HomeMy WebLinkAboutCODE-000007-20251150 Laurel 2025-03-07 Email RE asbuilt cross bracing reviewFrom:Loew, Michael Mloew@slocity.org
Subject:RE: Laurel as-built cross bracing review
Date:March 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
To :Chuck Braff chuck@westpacinv.com
Cc:Tway, Timothea (Timmi)TTway@slocity.org
Thanks Chuck,
See you at 2pm on Monday.
Michael Loew
Deputy Director/Chief Building Official
Community Development
E Mloew@slocity.org
T 805.781.7157
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From: Chuck Braff <chuck@westpacinv.com>
Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 2:44 PM
To: Loew, Michael <Mloew@slocity.org>
Subject: Fwd: Laurel as-built cross bracing review
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Following up on our conversation yesterday afternoon. Please find below an email
from our structural engineer after his review of the cross bracing/ structure. In short,
the structural elements of the building remain intact and have not been altered/
removed.
I also wanted to add that I have been addressing concerns raised by tenants over
the past two days. HASLO informed me that they have vacated the building, stating
that a city official advised them the building was unsafe to occupy due to "structural
issues." They also mentioned that the City is expediting their relocation to an
alternative space in an effort to help them out. A second tenant shared that the first
was leaving (water cooler talk) and asked if they should be leaving as well.
We are working diligently on the fire line. Ownership has spent over 1MM in the
past two months funding work per our outlined schedule shared with you previously.
We would like to be moving faster. This is a complicated process and I think we’ll
see work in place moving quickly again now that much of the management legwork
has been completed. Our focus has been on the fire line and now that that it is
mostly lined out for the work to be installed we are transitioning our energies to the
interior AMMR scope.
Thank you again for being patient and we are looking forward to completing the
work. See you Tuesday at 2pm for our site walk. If the time needs to change please
just call and I will make sure to be there (I pick up my son at 250pm but can come
back to site immediately following).
Chuck Braff
M: 310.990.6897
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From: Truitt Vance <truitt@ashleyvance.com>
Subject: Laurel as-built cross bracing review
Date: March 7, 2025 at 9:41:21 AM PST
To: Chuck Braff <chuckbraff@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurel Creek <laurel_creek@ashleyvance.com>
Chuck,
As you requested I reviewed the existing as-built plans and confirmed
the bracing locations shown on the original structural drawings (For
Construction, March 25, 1957, S-4) are also still in place in the field,
based on a recent photo review.
If it helps with some of the confusion you relayed to me, there was never
any similar bracing designed in the transverse, or short direction of the
building. The lateral system in this direction utilized at the time was a
combination of fixed truss to column as well as fixed base details (S-6)
on the columns. The concrete wall panels that were partial height and
that were removed during construction were not contributing to the
lateral stability of the building in any way. The design of the new
improvements were to be structurally independent of the building and do
not rely on the building for support, not contribute to it's seismic load.
If you or anyone else has any other questions please let me know.
Truitt
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