Optimum Seismic Giving-Away Free Balcony Inspection (Up to $3,000 Value)
Attention Members and Property Owners: Optimum Seismic in Conjunction With the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) is Offering a FREE BALCONY INSPECTION SEMINAR on California’s New Balcony Inspection Law on June 14th at 11:00 A.M.
This Date Marks Anniversary of Deadly Balcony Collapse in Berkeley, California. Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Win a Free Balcony Inspection from Optimum Seismic (Up to $3,000 in Value)!
FREE BALCONY INSPECTION:Those attending will be eligible to win a complimentary balcony inspection valued at up to $3,000. Winner must be present.Lunch will be provided. |
The coming week marks the anniversary of a tragic event that sparked California’s new Balcony Law, which will have significant impacts on the multifamily housing industry for many years to come. In June 2015, a balcony on a an apartment building near U.C. Berkeley collapsed. Six people died and seven others were seriously injured when the balcony gave way.
Investigation of the tragedy showed the balcony’s wood framing was weakened by dry rot from rain leaking through the seal of the main building causing the critical load-bearing support to collapse. Following this event, the State of California adopted a Balcony Inspection Law applicable to multifamily rental properties, Senate Bill 721, that requires inspections and repairs of balconies and other “exterior elevated elements” such as decks, walkways, and stairways on apartment buildings with three or more units. The deadline for inspection reports is 2025 and every six years thereafter.
As part of our continuing series of educational programs, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles is proud to work with Optimum Seismic, Inc., to offer a free seminar on Tuesday June 14 at 11 a.m. entitled “Balconies & Balcony Inspections 101”. We encourage you to attend this event in person to learn how you can protect your tenants and investment.
To read more about this incident click here: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2017/11/21/deadly-berkeley-balcony-collapse-lawsuit-settled.
To register https://aagla.org/event/balconies-and-balcony-inspections-101/. For more information contact Optimum Seismic at (323) 605-0000 or visit optimumseismic.com.
Optimum Seismic, Inc. and The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
Berkeley Balcony Collpase Photos
Rotted wood beams that held balcony jut out from a residential apartment building in Berkeley on June 16, 2015. Six people died and seven others were seriously injured when the balcony collapsed.
(Laura A. Oda / Bay Area News Group / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Workers inspect a balcony that collapsed at an apartment building near UC Berkeley. Six people died and seven others were seriously injured. (Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)