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BIC upholds DBI decision to list engineer Harold Howell on expanded compliance-control list
Summary
After a contested hearing on Jan. 15 the Building Inspection Commission voted unanimously to uphold the Department of Building Inspection’s determination to place structural engineer Harold Howell on the expanded compliance-control (ECC) list, finding he was associated with five qualifying notices of violation within an 18-month period.
The Building Inspection Commission on Jan. 15 upheld the Department of Building Inspection’s decision to place structural engineer Harold Howell on the expanded compliance-control (ECC) list, finding that Howell was associated with five qualifying notices of violation during an 18-month period.
The ECC tool, established in the San Francisco Building Code, permits DBI to require additional review steps for persons or entities associated with repeated or egregious violations. DBI compliance manager Chris Vergara told the commission the department concluded Howell met the threshold because he was associated with five qualifying violations between Jan. 26, 2022 and Sept. 8, 2022. The department’s…
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