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. 4-236 BUILDING STANDARDS ADMtN15TRATIVE CODE (Part 1, Titte 24, C.C.R.) quire that the plans and specifications be revised to meet its cur- rent regulations before a renewal of the voided approval is granted. Renewal shall not be granted after a period of four years beyond the date of the application approval. State agencies may complete all work or proceed with construction of any part of the work included in the approved plans and specifications with the intent of completing the work later. All work done and materials used and installed must be in accordance with and in conformity to the approved plans and specifications. DSA/ORS shall be notified whenever work is being carried on and failure to give such notice automatically voids approval of the plans and specifications. An uncompleted building shall not be construed as having been constructed under the provisions of the Essential Services Build- ing Seismic Safety Act. Authp'rity: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16016. 4-236. Notice of Start of Consttvetion. The architect or regis- tered engineer responsible for the project shall give DSA/ ORS written notification before construction is to be started. As soon as a contract has been let, the architect or registered engineer shall furnish in duplicate to DSA/ ORS on Form SSS-102, Contract In- formation (see Form SSS-102 in Appendix), the name of the con- tractor, the contract price and the date of starting of construction. The names and addresses of the subcontractors shall also be reported as soon as they are available. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 160! 6. 4-237. Notice of Suspension of Construction. DSA/ORS shalt be notified by the inspector when (1) the construction is sus- pended for more than two weeks or (2) the construction is sus- pended or abandoned for any reason for a continuous period of one year following its commencement at which time the approval of DSA/ORS becomes void. DSA/ORS may reinstate the approv- al upon the request of the owner. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16009. 4-238. Application for Approval of Project and Special In- spectors. An Inspector's Qualification Record, Form SSS-S (see Appendix), shall be submitted for each project inspector and spe- cial inspector proposed for work on each essential services build- ing project. The proposed inspector shall be interviewed by the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge of the project to determine his/her qualifications. T'he architect or registered engineer shall recommend to DSA/ORS the approval of the inspector based upon his/her determination of the compe- tency of the candidate to perform the inspection work. Form SSS-5 for the proposed inspector with the signatures of the architect or registered engineer and the owner shall be sub- mitted to DSA for review and approval. In addition to the informa- tion supplied on the qualification record DSA/ORS may require a personal interview with the proposed inspector which may include oral and written examinations concerning inspection and testing procedures. The submittal of the Inspector's Qualification Record shall be made a minimum of 10 days prior to the start of construction on the project. Authority: Health & Safety Code Sections 16017 and 16022. Reference: Health 8. Safety Code Sections 16017 and 16021. 4-239. Tests. In addition to the requirements of Section 4-213, Article 1 of these regulations, the following provisions shall apply: 24 (a}Performance of Tests. The owner with the approval of the architect or registered engineer shall select a qualified testing lab- oratory as the testing agency to conduct the tests. Sampling, prep- aration of samples and tests shall be in accordance with the standards as provided in the approved specifications and in the applicable building regulations. Where a sample has failed to pass the required tests, the azchitect or registered engineer, sub- ject to the approval of the enforcement agency, may permit retest of the sampled material. In such cases two new samples shall be tested and the material shall be rejected if either sample fails. (b) Payments. The owner shall pay for all tests. When in the opinion of the architect or registered engineer additional tests aze required because of the manner in which the contractor executes his work, such tests shall be paid for by the owner but the amount paid may be collected from the contractor. Examples of such tests are: Tests of materials substituted for previous}y approved materi- als, retests made necessary by the failure of materials to comply with the requirements of the specifications and load tests neces- sary because certain portions of the structure have not fully met specification or plan requirements. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Referenre: Health & Safety Code Sections 16009, 16020 and 16021. 4-240. Required Filing of Verified Reports. Project inspectors, special inspectors and contractors shall file verified reports on Form SSS-6. Architects and engineers shall file verified reports on Form SSS-6A/E. (See Appendix for facsimile copies of Forms SSS-5 and SSS-6A/E.) Verified reports shall be filed with DSA/ORS as follows: (a) Duplicate copy by each contractor at the completion of his! her contract. (b) Duplicate. copy at the completion of the essential services building. (c) Duplicate copy at the suspension of work for a period of more than one month. (d) Duplicate copy whenever the services of an architect, regis- tered engineer, inspector or contractor in connection with the project are terminated for any reason. (e) Duplicate copy at any time that a special verified report is required by DSA/ORS. Authority: Health & Safety Code Sections 16020, !6021 and 16022. keference: Health & Safety Code Sections 16020, 16021 and 16022. 4-241. Semimonthly Reports. In addition to the verified reports required in Section 4-214, the project inspector shall make semi- monthly reports of the progress of construction to the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge. A copy of each such report shall be sent to the owner and DSAlORS. Semimonth- ly reports shall state the name, location and owner of the essential services building and shall contain the application number of the project far identification purposes. The reports shall include a list of official visitors to the project and whom they represent, a brief statement of the work done, instructions received from the archi- tect or registered engineer during the period covered by the report and pertinent information regarding any unusual conditions or questions that may have arisen at the job. Forms are not provided by DSA/ORS for semimonthly reports (see typical example for guidance in the Appendix). Failure to comply with this section wit! be cause for withdrawal of the approval of the project in- spector. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section 16017. 4-242. DSA/ORS Notifications by Project Inspector. The proj- ect inspector shall notify DSAIORS at these times: (a) When work is started or restarted on the project. ~~ of 32