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HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
34'A R«nbow Drive
HLO, HAWAJI 96720
August 5, 1971
MEMO TO: Administrator, Hawaii County CivU. Defense Agency
SUBJECT: iteport on Construction f'aterials and Petroleum Products - Condition
of Inventories Due to the Current Shipping Strike
!• Construction and Hardware (faterials
A> Suppliers contacted were:
la 1heo> H> Davles & Co., Ltd>
2> Construction h&.terials Hawaii, Inc*
3' Amfac
4> Shunan Lumber Co< of Hawaii
5» Lewers !t Cooke, Inc.
6. Hawaii Planing fU.ll, Ltd.
B. Inventories sunnarized:
1. Plunbing fixtures pertinent to bathrooms and hardware
itens, such as door knobs and latches, are critical or
completely out; some itens are being brought in by air
at supplioi% expense.
2. Roofing and paints are short in supply; some paints are
out, others will bo out in four weeks.
3. Some suppliers report Douglas fir and redwood lunber in
critical supply.
A. Doors for new construction housing not available by most
suppliers.
5. Electrical conduit in short supply.
6. The consensus of the majority of the suppliers is that
critical shortages will develop in most construction and
hardware materials in another four weeks.
7. Parts for machinery and mobile equipcient arc flown in when
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required, with 50 percent of the cost absorbed by the supplier.