Why this Ordinance Should be Repealed. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. Due to unintended consequences and unforeseen events like a world-wide pandemic and its after-affects, the fire-safety ordinance faces huge obstacles to enforcement and is creating substantial economic hardships for high-rise residential buildings – none of which were contemplated when the bill […]
Election 2022 – Tyler Dos Santos-Tam (Condo Insider)
Candidate for City Council District 6. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Tyler Dos Santos-Tam. Why are is he running for this position and what is he offering constituents who live in City Council District 6? The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website […]
Emergency Evacuations (Condo Insider)
What You Need to Know in an Emergency. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Christopher Bartolome. How to safely evacuate a residential high-rise building in an emergency and laws, rules or regulations, if any, apply to how emergency evacuations should occur. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe […]
Ordinance 18-14 Fire Safety: Update on Compliance with the Honolulu Fire Dept. (Condo Insider)
Approaching Deadlines under the Ordinance and How to Deal with Them. The host for this episode is Jane Sugimura. The guests for this episode are Wayne Masuda and Socrates Bratakos. Summary of the Ordinance. Warning that by 5/3/2021, all high-rise condos on Oahu have to complete their Life Safety Evaluations (“LSE”) and 3 years later […]
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Effects Compliance with the Fire Safety Ordinance (Condo Insider)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com How can your AOAO comply with the ordinance. Review of the Ordinance Requirements and deadlines for compliance that are fast approaching, i.e., completion of Life Safety Evaluations by May 2021. The host for this episode is Jane Sugimura. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Bill 96 Redux (Condo Insider)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Fire Safety in Condos. Jane Sugimura will introduce the newest passed bill 96 about fire safety in condos. The host for this episode is Jane Sugimura. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier […]
Home Fire Safety (Business in Hawaii)
ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for great content and great community. Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com When Fire Strikes…You Need a HERO!. 4 Misconceptions about home fires […]
Further Updates (Condo Insider)
Like what you see? Please give generously. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wOeJJadtCKGg5vYrkwGrAxeTPcjiElKt4Sa2G1y_Oir0nKbFgEa7SE-6K8vrP1t8jM6Vp0&country.x=US&locale.x=US Changes to the City’s Fire Safety Ordinance. Summary of Floor Draft 1 to Bill 96 that passes out of the City Counsel today. Final (for now) updates/changes to the ordinance that went into effect on May 3, 2018 and was enacted due to the fire that occurred […]
High Rise Escape Systems – Count on us, We’ll Let You Down! (Security Matters: Hawaii)
Because Security Matters. The recent Marco Polo Condominium fire was unfortunately deadly. Officials seem unwilling to force Hawaii’s unprotected condominium communities from further fire casualties. Without sprinklers, what other type of life safety technology could be deployed to allow for safe building egress in case of fire? The host for this episode is Andrew Lanning. […]