Fire Sprinklers in Condos. The host for this show is Abe Lee. The guest is James Merrell. Jim Merrell discusses the 2017 Marco Polo Fire – tragic loss of four lives, over 200 units destroyed in a 572-unit building, over $107 million dollars in losses leading to Honolulu County requiring approximately 350 existing residential buildings […]
What’s the Best Plan for Kakaako Makai (Catching up on Kakaako)
Should that Plan Include High Rise Buildings. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Wayne Takamine. Wayne Takamine was the chair of the Kakaako Makai Planning Council. He helps us understand the plan that was discussed at that time, and the factors that should be taken into consideration in any plan […]
Honolulu’s Fire Safety Ordinance – Update (Condo Insider)
Or how to make your buildings safer. The host for this episode is Jane Sugimura. The guest for this episode is Reid Yoshida. Historical background of Ordinance and recent updates. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, then we stream our earlier shows all night […]
The History of High Rise Honolulu (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com How and when Honolulu became a forest of high-rise buildings. Honolulu today is a dense urban area of multiple high-rise buildings, but it wasn’t always like that. What was the process that made this happen, and when did it happen? The boom years of Honolulu’s development started […]