HART Committees Approve $2.7M Change Order

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The cost of the Honolulu rail project is about to go up by $2.7 million.

The HART board moments ago approved a change orders totaling that amount. The added cost is covered by the $800 million contingency and does not alter the overall $5.2 billion construction cost estimate.

The change order is related to the section of the guideway that swings close to Waipahu High School. HART is going to spend $2.67 million to relocate and replace some school facilities.

The additional big-ticket items are two new portable buildings (about $800,000 for procurement and installation) and air conditioning units (nearly $700,000). That’s on top of $1.5 million the contract Kiewit had estimated the Waipahu High School mitigations would cost. 

The original concept, HART said, was to move the existing portables instead of buying new ones. Toru Hamayasu said the school improvements wouldn’t be necessary if not for the rail project.

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