The more contractors come to realize this, the more projects they seem to accomplish overseas. One way local companies can survive Hawaii's economic downturn is by working beyond the reef. Goo said the firm opened offices in Newport Beach, Calif., Singapore and London. Projects in Oceania include the Fijian Hotel, Rainmaker Hotel in Pago Pago, American Samoa, and the new Outrigger Hotel in Tahiti.
Diversification is key to another company's success.
You've got to diversify to succeed. Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. is a Hawaii-based division of Dillingham Construction Pacific Ltd. of California, a major contractor in the Pacific Basin. Since the 1970s, the contractor has performed jobs in Guam in the Western Pacific. According to Evelyn Kuniyoshi, Hawaiian Dredging vice president of human resources and communications, the contractor built the Micronesian Mall on Guam, which bills itself as Guam's largest American-style shopping center. The company also worked on the H-3 Freeway that connects Leeward and Windward Oahu.