Heads up, Honolulu builders and permit applicants—the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) has announced an important update for the HNL Build system that's going down after work hours tomorrow, and it could affect your ongoing applications. An alert on the city’s official website states, "After work hours on Friday, October 31, an update will be applied to HNL Build that will impact any Building Permit Applications that are in progress or paused."
It's key to note that this planned maintenance won’t throw a wrench in the submitted applications—those are safe. However, if you’ve got an application that’s idling in progress, or you hit pause on it and haven't submitted it before the update punches in, you're not going to be happy come Monday. The system's going to give those unsubmitted ones the boot, and that means more than just a bit of inconvenience—you'll have to start from scratch. No downtime is needed for the update, but DPP advises to steer clear of starting new applications during the Friday overnight hours just to sidestep possible hiccups.
The official announcement also serves up a friendly reminder for those with applications that are currently on a break: wrap them up before the update strikes or wave them goodbye. Yes, this is one of those now-or-never kind of deals, and the deadline's a witching hour away. So, if you’re sitting on an application, you better hustle.
