The Building Industry Association of Hawai'i and the Hawai'i Building Industry Foundation today commemorated the construction on a new building for the Construction Training Center of the Pacific at a facility groundbreaking in Waipahu.

The center, which helps educate and provide training for construction workers, will encompass a two-story, 15,700-square foot building. The program also provides continuing education for existing construction workers as well as reaching out to women, youth, minorities and women who want careers in the building industry.