Topic
Rail Construction
7 published works
Hawaii Construction Law
Rail has Resumed but Could Be Delayed by Court Ruling Timing
By Anna Oshiro
HART executive director Dan Grabauskas has warned that delay of a decision from the federal court of appeals could once again suspend construction on the rail project. The lawsuit filed…
Hawaii Construction Law
Rail Update
By Anna Oshiro
Construction on rail could restart as early as Monday, Pacific Business News reports. Last month, the Historic Preservation Division signed off on archaeological survey for the length of the rail…
Hawaii Construction Law
Rail Work Halted after Decision
By Anna Oshiro
The City has halted rail construction in the wake of the Hawaii Supreme Court decision on Friday, which ruled the City should have conducted an archaeological impact analysis of the…
inversecondemnation.com
Hawaii Supreme Court Smacks Rail EIS – City Needed To Evaluate Burials For “Entire Project” Before Starting To Build
This just in: as we predicted after oral arguments (see HAWSCT Oral Argument Recap - Who Defines The "Project" For Archaeological Review? and The Real "Descendants" Plays Out In The…
Hawaii Construction Law
President’s Budget Includes $250 Million for Rail Construction
By Anna Oshiro
PBN reports that President Obama's budget requests $250 million dollars for the Honolulu rail transit project -- $100 million more than any other rail project in the country. This information…
Hawaii Construction Law
Will Hawaii’s Construction Industry get a Rail-Fueled Boost in 2012?
By Anna Oshiro
Going into 2011, UHERO anticipated decent growth in Hawaii’s construction sector, fueled in part by active rail construction. That did not happen. Instead, hampered by litigation, first over the sufficiency of…
China Law Blog
Chinese-Built U.S. Rail System: I Don’t Think So
By Dan Harris
Financial Times did an article, Made in America by Chinese Contractors [link no longer exists], on how a consortium of China's state-owned railway companies (Shanghai Railway Bureau, CSRC, China Railway…