Creating Solutions Since 1934
A Kama‘aina Company Building Hawai‘i Communities Since 1934
Established nearly 90 years ago, ATA is woven into the fabric of our built Hawai‘i.
With our main offices on Oʻahu and Maui, we have designed projects on every island including Hawaiʻi island, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, providing Civil Engineering, Project Management, Land Planning, Public Works, Transportation Engineering, Construction Management, and Land Surveying.
Our history includes projects in the Pacific Basin, with experience in Indonesia, Fiji, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Guam, Japan and Vietnam, serving both government and private clients wherever our expertise was needed.
Wherever our projects have taken us, our purpose has been to build and lift communities.
A Rich History
The firm of Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1934 by H.A.R. Austin, and operated as H.A.R. Austin Consulting Engineer, one of the first companies dedicated to the engineering profession in Hawaiʻi. In 1942, a joint venture relationship was established with Mr. Roswell M. Towill, and the company officially became Austin and Towill, which was incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Hawai‘i in 1957.
Having transitioned through leadership retirements throughout the decades that followed, Austin and Towill, became Austin & Smith under Mr. Donald S. Austin and Mr. Russell L. Smith, Jr., before eventually reincorporating as Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc., under Mr. Austin and Mr. Caesar S. Tsutsumi, and which the firm has remained since.
Past presidents of the firm have included Mr. Theodore S. Kawahigashi and Mr. Kenneth K. Kurokawa. ATA’s current president is Mr. Terrance S. Arashiro.