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DBI Audit Narrows Soft-Story Retrofit Gas-line Concern to 75 Properties; PG&E Agrees to Upgrades
Summary
DBI27s audit of the mandatory soft-story retrofit program narrowed an initial universe of thousands of projects to 75 addresses where a gas service may intersect new concrete grade beams; PG&E agreed to upgrade those service lines and DBI plans coordinated owner/tenant notification and permit facilitation.
The Department of Building Inspection presented a draft audit of the mandatory soft-story retrofit program and the results of a multi-step investigation into whether natural gas service lines run through new grade beams or other reinforced concrete foundation elements.
Jeff Buckley, DBI27s policy and public affairs director, said staff began with the full universe of soft-story retrofit projects and used inspection records, plan reviews and coordination with PG&E to progressively narrow the list: properties without reinforced beams were removed, PG&E casing and replacement records removed additional addresses, manual plan reviews and Google Earth checks further narrowed the list, and in-person inspections reduced the set to addresses that required…
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