Council Members

The Building Code Council (the Council) is comprised of thirteen members, twelve 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 Hawaiʻi.
  6. One member representing the American Institute of Architects, Honolulu Chapter.
  7. One member representing the Building Industry Association of Hawaii or the General Contractors Association of Hawaiʻi, 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 Hawaiʻi.
  8. One member representing the Subcontractors’ Association of Hawaiʻi who has significant experience with building codes.
  9. One member representing the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency.

 

The current Council members are as follows:

  1. Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, City and County of Honolulu
  2. Kelly Wilson, County of Hawaiʻi
  3. Lance Nakamura, County of Maui (Alternate: Wade Shimabukuro)
  4. Ryan Koga, County of Kauaʻi (Alternate: Leolynne Escalona)
  5. Gary Lum, State Fire Council (Alternate: Socrates Bratakos)
  6. Lyle Carden, Structural Engineers Association of Hawaiʻi, 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
  10. Keith Sawamura, Building Industry Association of Hawaiʻi
  11. Kevin Hirayama, SMACNA Hawai‘i
  12. Donald Aweau, Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency
  13. Keith Regan, State Comptroller, Non-voting