Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 115 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-115-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Agricultural engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering involving the design, construction, and use of specialized
				  equipment, machines, structures, and materials relating to the agricultural
				  industry and economy. It requires knowledge of the engineering sciences
				  relating to physical properties and biological variables of foods and fibers;
				  atmospheric phenomena as they are related to agricultural operations; soil
				  dynamics as related to traction, tillage and plant-soil-water relationships;
				  and human factors relative to safe design and use of agricultural machines. The
				  safe and proper application and use of agricultural chemicals and their effect
				  on the environment are also concerns of the agricultural engineers.
"Architect committee" means members of the board who are
				  professional architects.
"Branch examination" means a professional engineering
				  examination which covers subjects within only one branch of professional
				  engineering. The branches of engineering examined in are agricultural,
				  chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and structural.
"Chemical engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering which embraces studies or activities relating to the development
				  and application of processes in which chemical or physical changes of materials
				  are involved. These processes are usually resolved into a coordinated series of
				  unit physical operations and unit chemical processes. It is concerned with the
				  research, design, production, operational, organizational, and economic aspects
				  of the above.
"Civil engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering which embraces studies or activities in connection with fixed works
				  for matters such as irrigation, drainage, waterpower, water supply, flood
				  control, inland waterways, harbors (not including piers), municipal
				  improvements, railroads, highways, traffic, non-structurally supported tunnels,
				  airfields and airways, purification of water, geotechnical activities, and
				  sewerage and refuse disposal.
"CLARB" means Council of Landscape Architectural
				  Registration Boards.
"Consultation" means meetings, discussions, written or
				  verbal messages, reports, etc., involving scientific, aesthetic or technical
				  information, facts, or advice for purposes of planning, designing, deciding, or
				  locating construction or alteration of structures, buildings, works, machines,
				  processes, land areas, or projects.
"Design" means any procedure which conveys the plan,
				  location, arrangement, intent, purpose, appearance, and nature of construction
				  or alteration of existing or proposed buildings, structures, works, machines,
				  processes, land areas, or projects.
"Direct control" or "directly in charge of the professional
				  work" means personal preparation, or direct supervision of the preparation and
				  personal review, of all instruments of professional service.
"Electrical engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering which embraces studies or activities relating to the generation,
				  transmission, and utilization of electrical energy, including the design of
				  electrical, electronic, and magnetic circuits and the technical control of
				  their operation and of the design of electrical gear. It is concerned with
				  research, organizational, and the economic aspects of the above.
"Engineer committee" means members of the board who are
				  professional engineers.
"Experience in responsible charge" means direct control or
				  personal supervision of engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, or
				  land surveying work.
"Evaluation" means careful search, examination, or inquiry
				  to reveal, determine, or estimate the value, worth, merit, effect, efficiency,
				  or practicability of planning, design, location, construction, or alteration of
				  existing or proposed structures, buildings, works, processes, land areas, or
				  projects.
"Full-time" means forty hours or more per week.
"Geotechnical activities" means the investigation and
				  engineering evaluation of earth materials including soil, rock, groundwater and
				  man-made materials and their interaction with earth retention systems,
				  structural foundations, and other civil engineering works. The activities
				  involve application of the principles of soil mechanics and the earth sciences,
				  and requires a knowledge of engineering laws, formulas, construction
				  techniques, and performance evaluation of civil engineering works influenced by
				  earth materials.
"IDP" means the intern development program of NCARB or other
				  similar program satisfactory to the board.
"Industrial engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering involving the investigation, design, and evaluation of systems of
				  persons, materials, and facilities for the purpose of economical and efficient
				  production, use, and distribution. It requires the application of specialized
				  engineering knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences, together with
				  the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify,
				  predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.
"Institution of higher education approved by the board"
				  means an institution approved by the board that offers curricula leading to a
				  master's degree in engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture.
"Investigation" means careful search, examination, inquiry,
				  or study to reveal or determine scientific, aesthetic, technical information,
				  or facts for the planning, design, location, construction, or alteration of
				  existing or proposed structures, buildings, works, machines, processes, land
				  areas, or projects.
"Land surveyor committee" means members of the board who are
				  professional land surveyors.
"Landscape architect committee" means members of the board
				  who are professional landscape architects.
"Lawful experience" means that type of experience listed in
				  sections 16-115-39,
				  16-115-58,
				  16-115-79 and
				  16-115-98.
"Mechanical engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering, which deals with engineering problems relating to generation,
				  transmission, and utilization of energy in the thermal or mechanical form and
				  also with engineering problems including but not limited to the production of
				  tools, machinery, and their products and to heating, ventilation,
				  refrigeration, and plumbing. It is concerned with the research, design,
				  production, operational, organizational, and economic aspects of the
				  above.
"NCARB" means National Council of Architectural Registration
				  Boards.
"NCEES" means National Council of Examiners for Engineering
				  and Surveying.
"Observation of construction" means making and documenting
				  visits to the site by a licensed engineer, architect, landscape architect, or
				  qualified representatives working under the supervision of a licensed engineer,
				  architect, or landscape architect, as the case may require, to observe the
				  progress and quality of the executed work and to determine, in general, if the
				  work is proceeding in accordance with the contract documents. It is not
				  required that they make exhaustive or continuous on-site observations to check
				  the quality or quantity of work nor is it intended that the engineer,
				  architect, or landscape architect be responsible for construction means,
				  methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures, or for safety precautions and
				  programs in connection with the work.
"Part-time" means less than forty hours per week.
"Planning" means careful search, examination, inquiry,
				  study, and the formulation or execution of a statement, outline, draft, map,
				  drawing, diagram, or picture showing arrangement, scheme, schedule, program, or
				  procedure for locating, building, or altering existing or proposed buildings,
				  structures, works, machines, processes, land areas, or projects.
"Prepared by" means that a licensed engineer, architect,
				  surveyor, or landscape architect, as the case may be, personally drafts, draws,
				  or designs the plans, specifications, and other related documents.
"Public officials" means and includes without limitation all
				  federal, state, and county agencies that issue permits.
"School or college approved by the board" means an
				  institution approved by the board and offering curricula leading to degrees in
				  engineering, architecture, geo-science, or landscape architecture accredited by
				  the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the National
				  Architectural Accreditation Board, Inc., the Landscape Architectural
				  Accreditation Board, or as approved by the board.
"Specifications" means the specifying of material,
				  equipment, projects, or methods to be used in the construction or alteration of
				  buildings, structures, works, machines, processes, land areas, or
				  projects.
"State-produced licensing examination" means and includes a
				  licensing examination administered by states of the United States, the District
				  of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession
				  of the United States, as approved by the board.
"Structural engineering" means that branch of professional
				  engineering which deals with the investigation of, the design of, the selection
				  of, and construction observation of the force-resisting and load-supporting
				  members of structures such as foundations, walls, columns, slabs, beams,
				  girders, trusses, and similar members where such investigation, design,
				  selection, and supervision requires a knowledge of engineering laws, formulae,
				  practice, and knowledge of the methods used in their erection.
"Supervise", "supervision", "supervision of design", or
				  "under the supervision of" means that a licensed engineer, architect, surveyor,
				  or landscape architect, as the case may be, shall:
(1) Exercise direct control and oversee the
				subject activity through physical presence or through the use of communication
				devices; provided the licensee has both direct control and detailed
				professional knowledge of the work being supervised; or
(2) Substantially redraft, redraw, redesign,
				or recalculate the plans, specifications, and other related documents; and be
				responsible for all work within the licensee's discipline performed on plans,
				specifications, and other related documents.
"Written examination" means paper-pencil or
				  computer-assisted examination.