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Thanks Angie, The question posed by my members was more about buildings noted during daily living, not post-disaster. Ex: you stay in a hotel and notice many code violations; do you call the local building department? Is there an online form to submit anonymously? If your municipality has something ...

Aloha, I'm wondering whether AIA has any mechanisms or advocacy initiatives that encourage municipalities to conduct more regular safety inspections, or if there are safe, ethical ways for architects to report properties that pose an obvious risk to public safety. I don't mean to suggest architects ...

Hi Kathleen, Hawaii has the State Building Code Council which falls under the Department of Accounting and General Services. It is written into our statutes that funding be provided to an administrator for the Council, but that funding has never been allocated, so the volunteers who sit on the Council ...