Council Members

The Building Code Council (the Council) is comprised of twelve members, eleven voting and one non-voting who is the State Comptroller or the Comptroller’s designee.  The voting members of the Council shall include:

  1. One county building official from each of the four counties appointed by the mayor
  2. One member representing the State Fire Council
  3. One member representing the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations who has significant experience in elevator or fire safety
  4. One member representing the State Energy Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
  5. One member representing the Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii
  6. One member representing the American Institute of Architects, Hawaii State Council
  7. One member representing the Building Industry Association of Hawaii or the General Contractors Association of Hawaii, who has significant experience with building codes, with alternating four-year terms
    between the two organizations and the first four-year term to be served by the Building Industry Association of Hawaii
  8. One member representing the Subcontractors’ Association of Hawaii who has significant experience with building codes

 

The current Council members are as follows:

  1. Willard Nishigata, City and County of Honolulu
  2. Neal Tanaka, County of Hawaii
  3. Lance Nakamura, County of Maui
  4. Ryan Koga, County of Kauai (Alternate: Leolynne Escalona)
  5. Gary Lum (tentative appointment), State Fire Council
  6. Lyle Carden, Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii, Vice Chair
  7. Howard Wiig, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Chair
  8. Clement K.M. Ching, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Elevator Section
  9. Danny Moats, American Institute of Architects, Hawaii State Council
  10. Keith Sawamura, Building Industry Association of Hawaii
  11. Kevin Hirayama, SMACNA Hawaii
  12. Keith Regan, State Comptroller, Non-voting