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Engineering written around your trigger event.

Three disciplines, one licensed stamp — each service designed for the moment you actually need it: a build-out, a violation, a deadline, or a failure.

Restaurant HVAC and exhaust hood mechanical design in Honolulu
HVAC / Mechanical
01 — Mechanical

HVAC & Mechanical Design

Air conditioning, ventilation, and kitchen exhaust engineered for comfort, code, and a clean permit — coordinated with your plumbing and fire-protection scope so nothing gets kicked back.

  • Restaurant kitchens — hood, make-up air, and grease exhaust
  • Tenant fit-outs — cooling loads and ventilation sized right
  • Equipment change-outs — engineered, permit-ready specs
Fire sprinkler and fire protection design detail
Fire Protection
02 — Fire Protection

Fire Sprinkler & Fire Protection Design

Sprinkler and fire-protection systems for high-rises, restaurants, ADUs, and code-driven upgrades — designed to satisfy the fire authority the first time.

  • AOAO high-rise retrofit design and ordinance compliance
  • Residential & ADU sprinkler design, flat-fee
  • Commercial tenant and renovation scope

Plumbing Design

Water, waste, grease, and gas systems designed to Hawaiʻi code for commercial and residential projects — including drain, waste, vent and water piping stacks, sized, routed, and stamped.

For: renovation, build-outs, re-pipes, grease waste

Code Compliance & NOV Resolution

When a Notice of Violation requires a licensed mechanical engineer, we evaluate, stamp corrective drawings, and drive it through the authority.

For: NOVs, inspections, corrections

Equipment Replacement Engineering

Engineered replacement of chillers, fans, air handlers, cooling towers, boilers, pumps and water heaters — plus drain, waste, vent & water piping stacks. Specs and drawings that get equipment approved and installed.

For: end-of-life equipment, piping stacks
How we work

From first call to stamped permit.

01

Evaluate

We assess the condition, scope, and the exact code path your project needs.

02

Design

Coordinated mechanical, plumbing & fire-protection drawings — under one stamp.

03

Permit

We prepare submittals to clear DPP and the fire authority without resubmittal cycles.

04

Support

We stay with you through construction questions and inspection sign-off.

Answers

Service & permit questions.

Yes — that's the point. Coordinating all three under one licensed stamp is what keeps DPP submittals clean and avoids the resubmittal cycles that stall permits.

It depends on scope, but responsiveness is our differentiator. Share your plans and deadline and we'll give you a realistic timeline up front.

Yes. When an NOV requires a licensed mechanical engineer, we evaluate the condition, prepare stamped corrective documents, and work the resolution through the permitting authority.

Tell us your scope. We'll map the permit path.