TENANT RESOURCES
TENANT IMPROVEMENT GUIDELINES
A. Getting Started
B. Design Approval
- CAD Guidelines (Rev. 2025, PDF, 3575 KB)
- Engineering Policies & Procedures
- Contractor’s Training Guide (2013, PDF, 2065 KB)
- Best Management Practices Field Manual (2024, PDF, 487 KB)
- Manual on Cross Connection Control
- Signage and Graphics Design Manual (2000, PDF, 9333 KB)
- Free Standing Signs Within the Sterile Area w/Approval Request (2022, PDF, 4081 KB)
- Hawaii Sense of Place Primer (2011, PDF, 4974 KB)
- Cultural Appropriateness Guidelines (2011, PDF, 1764 KB)
- M. 1-1 Process Flow Chart (2002, PDF, 209 KB)
- M. 1-3 Project Description (2002, PDF, 38 KB)
- M. 1-4 Tenant Improvement Plan Approval Forms (2011, PDF, 22 KB)
- M. 1-5 Permit to Perform Work on State Airport Property (2002, PDF, 152 KB)
C. Construction
- M. 1-2 Instructions for Certificate of Insurance (2002, PDF, 18 KB)
- Construction Site Runoff Control Program
- Administrative Rules: Chapter 54, Chapter 55, & Chapter 59
- Occupational Safety & Health Standards, Title 12
- M. 1-6 Utility Outage Request Forms:
- Honolulu (HNL) (PDF, 89 KB)
- Maui District (PDF, 578 KB)
- Hawaii District (PDF, 96 KB)
A. Consultant Requirements
- M. 2-1 (A-F) Temporary Water Meter Checklist
- M. 2-1E Request for New Water Service
- M. 2-1F Cross-Connection Control & Backflow agreement for Water Meters & Temporary Fire Hydrant Connections
- Storm Drainage Standards:
- Honolulu City & County (2017, PDF, 5550 KB)
- Maui County (1995, PDF, 815 KB)
- Kauai County (2001, PDF, 4717 KB)
- Hawaii County (1970, PDF, 2172 KB)
- DOTH Statewide Uniform Design Manual for Streets and Highways (1993, PDF, 445 KB)
- DOTH Roadway Construction Standards
- AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
- National Fire Protection Standards and Codes