

Some 30 total companies, including various subcontractors and financing firms, comprised the two teams. They haven’t released prices for the latest procurement effort amid concerns from one of the private-sector teams competing for that work. City and rail leaders have struggled to award the contract to build rail past Middle Street. two of the three primary contractors building rail from Aloha Stadium to Middle Street. Among its subcontractors were Granite Construction Co. The other team, dubbed “Imua Transit Honolulu,” or ITH, was composed of lead partners Tutor Perini Corp.

Its lead joint venture partners were Dragados, which describes itself as a leader in delivering infrastructure projects via the P3 method, along with local firms Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. One of the teams was dubbed “City Center Connection Group,” or C3G. That’s because one of the teams has “expressed concern” about releasing its price proposals to the public, HART spokesman Bill Brennan said in an email Monday. Nor did the agency release any other details critical to understanding the proposals and why the city acted so quickly to stop the much touted public-private partnership (P3) deal. What the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation did not disclose, however, were the prices those two teams bid. Local officials revealed on Monday the dueling private-sector teams that spent two years competing for a contract to finish Honolulu rail before the city swiftly canceled that latest procurement effort in September.
