Structural Subcommittee
CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Regular Meeting of the
Structural Subcommittee
DATE: April 2, 2003 (Wednesday)
TIME: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600 (AIA Office)
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Excused |
Absent |
Michael Fretz, S.E. |
Jim Guthrie, S.E. | |
Ned Fennie, A.I.A. |
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Other Present |
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David Leung, DBI |
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Mary Gould, DBI |
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1.0 Call to Order and Roll Call
Members: Jim Guthrie, S.E.; Chair; Ned Fennie, AIA; Michael Fretz, S.E.
Meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. Quorum established with 2 members present.
Members: Michael Fretz was acting Chair Person
2.0 Approval of the minutes of the Structural Subcommittee regular meeting of March 5, 2003.
A motion to approve the minutes. Seconded and approved.
3.0 Continue discussion and possible action on SFBC Section 3403 on Seismic Triggering.
The underlying reason for Hanson Tom's version is that there are many projects that have a lower level that is undeveloped entirely and people want to create a garage at that level, without bearing the cost of seismic retrofitting the whole building.
However, there is a problem with the concept of adding a garage in the lowest level in a undeveloped area. There may be some other things done that trigger the seismic.
Hanson Tom was invited to come to the meeting for further discussion.
4.0 Continue discussion and possible action on Special inspection requirements for signs and drawings.
Awaiting Hanson Tom to go back to the people who requested this clarification for certain weight and size in minor projects on a case-by-case basis.
5.0 Discussion on Trichapter Uniform Code Programs.
Items 1 thru 18 were discussed. The discussions tend to be in favor of recommending items 1 thru 9 for adoption and no action on items 10 thru 18, which seem to be code interpretations rather than code recommendations.
One concern was the real impact on small projects. It was agreed that smaller project shouldn't be burden with these code revisions. It was also suggested to modify these code changes to be more consistent with the small project definition is San Francisco and to provide some exceptions.
Hanson Tom and Y. Y. Chew's position seems to take no action on these items at this time and waits for California Building Standards Commission to review and take actions on the NFPA and IBC codes. Afterall, the code will be updated in two years.
6.0 Subcommittee Member's and Staff's identification of new agenda items, as well as current agenda items to be continued to another subcommittee regular meeting or special meeting. Subcommittee discussion and possible action regarding administrative issues related to building codes.
New agenda item: Discussion and possible action on preliminary results of CAPSS program. Current items 3.0 thru 5.0 will be continued in next regular meeting on May 7, 2003.
7.0 Public Comment: Public comment will be heard on items not on this agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Code Advisory Committee. Comment time is limited to 3 minutes per person or at the call of the Chair.
No public comment.
8.0 Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.