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Honolulu-based dck pacific construction, LLC has announced Chris C. Barbe will become the new Director of Operations, effective July 1. Barbe will be responsible for overseeing project operations in Hawaii.

Chris Barbe

As Director of Project Support, Barbe provided estimating and operations assistance for federal and commercial projects including the GTA at Schofield Barracks, MCAS Command Operations Pacific, Naval Hospital and Navy Family Housing projects at Guantanamo Bay, the School of Infantry East Facilities project at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Yuma MCAS Infrastructure and Hangar project, and the Hilton Kingsland in Waikoloa.

“Chris has more than 15 years of construction experience and has previously worked on multimillion-dollar projects in Hawaii,” said Eric Tessem, dck pacific Senior Vice President and General Manager. “His talents are a wonderful addition to dck pacific, which, as a leader in the industry, is committed to providing innovative building solutions. Our project teams welcome the leadership he will bring to our organization.”

Prior to joining dck, Barbe also served as Project Engineer for the expansion and remodeling of the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island and as Project Manager for the piping and equipment erection at the Hamakua Power Plant on the Big Island.

Barbe earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering management from Montana Tech of the University of Montana. He is relocating from Bozeman, Mont., with his family for his new position.

dck pacific construction is one of Hawaii’s largest full-service general contractors serving the Islands since 1939. The company’s award-winning portfolio features many of the most prominent retail, hospitality, health care and military projects in the Pacific Rim.

Current projects include the $41-million University of Hawaii Information Technology Center, the $27-million Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children new Bingham Parking Garage, the $128-million South Range Project at Schofield Barracks, and the recently awarded $47-million design-build contract at MCBH Kaneohe.

dck pacific construction’s parent company is dck worldwide, LLC, a global construction company specializing in developing, managing and building highly complex projects. As construction leaders for the last 88 years, dck worldwide provides design-build, program management, construction management and general construction services to corporations, developers and government entities.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dck worldwide operates in North America, Guam, the Pacific Rim, the Caribbean and the Middle East.

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