Licensing Area: Engineer, Architect, Surveyor & Landscape Architect

Contact Information for Frequently Called Numbers

RICO Consumer Resource Center
(808) 587-3295 or (808) 587-3222

• Verify if a person is licensed
• Request prior complaints history on a licensee
• File a complaint on a licensee

Business Registration Division
(808) 586-2727

• For information to register a business

Professional and Vocational Licensing
(808) 586-3000

• Request an application
• Inquire about licensing requirements
• Applicants can check on the status of an application
• Inquire about licensee maintenance requirements

Executive Officer

Telephone
(808) 586-2702

Residents on the neighbor islands may call by dialing the following toll free numbers followed by the last 5 digits of the phone numbers above and the # sign:

Address:
DCCA-PVL
Att: EASLA
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801

Email:

easla@dcca.hawaii.gov

License Categories

• Engineer
• Architect
• Land Surveyor
• Landscape Architect

Renewal

Biennial April 30 every even numbered year. Failure to timely renew will result in the forfeiture of the license. A forfeited license may be restored in two years, subject to meeting restoration requirements. Failure to restore a forfeited license in two years will result in the termination of the license and the person must apply as a new applicant and meet current licensing requirements.

Architects (AR) are required to have completed 16 credit hours of continuing education (CE) in order to renew their license effective the April 30, 2008 renewal and every biennial renewal period thereafter.  CE documentation is not required to be submitted with your renewal application.

Online renewals begin on March 5, 2012 10 a.m. (HST) through midnight (HST) April 30, 2012.  Late renewals must be submitted by mail or in person.

Professional Engineer, Architect, Land Surveyor and Landscape Architect licensees will be mailed a postcard renewal notice only.  Postcard notice will be mailed out Friday, March 2, 2012.

Pursuant to Section 436B-14.5, HRS, any license held by a member of the armed forces, National Guard, or a reserve component that expires, is forfeited, or deemed delinquent while the member is on active duty and deployed during a state or national crisis shall be restored if certain restoration requirements are met.  Click here to access the "Military Renewal and Restoration Information Sheet".

Regulating Body

Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects

Board Composition
14 Members

Shelli McCelvey, Landscape Architect, Chairperson

Norman G. Y. Hong, Architect, Vic-Chairperson

Michael Chu, Landscape Architect

Demetrio Y. Constantino, Public

Dan H. Hirota, Land Surveyor

Howard K. C. Lau, Structural Engineer

Jay Manzano, Public

Paul Murray, Land Surveyor

Ross Okuda, Mechanical Engineer

Clayton Pang, Electrical Engineer

Raymond Skelton, Public

Marc Ventura, Architect

Robert Yanabu, Civil Engineer

Roberto Yumol, Architect

Qualifications
4 Engineers
3 Architects
2 Surveyors
2 Landscape Architects
3 Public