RCI So Cal Announces Rescheduled Date for 2008 Building Code Update

So Cal Chapter of RCI, Inc. Monday, November 17, 2008 2008 Calif. Building Code Update San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf Roofing, Waterproofing and the Building Envelope PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM ITS ORIGINAL DATE OF AUGUST 18TH. The new California building code, which became effective statewide on January 1, 2008, is based on the 2006 International Building Code and not the 1997 Uniform Building Code that we have all become accustomed to using for the last 10 years. The new IBC and CBC have many specific changes that effect roofing, waterproofing and building envelope professionals. Most significantly, the old Codes generally required that the construction (builder) prevent water intrusion to the interior. The new Codes have been changed to make them more stringent and specific. Language has been added in the Codes that requires both "design and construction" to meet the intent of the codes, not just construction. As a result, the new codes shift more liability on the design professional, requiring them to properly design the building envelope systems. In regards to water intrusion and water damage, new codes include vapor barriers and vapor migration within an assembly. This seminar will include a side-by-side comparison between the old code and new code as related to roofing, waterproofing, exterior walls and building envelope systems. RCI Continuing Educational Hours (CEHs) from RCI 5 AIA Learning Units (LUs) from the American Institute of Architects 5 Registration and Location Registration Time: 12:30 pm Program: 1 pm to 7 pm An afternoon break and a light dinner will be provided Registration Fees: RCI / AIA / CREIA Member: $100 Non-Member: $125 Parking: $17 plus tax Location: The Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf 1300 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94133 Hotel Reservations: (800) 942-7348 To register, go to www.RCISoCalChapter.org Questions call: 866/914-4RCI

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EC6800	PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC	FLETCHER MEADOWS 40 LTD	East County	Civil	03/08/1993
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GIC842773	PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC	FRATERNITY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	02/15/2005
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656348	PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC.	THE FALLS AT CAMINO BERNARDO OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.	San Diego	Civil	09/18/1992
653372	PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC.	DOVER PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	06/24/1992
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637824	PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC.	VANTAGE POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	05/17/1991
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PACIFIC PEBBLES	CALIFORNIA, SUNSET MANAGEMENT	North County	Civil	09/30/1997
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731046	PACIFIC PEBBLES CORPORATION	FIELDSTONE TRISTAN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	05/24/1999
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GIC733679	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	DEGUZMAN, SERGIO B	San Diego	Civil	08/17/1999
731046	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	FIELDSTONE TRISTAN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	05/24/1999
725325	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	BUSATH, BARTON	San Diego	Civil	10/28/1998
705367	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	MLP HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	11/08/1996
702356	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	VILLA ESTELLE EAST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	07/30/1996
692598	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	AMBIANCE OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	04/11/1995
690230	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	STEPHENS, KEVIN	San Diego	Civil	07/06/1995
682327	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	VILLA MARTINIQUE OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	10/28/1994
681969	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	LAGUNA DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	04/14/1994
675112	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	STARR, BRUCE	San Diego	Civil	03/25/1994
672101	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	MISSOURI STREET HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	12/23/1993
670383	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	VILLA COLINA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	11/02/1993
670154	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	NORTH PARK RIVER OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	10/26/1993
670058	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	UPTOWN DISTRICT OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	10/22/1993
669662	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	ZETTEL, DAVID J	San Diego	Civil	10/12/1993
659893	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	RIEL, ROBERT D.	San Diego	Civil	01/04/1993
658424	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	KLEINBUB, FREDRICK	San Diego	Civil	11/18/1992
640318	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	RIVER VILLAGE APARTNEMTS, LTD.	San Diego	Civil	07/22/1991
560827	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	JAMORESHAN, MAHMOOD	San Diego	Civil	03/24/1986
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GIC860434	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	EPOCH CONSTRUCTION INC	San Diego	Civil	01/27/2006
GIC827026	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	PEREZ, JESUS	San Diego	Civil	03/15/2004
GIC793023	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	LOPEZ, CARLOS F	San Diego	Civil	07/24/2002
GIC774000	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	MADDEN, KURT	San Diego	Civil	09/06/2001
GIC773580	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	BROWN, DOROTHY	San Diego	Civil	12/06/2000
GIC769524	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	BALANE REVOCABLE TRUST	San Diego	Civil	06/22/2001
GIC748942	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	THE ARC OF SAN DIEGO	San Diego	Civil	05/30/2000
GIC744594	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO	San Diego	Civil	03/07/2000
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LIFE DECK	LOPEZ, CARLOS F	San Diego	Civil	07/24/2002
GIC793023	LIFE DECK	LOPEZ, CARLOS F	San Diego	Civil	07/24/2002
37-2007-00066751-CU-CD-CTL	LIFE DECK	NOBLE, CHERIE L	San Diego	Civil	05/15/2007
GIC860434	LIFE DECK INC	EPOCH CONSTRUCTION INC	San Diego	Civil	01/27/2006
GIC860434	LIFE DECK INC	RIVER COLONY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	01/27/2006
IC809356	LIFE DECK SPECIALITY COATINGS	JULIAN PIE COMPANY	San Diego	Civil	04/18/2003
IC809356	LIFE DECK SPECIALITY COATINGS	JULIAN PIE COMPANY	San Diego	Civil	04/18/2003
GIC860434	LIFE DECK SPECIALTY COATINGS INC	EPOCH CONSTRUCTION INC	San Diego	Civil	01/27/2006
GIC860434	LIFE DECK SPECIALTY COATINGS INC	RIVER COLONY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	01/27/2006
GIC842773	LIFE DECK, INC	TAYLOR BALL OF CALIFORNIA, INC	San Diego	Civil	02/15/2005
GIC842773	LIFE DECK, INC	FRATERNITY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	02/15/2005
GIC842773	LIFE DECK, INC	FRATERNITY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	02/15/2005
GIC842773	LIFE DECK, INC DBA PACIFIC PEBBLES, INC	FRATERNITY OWNERS ASSOCIATION	San Diego	Civil	02/15/2005
L602498	LIFE DECK-PACIFIC PEBBLES	ROBINSON, NOEL	San Diego	Civil	06/10/1998
GIC744594	LIFE DECK-PACIFIC PEBBLES	MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO	San Diego	Civil	03/07/2000
GIC744594	LIFE DECK-PACIFIC PEBBLES	MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO	San Diego	Civil	03/07/2000

