essential services buildings may require more time and coordination for structural requirements, and construction observation. Fees would be adjusted up accordingly.
Posts Tagged Construction
Types of foundations
Jan 20
1. Spread footing
2. Pier or Cassion and grade beam
3. Piles
4. mat foundation
1. Construction Observation/Administration Required
2. Periodic Review of Construction by Arch, Civil, or structural in general responsible charge (make a report)
3. Continuous inspection by qualified inspector (can be architect of record)
4. Structural design factor 1.5
5. Soils/geological report required
6. “Shall be designed…minimize fire hazards and resist… earthquakes, gravity & winds”
7. To be carefully reviewed by approval agency and carefully and completely inspected during construction
8. Communications, [...]
Building Types
1. Fire Station
2. Police Station
3. Emergency Operations Center
4. Ca Highway Patrol Office
5. Sheriff’s Office
6. Emergency Communication Dispatch Center
Soils report
1. Bearing capacity, depth to bedrock, water table, expansive nature, soil type, moisture content
2. affects the foundation and structural system, drainage, and building form
1. Clearances
2. Occupancy classifications
3. Type of construction
4. Fire & Life safety
5. Health requirements
1. Must be public bid construction contract
2. Design services qualifications based
3. Construction licenses
a. A license – General Engineering Contractor
b. B license – General Building Contractor
c. C license – Specialty Contractor
Design-professional lien
Dec 21
1. Record before construction begins
2. Used to protect design Professional in case project isn’t built and owed money
3. Must record a notice of lien within 90 days after having reason to believe the landowner is not going to build the project
4. Expires if project construction commences or 90 days passes without a suit filed to enforce the lien
Indemnification
Dec 21
1. Not responsible for damage caused by unauthorized changes to signed and stamped documents (as long as authorization was not unreasonably withheld)
2. Signing and stamping of documents does not impose a legal duty to observe the construction of fixed works
3. Construction Observation means periodic observation of completed work to determine general compliance with the plans, specifications, reports, or [...]