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An Abridged History of the Statewide “California Building Code”

All provisions of the California Building Code are uniformly applicable throughout the State of California, except where made even stricter by a local jurisdiction

Insurance ‘Wrap’ Policies

Like many comparable firms across North America, our company, based in Oakland, CA, not only carries out building enclosure evaluations (for plaintiffs and defendants) of large-scale multifamily

Let’s Eliminate Parking ‘Wheel Stops’ at Busy Storefronts

ADACalifornia Building CodeConsulting   |   Dec 01, 2019

As documented and detailed in our prior position paper, installation of wheel stops or similar devices are recommended – by the federal American with Disabilities Act

Tiled Shower Walls Are Comparable to Clad Exterior Walls

In many ways, ceramic-tiled shower walls can be investigated and evaluated in the same manner as clad exterior walls. Both rainwater and plumbed interior water have the same

Case Study: “Value-Engineered” Waterproofing Errors

In theory, “value engineering” should embody a multidisciplinary application of technical knowledge, specialized expertise, and common sense directed at identifying and

Position Paper: Uses and Misuse of Wheel Stops at Parking Spaces in California

ADACalifornia Building CodeConsulting   |   Jan 15, 2018

As documented in the following photographs, wheel stops are physical barriers installed at parking spaces to deter potentially problematic vehicle movement.

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