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L3UILDING STANDARDS ADMINISTRATIVE ~ E (Part 1, Titre 24, C.C.R.) tect or registered engineer and the owner and shall bear the approval stamp of the enforcement agency. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Sections 1601 I, 16013 and 160.!5. 4-216. Final Certification of Compliance. The certification of compliance for the essential services building by the enforcement agency wilt be issued when the work has been completed in ac- cordance with the requirements as to safety of design and construction with Sections 16000-16023 of the Health and Safety Code (Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act) and with the requirements of these regulations. The certification of com- pliance will be evidenced by a letter or a certificate of occupancy each of which shall contain a statement that the building design and review and the work of construction have been completed in accordance with the requirements of Sections 16000 through ]6023 of the Health and Safety Code and of Part 1, Title 24, CCR. The certificate of compliance will be directed to the owner of the essential services building. Local enforcement agencies shall forward one copy of the cer- tification of compliance to the DSA/ORS Headquarters Office in Sacramento. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Sections 16004 and 16022. 4-217. Duties of the Architect and Registered Engineers. (a) General. The architect or registered engineer is responsible to the owner and to the enforcement agency to see that the com- pleted work conforms in every material respect to these regula- tions and the approved plans and specifications. He or she may, if so authorized, act as agent for the owner in completing and sub- mitting the application to the enforcement agency. The architect or registered engineer, in no way, is relieved of any responsibility by the activities of the enforcement agency in the performance of its duties. (b) General Responsible Charge. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall advise the owner in regard to filing of the application for approval of plans, the selec- tion of a project inspector and [he selection of a testing laboratory. He or she shall prepare the plans, specifications, design computa- tions and other data and shall prepare documents authorizing changes in the approved drawings and specif cations when so di- rected by the owner or as required by conditions on the project. He or she shall make, or cause to be made, the corrections required on the vazious documents to comply with the requirements of these regulations and shall provide the project inspector and testing agency with a complete set of stamped plans, specifications and documents authorizing changes. The enforcement agency directs all technical correspondence to the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge of the project. (c) Verified Reports. All architects and registered engineers having responsibility for observation of the work of construction shall maintain such personal contact with the project as is neces- sary to assure themselves of compliance in every material respect with the approved plans and specifications and shall submit veri- fied reports to the enforcement agency as required in Section 214. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall be responsible for the timely submittal of the required veri- fied reports from the project inspector, the contractor and the other architects and engineers who have been delegated responsi- bility for a portion of the project. (d) Testing Program. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall establish the extent of the testing 4216 of materials consistent with the needs of the particular project and shall issue specific instructions to the testing agency. He or she shall also notify the enforcement agency as to the disposition of materials noted on laboratory reports as not conforming to the approved plans and specifications. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Sections 16015 and 16020_ 4-218. Duties of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers. The architect, structural engineer or civil engineer in general responsi- ble charge retains overall responsibility for the mechanical and electrical portions of the work when the design responsibility for that work has been delegated and the plans have been prepared by registered mechanical and electrical engineers. Where plans, specifications, and estimates for alterations or repairs do not involve architectural or structural changes, said plans, specifications and estimates may be prepared and the work of construction observed by a registered mechanical or electrical engineer who shall be in general responsible charge. The mechanical or electrical engineer shall fulfill the duties outlined in Section 4217 when assuming general responsible chazge and shall submit verified reports as required in Section 4-214. When accepting delegated responsibility, he or she shall comply with the requirements of Sections 4-209 and 4-210 inso- far as these may relate to the work delegated to him or her. Authority: Health & Safety Code Section 16022. Reference: Health & Safety Code Section t 6015. 4-219. Duties of the Project Inspector. (a) General. The project inspector as an agent for the owner shall act under the general direction of the architect or registered engineer and under the supervision of the enforcement agency. (b) Duties. The general duties of the project inspector in fulfil- Iing his or her responsibilities are as follows: 1. Continuous Inspection Requirements. He or she must have actual personal knowledge obtained by his or her personal and continuous inspection of the work of construction in all stages of its progress that the requirements of the approved plans and specifications are being executed.. Continuous inspection means complete inspection of every part of the work. Work, such as concrete work or brick work which can be inspected only as it is placed, shall require the constant presence of the project inspector. Other types of work which can be completely inspected after the work is installed may be carried on while the project inspector is not present. In any case, the project inspector must personally inspect every part of the work. In no case shall the project inspector have or assume any duties which will prevent him or her from providing continuous inspection. The project inspector may obtain personal knowledge of the work of construction, either on-site or off-site, from the inspec- tions performed by special inspectors or assistant inspectors and from the reporting of others on testing and inspection of materials and workmanship for comp}iance with the plans, specifications and applicable standards. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts shall be required. 2. Relations with the Architect or Engineer. The project in- spector shall work under the general direction of the architect or registered engineer. All inconsistencies or seeming errors in the plans and specifications shall be reported promptly to the archi- tect or registered engineer for his/her interpretation and instruc- tions. In no case shall the instructions of the architect or registered engineer be construed to cause work to be done which is not in conformity with the approved, plans, specifications and docu- ments authorizing changes. 19 tZ cF32