Chapter 17A — SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS

2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California

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User notes: About this chapter: Chapter 17A provides a variety of procedures and criteria for testing materials and assemblies, labeling materials and assemblies, and special inspection of structural assemblies. Chapter 17A is applicable to structures regulated by the Division of the State Architect-Structural Safety—including public elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and state- owned or state-leased essential services buildings (applications listed in Sections 1.9.2.1 [DSA-SS] and 1.9.2.2 [DSA-SS/CC])—and by the Department of Health Care Access and Information/Office of…

1910A.4 ( [DSA-SS/CC] 1909.2.6).

1910A.4 ( [DSA-SS/CC] 1909.2.6). 1705A.3.8 Special Inspections and tests for post-installed anchors in concrete. [OSHPD 1R, 2 & 5, DSA-SS, DSA-SS/CC] Special inspections and tests for post-installed anchors in concrete shall be in accordance with Table 1705A.3 and Section 1910A.5 ( [DSA- SS/CC] 1909.2.7). 1705A.3.9 Shotcrete. All shotcrete work shall be continuously inspected during placing by an approved agency. The special shot- crete inspector shall check the materials, placing equipment, details of construction and construction procedure. The approved agency shall furnish a verified…

517.33 or the critical branch in accordance with the California Electrical Code (CEC) Article 517.34.

517.33 or the critical branch in accordance with the California Electrical Code (CEC) Article 517.34. Exceptions: 1. Equipment and components weighing not more than 75 lbs. rigidly attached to structures or surface mounted on equipment or components that are not required to have special seismic certification by this section. 2. Mobile equipment/components. 3. Pipes, ducts, conduits and cable trays, excluding in-line equipment and components. 4. Underground tanks. 5. Electric motors, base-mounted horizontal pumps and compressors. 6. Based-mounted vertical pumps up to 20 hp. 7. Substitution of…

301.4 Use of shipping containers repurposed as buildings and building components.

301.4 Use of shipping containers repurposed as buildings and building components. Use of shipping containers repurposed as buildings and building components is not permitted by the California Building Code (CBC) Section 3115. 1710A.2.2 ICC 1200 Section 503.1. Modify ICC 1200 Section 503.1 by adding the following: Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) shall satisfy all the requirements for Testing, Inspection, and Observation (TIO) in the California Building Standards Code (CBSC).

1710A.3 Regulatory compliance.

1710A.3 Regulatory compliance. In addition to other applicable requirements in this code, off-site construction shall be inspected and regulated in accordance with ICC 1205, with texts modified by Sections 1710A.3.1 through 1710A.3.2. 1710A.3.1 ICC 1205 Section 302.1. Modify ICC 1205 Section 302.1 by adding the following: Construction documents for plan approval shall satisfy all the requirements in the California Building Standards Code (CBSC). 1710A.3.2 ICC 1205 Section 501.1. Modify ICC 1205 Section 501.1 by adding the following: Testing, Inspection, and Observation (TIO) program shall…