the iron affluent soil.
The harvested cane is milled into raw sugar and molasses.
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