Sterling Construction Company’s subsidiary Road and Highway Builders has secured a $26m project from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) for the reconstruction work on the King Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City, Hawaii.

The project is expected to start this month with construction taking place for approximately one year.

Under this contract, Road and Highway Builders will be responsible for resurfacing of the highway along the path of guideway construction through Pearl City and Aiea.

“Starting at Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, it serves the island’s older western suburbs, turning north across the O‘ahu Central Valley to the north.”

In addition, the project also includes road widening, improvements to intersections, minor utility improvements, traffic signal work, turning loops, and curb and gutter work.

Sterling chief executive officer Joe Cutillo said: “We completed smaller projects focused on milling and paving and safety improvements on the King Kamehameha Highway during 2015 and 2016.

“We are pleased that our solid execution on those jobs has led to additional, larger opportunities and we are looking forward to working with HART on enhancing this important element of the transportation infrastructure for O‘ahu motorists.”

The King Kamehameha Highway serves suburban and rural O‘ahu. Starting at Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, it serves the island’s older western suburbs, turning north across the O‘ahu Central Valley to the north.

Sterling has contributed civil construction and residential concrete projects primarily in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas, Utah and other US states.

Its civil construction projects include highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, drainage systems, as well as foundations for multi-family homes.