611709	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	CROSS DEFENDANT	12/21/1989	PI/PD - AUTO
793759	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	CROSS DEFENDANT	05/01/1998	DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION
793759	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	CROSS COMPLAINANT	05/01/1998	DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION
793759	PACIFIC PEBBLES INC	DEFENDANT	05/01/1998	DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION
760385	PACIFIC PEBBLES CORPORATION	CROSS DEFENDANT	03/01/1996	NEGLIGENCE
760385	PACIFIC PEBBLES CORPORATION	DEFENDANT	03/01/1996	NEGLIGENCE

THE ABOVE LISTED SUITS ARE FOUND ON THE WEBSITES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S CIVIL COURTS WHICH LIST ALL CURRENT AND PREVIOUS LAWSUITS AND ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE.

WE HAVE NOT INVESTIGATED EACH CASE TO SEE WHAT THE RESULT WAS, SO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY CASE LISTED ABOVE MAY HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED IN THE DEFENDANTS FAVOR OR COULD HAVE GONE AGAINST THEM.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO PERFORM YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE WHEN CONTRACTING WITH ANY CONTRACTOR; SEE THE CSLB WEBSITE, CHECK WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, CHECK YOUR LOCAL COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS...

DURADEK Installation featured in JOURNAL OF LIGHT CONSTRUCTION

Here's a nice article in this months Journal of Light Construction's September 2008 issue on the installation of a Duradek membrane on a plywood deck in New Jersey...written by the general contractor of the job, Rob Corbo, it does a good job of explaining the process and showing detailed pictures of essential elements of the installation.

The one item I nit picked about is that they put the seam at the outside edge of the deck...to hide it under the railing. Logical choice for hiding it, but my thought is that the water running off could get trapped at the welded seam, where I'd arther have the seam at the inside wall area, and a nice 54"wide run let water run freely right off the edge without that possibility...

