BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

Date:

Thursday, 12/14/2023

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Place:

King Kalakaua Conference Room, King Kalakaua Building, 1st Floor, 335 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Agenda

 

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS,

SURVEYORS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

 

AGENDA

 

DATE:              Thursday, December 14, 2023

 

TIME:               10:00 a.m.

 

IN-PERSON      King Kalakaua Conference Room

MEETING         King Kalakaua Building, 1st Floor

LOCATION:      335 Merchant Street

                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

AGENDA:        Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by HRS section 92-7(b).

 

                        If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email your testimony to easla@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard-copy mail to Attn: Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects, P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801. We request submission of testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Board members.

 

 

1.                   Establish Quorum, Public Notice, Call to Order, HRS §92-3 Open Meetings and HAR §16-115-11 Oral testimony

 

2.                   Approval of the Open Session and Executive Session Minutes of the October 12, 2023 meeting

 

The Board may move into Executive Session in accordance with HRS §92-4 and §92-5(a)(1) and (4) “To consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure;” and “To consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.”

 

3.                   New Business

 

a.       Testimony from Tyler Thornbrue regarding the addition of “Control Systems Engineering” to the disciplines licensed by the EASLA Board

 

b.       Formation of Rules Permitted Interaction Group (“PIG”) pursuant to HRS §92-2.5(b) to investigate any recommendations for revision to the Board’s Administrative Rules HAR §16-115

 

c.       Scope of Practice:

 

1)      Email inquiry from Mike Bramhall regarding possible scenarios for an individual to gain structural engineering lawful experience to qualify to sit for the structural engineering exam and/or be licensed in Hawaii

 

 

4.                   Old Business

a.       Formation of a Permitted Interaction Group (“PIG”) pursuant to HRS §92-2.5(b) to investigate acceptance of the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) education evaluation as an evaluator for foreign architect degrees

 

Pursuant to HAR §16-115, “…if the applicant is educated in a foreign institution, school, or college, the applicant shall submit an official report by a professional service approved by the board which has evaluated the person’s foreign educational credentials.” The Board currently accepts the Education Evaluation Services for Architects (EESA) as an accepted evaluator for foreign architect degrees (effective May 1, 2012).

 

5.                   Applications

 

The Board may move into Executive Session in accordance with HRS §92-4 and §92-5(a)(1) and (4) “To consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure;” and “To consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities,” (Board will vote in Open Meeting).

 

a.       Ratification Lists (attached to the agenda)

 

b.       Recommendations from the following Application Review Committees (attached to the agenda):

1)      Professional Engineer Committee

2)      Professional Architect Committee

3)      Professional Surveyor Committee

4)      Professional Landscape Architect Committee

 

c.       Engineers

1)      Anthony Adamo

2)      Glenn Keates

 

d.       Architects

1)      Gerald Karle

 

6.                   Executive Officer’s Report

 

a.       Surveyor’s Hawaii Description Writing (“HDW”) State Exam to go Live on PSI and Landscape Architect’s Hawaii Plant Materials (“HPM”) State Exam Updates to be Republished, both on December 20, 2023

 

Exam proctoring services for the two state exams are transferred to PSI Services, LLC; HPM exam proctoring transfer effective June 16, 2023 and HDW exam transfer effective December 20, 2023.

 

b.       Exam Updates from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)

 

The NCEES exam calendar has been updated for 2024 exams. Applicants are advised to contact NCEES directly regarding exam details and scheduling, particularly for the new format updates to the Structural Engineering Exam.

 

c.       Governor’s Eighth Proclamation Relating to Maui Wildfires

 

d.       2024 Board Meeting Schedule

 

e.       Reminder: Ethics Training

 

Board members are required to complete mandatory ethics training no later than December 31, 2023.

 

7.                   Next Meeting:                Date:                February 8, 2023

Time:                10:00 a.m.

Location:           King Kalakaua Conference Room

                        King Kalakaua Building, 1st Floor

                        335 Merchant Street

                                                                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

8.                   Adjournment

 

11/7/23

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Sheena Choy at (808) 586-2702 or easla@dcca.hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably by December 11, 2023. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.