LUNCH & LEARN: DEADLINE - January 1, 2026…INSPECT Your Balconies (and EEEs) Before It’s TOO LATE!
LUNCH & LEARN: DEADLINE: January 1, 2026…INSPECT Your Balconies (and EEEs) Before It’s TOO LATE!
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” or “SB 721”) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at NOON and GET A FREE LUNCH. 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 that YOU have inspections of your balconies and other elevated exterior building elements inspected by January 1, 2026? Make sure YOU comply with state law!
Join Us
Join us for this important presentation where we will provide YOU with everything YOU need to know about SB 721. During the seminar, we will review the key aspects of SB 721, and explain exactly what is meant by an “elevated exterior element.” We will look at why SB 721 was created and discuss specific inspection and reporting requirements. SB 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: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. *New Date*
Cost: Free to All!
How to Attend: To Register, Click the "Register Now" Button!
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, 2026 (Extended by 1-Year Thanks to AAGLA Sponsored Bill).
- 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.
SPECIAL OFFER: By joining the seminar, participants will be automatically entered to win a free engineering balcony inspection by Optimum Seismic worth up to $4,200 (Offer provided by Optimum Seismic).
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 SEMINAR ARE THOSE OF THE PRESENTERS. THESE OPINIONS DO NOT TO REFLECT THE OPINIONS OR VIEWS OF AAGLA OR ITS MEMBERS. BY REGISTERING FOR THIS SEMINAR, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ALLOW OPTIMUM SEISMIC TO CONTACT YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR SEISMIC RETROFITTING AND BALCONY INSPECTION NEEDS.
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!
Presenter:
Jared Duke
Moderator:
Dan Yukelson
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