#Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters

Factory-built housing bill stirs debate: Cost versus durability for wildfire survivor housing

The Maui County Council passed a bill on first reading Friday that would allow for factory-built housing in the Lahaina burn zone, a measure intended to accelerate housing recovery for survivors of the August 2023 wildfires.

Honuaʻula continues to stir controversy over South Maui’s future development

Maui County Council’s 5-4 vote to finalize amendments to the Honuaʻula master-planned community project has reignited a debate over the project’s long-term impacts on South Maui.

Maui Planning Commission holds off decision-making on Honuaʻula; public testimony nearly 9-1 opposed

Maui Planning Commission members heard nearly six hours of public testimony Tuesday in Kīhei, with 58 of 66 testifiers opposed to developer requests for land-use amendments for the Honuaʻula master-planned community, a hotly debated 670-acre development south of Maui Meadows and mauka of Piʻilani Highway in South Maui.

Mass timber carpenter training set for Jan. 25-26 and Feb. 1-2 at UH Maui College

Training in the use of mass timber will be offered in January and February and the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College for members of the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters and its signatory contractors.