Hawaii Wildfire Response Debris Removal Support

Location

Maui, HI

United States Army Corps of Engineers

Federal Agency

Architectural Historic Preservation

Archaeology

Project Management

Site Safety and Health Officers

Geographic Information Systems

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Familiarity of Site Conditions in Hawaii and the USACE POH AOR

Experience Capabilities

Emergency Response for FEMA, Cultural Resources Inventory

Program

Size

Entire town of Lahaina, Kula, and Olinda, Maui

Delivery

Direct Award

Completion

2024

This was a non-personal services contract to provide cultural resource services for post-wildfire response in Maui County, Hawaii. The scope of work included cultural resource services for fire-related residential, public, and commercial properties within the affected areas of Lahaina, Kula, and Olinda, Maui. Over 2,000 properties were impacted by the fire. All properties were analyzed for historic and cultural significance. AEPAC’s scope included:

1. Project Management, Meetings and Planning

2. Mobilization, Site Setup and Preparation

3. Quality Control

4. Field Operations

5. Reporting

Properties meeting the criteria below required archaeological survey and recordation in advance of debris removal operations post fire disaster:

1. Archaeological resources, historic properties, and/or burials have previously been documented within the parcel boundaries.

2. Owner has identified the property as archaeologically sensitive

3. The destroyed structure was older than 45 years old.

4. The SOI Qualified Archaeologist has determined the property to have reasonable potential to be culturally sensitive or is likely to contain cultural resources.