LUNCH IS SERVED: The January 1, 2025 Balcony Inspection Deadline is Upon Us!

There’s less than a year left to inspect your balconies (and EEEs) before the state-mandated deadline! If You’ve Got Balconies or Elevated Exterior Elements, California’s New Balcony Inspection Bill Applies to You. Join us for “Best Practices for Balcony Inspections: Insights on California's Senate Bill 721.

Understand YOUR legal obligation to inspect and repair balconies and other “elevated exterior elements” from the engineering experts at Optimum Seismic.

Six people died, and seven were injured in a tragic residential balcony collapse in Berkeley, California, in June 2015. Structural analysis revealed the balcony’s wood framing was severely weakened by dry rot from rainwater due to improper sealing of the balcony to the main building.  In response, California enacted Senate Bill 721 (“The Balcony Bill”) on September 17, 2018. The bill (Chapter 445, Stats. 2018) requires inspection of balconies and other “exterior elevated elements” at all multifamily residential buildings with three or more units. California Law requires YOU to have YOUR balconies and other elevated exterior building elements inspected by January 1, 2025?  Make sure YOU comply with state law!

Join us for this important learning session where we will provide YOU with everything YOU need to know about the Balcony Bill.  During the seminar, we will review the key aspects of Senate Bill 721, and explain exactly what is meant by an “elevated exterior element.”  We will look at why Senate Bill 721 was created and discuss specific inspection and reporting requirements. Senate Bill 721 makes mandatory an inspection of properties with wooden exterior elevated elements (EEE’s), which include balconies, overhead walkways, stairwells, and railings.  Most importantly, learn how much these inspections cost and how you can get your inspections completed on time before the deadline!

This will be an interactive, in-person learning session.  Q&A will take place throughout the seminar.  Please join us for this extremely informative and timely presentation.

When: Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Cost: FREE to all AAGLA members | Light Lunch Included

How to Attend: Please log in to register.  Register online at www.aagla.org/events.

Join us for this important in-person learning session and understand your legal requirement to have your balconies and other elevated exterior elements (e.g., walkways and outside stairs) inspected before the state-mandated deadlines.  During this important seminar, we will cover:

• How to have your balconies and other “exterior elevated elements” at your property inspected and repaired by January 1, 2025.
• What do the new balcony laws require of building owners and operators?
• What to expect during the inspection process and how much will it cost you?
• What are the typical problems encountered during inspections?
• How to correct typical problems encountered during inspections.
• Who is qualified to perform inspections and repairs under state law?
• What are some of the latest changes to the law? What is the penalty for non-compliance?
• And, of course, much, much more! Q&A to Follow…

This is another of many member-exclusive informative sessions AAGLA offers.  Please log in to register.  If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Events Manager Diana Alcaraz via email at .  We look forward to seeing you.

WARNING:  THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING THIS SEMINAR IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. ABSOLUTELY NO LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE IS BEING GIVEN DURING THIS SEMINAR.  KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY SITUATION IS UNIQUE, AND THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME.  SO, BEFORE ACTING, BE SURE TO OBTAIN TAX AND/OR LEGAL ADVICE FROM YOUR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL.

THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED DURING THIS WEBINAR ARE THOSE OF THE PRESENTERS. THESE OPINIONS DO NOT TO REFLECT THE OPINIONS OR VIEWS OF AAGLA OR ITS MEMBERS.

BY REGISTERING FOR THIS WEBINAR, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ALLOW OPTIMUM SEISMIC TO CONTACT YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR SEISMIC RETROFITTING AND BALCONY INSPECTION NEEDS.  IF YOU WISH TO “OPT-OUT” OF RECEIVING A PHONE CALL, PLEASE CONTACT DIANA ALCARAZ AT .

Presenter: 

Jared Duke, Client Relations Manager, Optimum Seismic

Jared Duke is the Client Relations Manager with Optimum Seismic.  He has a background in soft story retrofitting and has been overseen the design and construction of over 100 commercial and multifamily retrofitting projects.  During the past 2 years, he has focused on public outreach and education surrounding seismic resilience with a focus is on vulnerable building types and how best to approach and complete the retrofitting process from a building owner’s perspective.

Featured Sponsor:  Optimum Seismic

The team at Optimum Seismic has been providing consultations, engineering, construction, and earthquake retrofits for commercial and multifamily residential buildings in California since 1984. Their experts in seismic engineering and construction management provide quality earthquake retrofit services for all types of buildings.  They understand the importance of taking every quality control step to safeguard your commercial building from earthquake damage. Optimum Seismic’s services are designed to increase the structural safety of commercial buildings and community structures to help prevent damage or collapse when earthquakes happen.

Because of Optimum Seismic’s extensive experience in structural engineering and earthquake retrofit construction, property owners can be assured their structures are being properly updated with the latest in retrofit technology. In every step of the process, including initial consultation, engineering assessment and analysis, drawing plans, permit approval, and construction, Optimum Seismic communicates clearly with clients and provides options and solutions based on decades of experience.  With Optimum Seismic, you get unparalleled peace-of-mind knowing the safety of your buildings and everyone in them is in good hands.

Optimum Seismic can be reached at (866) 225-8450 or visit optimumseismic.com.  Contact Optimum Seismic to arrange your free consultation today!

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