Rob does a nice job on his article and it certainly shows the relative ease of installation (Remember all you who might want to try installing waterproofing, the devil is in the details) of the Duradek membrane. You can purchase the aricle or subscribe to JLC and get 12 months of great issues chock full of valuable information!

It's worth the subscription price to me for one article that saves my you know what from getting into trouble!






Waterproofing A Rooftop Deck
September 2008 Similar Articles
By Rob Corbo (7 Pages)
A kitchen bump-out provided the perfect opportunity for a small terrace off the master bedroom.

First 100 Words:
Waterproofing A Rooftop Deck A kitchen bump-out provided the perfect opportunity for a small terrace off the master bedroom by Rob Corbo Most of the single-story bump-out additions we build have pitched roofs, though under the right circumstances it's not hard to add a flat rooftop deck to the design. That was the case with the job shown here — a 6-foot-by-20-foot kitchen expansion with a master bedroom roof terrace above. In the past we'd used asphalt-based or single-ply rubber roofing membranes for flat-roof jobs, then covered the roofing with deck boards. But for this project, the architect specified Duradek,

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Florida Community Association Journal's September issue features article on concrete balcony replacement & compares the costs on 2 methods of replacin

Project Enginer Sean Kauffman of Structural Preservation Systems LLC in Pomono Florida compares the costs involved with the very expensive task of concrete balcony replacement in his article just published this month in FCAJ.

His case study involves two fairly typical Florida style condo's-those being built with concrete balconies instead of a traditional wood framed/plywood covered deck.

Concrete sounds great and really is a product to build with, but like any product, needs to be protected. Wind driven, salt laden rain, (hello, Hurricanes and tropical storms) drives deep into concrete, attacking the rebar. Once rebar begins to rust, it's only a matter of time before you'll be spending big bucks to replace failing spalling balconies.

Now many high rises are being waterproofed with various products when they are being built...but there's a lot of condo's out there that will be doing balcony replacement and they would be wise to read this article. Comparing the traditional, or conventional method (every third balcony) to the Full Stack, or Simultaneous Method of Repair, Sean details out the methods and the costs of each, including the extra hidden type costs that can drive number sup, to show that the Full Stack method saved significant man hours on demo, 1267 hours of savings!

To get read this article and more, you'll need to subscribe to Florida Community Association Journal...click the headline to go to their web pages...it's worth the subscription cost for this one article!

From Scott Vivian, owner of Pacific Construction Management, Inc comes this interesting article

My Google alerts for construction defects yielded this great article from Scott Vivian...

by Scott Vivian

Owner
Pacific Construction Management Inc.
Riverside, Calif.

One-stop shopping for an effective defense strategy in construction defect cases: beating the lawyers at their own game.

Construction defect lawsuits are an unavoidable part of the building business. They are also a lucrative business for plaintiff's attorneys who have built up a lot of expertise and earned a lot of money in such cases. These cases can, however, pit well-funded attorneys against builders with little experience in defending themselves. Scott Vivian wanted to level the playing field a little.

The owner of construction defect litigation consulting firm Pacific Construction Management International, Vivian used his background as an expert witness in these cases to develop a rapid response and loss mitigation service for developers and subcontractors to help them limit losses, avoid errors in dealing with homeowners, take advantage of right-to-repair laws and fight back effectively in court.

Read the rest of this article by clicking our headline to go to Risk and Insurance' website...

Desert Brand Announces Price increases, Becomes Latest To Do So...

Becoming the latest manufacturer to join the club of those who already have done so...Hill Brothers Chemical Company announced their Desert Brand Decking & Flooring division will raise material prices effective October 1st.

Approved applicators in the Bay Area will pay a little more than Los Angeles based applicators, reflecting the extra cost of shipping the materials 400 miles further north.

Hill Brothers is a chemical giant, manufacturing and reselling a variety of chemicals used in agriculture, water treatment and other industries.

Desert Brand, their flooring and decking Division, manufactures Magnesite and Desert Crete/Desert Flex for use on walkways, stairs, decks and roof decks.

Click our headline to visit Desert Brand's website.