Electrical Engineering Consultants
LANAI LOVELY For his own home, on the island of Lanai, Hawaii Island Architects founder Roger Brasel designed an infinity pool outside the living, dining, and kitchen space and the master bedroom. The interior features a triple-light soffit and 10-foot stacking doors that open onto the deck.
ECM, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in electrical engineering for residential, commercial, institutional buildings and underground utility distribution. ECM also has extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of hotels, subdivisions, and housing projects.
design services available: •general power and lighting
•controls & instrumentation
Hawaii Island Architects, LLC
•utility transmission
CREATING HOMES THAT FUSE NATURE AND DESIGN
•substations, electric
by Laura Judy
•utility coordination •standby power generation •uninterruptable power systems (ups) •supervision, control & data acquisition (scada) systems •utility metering and submetering 130 N. Market Street Wailuku, HI 96793-1716 808.242.8070 • 808.244.9539 fax
When Roger Brasel and his wife went to Hawaii eight months after their graduation from Oklahoma State University in 1977, they had no idea they would be there to stay. “We were young and wanted to travel,” Brasel says. “We landed in Hawaii with our backpacks and hiked to a youth hostel, and after a while, we just decided to stay.” Brasel immediately put his architecture degree to good use when he started Hawaii Island Architects, LLC with his wife, and the two still run the company together today. Hawaii Island Architects is a full-service architectural firm that provides both design and construction-management services, usually taking on six to eight projects each year. “For the past 10
years, we’ve done mostly residential work, and we also do remodeling,” Brasel says. Although the company has been located on the Big Island since 1989, they design high-end homes throughout all of the Hawaiian Islands. “About 80 percent of our clients aren’t from the islands,” Brasel says. “We do a lot of vacation homes and dream homes for retirees.” The company’s ability to bring the style of the islands into every project is part of what makes Hawaii Island Architects so successful. “Hawaii living is more casual than in other places; it’s not so compartmentalized,” Brasel says. “One thing I have always done is to work in a lot of different motifs as opposed to just one style.” Brasel frequently in-
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•communications system infrastructure