Updated information we do an eblast to folks. We encourage folks that come in, architects and builders and to go to the institute and we have a lot of classes and i sometimes feel and this is anecdotal and were in the bubble and the builders dont know what do you have behind the counter . No. This is public information. We will share it with you. We will tell you about the same training opportunities that we go to. We would love to see you there. It makes the process better. [inaudible] correct. I formally the executive director of the chamber of commerce in my city has my cell phone and direct line to my office. Gary was talking about politics. Thats just the reality. She also understands what we do and listens which is a gift for me so back to my earlier comment about small business. We hold workshops, outreach for Small Businesses. Im always available to go out and review an existing building regarding barriers and accessibility. And then informally its been really important to me a
Example was the electricians put in the electrical outlets at 15 inches to the bottom of the boxes. It says in the code at the rough floor stage, and when they looked at the check list to look at the plans what was going to be at the finished product included an inch and a half light concrete over the floor because it was multistory so for fire resistance rating and then bring the finished floor up and the electrical outlets would have been non compliant at that stage. Catching it at the rough electrical stage is a big catch. Actually the electrician that installed them was upset but his boss that owned the business was very happy because if it would have had to be done at final he indicated it would have put him out of business but also im in a small jurisdiction and in a small jurisdiction we all know about politics and so sometimes when politics come in play it affects when youre going to look at 100,000 fix and they know someone a little over your head, and theres other things that
Or 25 years ago it passed all of the inspections, so im grandfathered. Have we ever heard that . All the time. Does anybody want to talk about that because its really a conundrum . This grandfathering thing, any panelists . Well there is a certain amount of truth to that because if it was built by the accessibility code during that time and enjoys a safe harbor and unless its a item new in the code they cant use it, but its one of the things about the checklist you maybe looking at a building where they put the switches at 54 inches above the floor and if you use the checklist it says 48 so explaining that difference to people is important. As a practicing cass arnie do you find that to be easy to explain to your clientele in your experience that they have a safe harbor issue or possibly it was built wrong and doesnt qualify for the safe harbor . Well at this point the first thing i ask them is do you want to meet current code thats in place right now or do you want me to look at what
This is the cbs evening news glor good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor with a west coast ed kiss of the broadcast, the next leader of the Federal Reserve will help answer some big questions, chief among them, when will the government stop pumping billions into the u. S. Economy . We now know the person with the answers will not be the man many expected, Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration. Tonight, we begin with bill plante. As chair of the National Economic counsel at the beginning of the president s first term Lawrence Summers was widely believed to be obamas first choice for the Federal Reserve job. But critics faulted summers for an overbearing attitude, bad decisions on the economy, and sensitivity to women, today, in a letter to mr. Obama he said reluctantly i have concluded any possible affirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interests of the Federal Reserve, the administration or ultimately the interests to nations ongoing e
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