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Nuuanu Residence
It all started when Douglas Sylva, one of Nan,
Inc.’s superintendents, caught a news story by Leslie
Wilcox on KHON about an elderly family in Nuuanu who could
not keep up with the maintenance of their home. This family,
which has no means of income except from social security,
had accumulated a large amount of fines from the City because
of the decaying condition of their condemned home.
The rest is history, and so far, the demolition phase has
been completed, where Doug had coordinated the efforts of
over 70 volunteers from Nan, Inc.’s work force and staff.
All ranges of the company’s personnel came to support
the cause including field tradesmen, foremen, superintendents,
quality control managers, safety officers, project managers,
and corporate officers. Amazingly, it took 4 large commercial
dumpsters to haul away all the debris and rubbish.
Doug and a group of carpenters returned after the demolition
to stabilize the home since the construction phase is currently
pending upon the permit approvals. Until construction begins,
Doug has been visiting the residence nearly every weekend
to check on the family and to do some landscaping and cleanup
work. This included trimming down large overgrown mango trees
with money that was raised from a charity concert at his church.
Nan, Inc. would like to extend its appreciation to the many
other companies, who are also generously contributing to this
project:
- Mason Architects, Inc.
and Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi, & Associates,
Inc. - for preparing the drawings required for the permits.
- Paradise Lua
– for supplying and servicing a portable toilet for
the volunteers and the residents until the project is completed.
- Rolloffs Hawaii
– for supplying the 4 dumpsters and hauling all the
debris to the landfill
- 50th State Trucking – for taking care of all the
dumping fees
- Subway, Nuuanu - for proving lunch for all the volunteers
at just a fraction of the cost
- Alcal Hawaii – for donating the roofing supplies
and services for installation
- Airport Trade Center – for donating the roofing
coating materials and commercial grade carpet squares
- A-1 A-Lectrican, Inc. – for providing the electrical
apparatus and all the light fixtures, including services
to perform all electrical work
- Honolulu Plumbing – for providing all the plumbing
supplies and services to perform all electrical work
- Control Specialists, Inc. – for providing temporary
power
- JBL Hawaii, Ltd.
– for providing all the doors, hardware, and toilet
accessories
- Hilti – for donating
all concrete fasteners
- OK Hardware – for donating 4 pallets of concrete
- K-Mart – for
donating bathroom items such as towels, a shower curtain,
floor mats, toothbrush holders and a soap dish
- Lum Construction – for allowing the volunteers
to use their adjacent parking facility for the duration
of the project
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