unreinforced masonry building. safe building or not such a safe building? not safe at all. you have deep set windows, arched windows, metal plate, then we can work. weak morter, what is that? brick on top of brick on top of brick. there's an ample of the header row, you see how they are turned perpendicular to each other, you can see the header rows in this one, see the brick going the other way about every 5 or 7 rows. deep set windows. here's a close up of one of those plates. a parapet wall is a clue that this building is an unreinforced building. which direction can that building go? right back out. this building, brick or wood? what are some of the clues? okay, what are the windows? they are deep set. there's a clue right there. deep set. deep set window, unreinforced masonry. can you see the metal plates? there is a metal plate right over there in the corner, there's another one over there. hard to see. also has a parapet on it. deep set windows. even though it has stucco on it, don't be fooled that that's wood up above. it's all brick because it's deep set windows. h

a lot of apartment buildings. >> those are mostly steel framed buildings. in the 50's and 60's, they wanted to create open floor spaces and they went to concrete spaces and thought it was great until the san fernando earthquake and the earthquake came and the building disappeared. they said, oops and changed the code immediately. >> we look at it and say, it didn't do what we thought. the codes are rarely perspective. how can we make that happen? they wait for a catastrophe and then change it >> just to clarify. we don't have instrumentation to record the shaking and to do a computer simulation is difficult to do without the data. we only learn through events. not all the records we have are indicative of how every earthquake shaking event will be like. >> we have recently amended the code to have instruments in them so we can record and how much the earth has moved. that's terrific. not many existing buildings are instrumented. one the things we will look at, at the caps program is to retrofit them. we can look at other after earthquakes. it had similar ty

buildings. they are made on the site. generally speaking, you see warehouses, large expanse buildings are made out of them, usually one story buildings. in other words there's not a story on top. they didn't make their corner connections very well. when they didn't make their corner connections very well, they moved independent, one side would go this way, one side would move that way, then the roof will fall down. how about high rises, are they safe buildings to be in? what happens in a high rise when there's ground movement? sways. yeah, it sways. where is most of this damage going to be to high rise buildings? because they are not going to fall down. they are on rollers, they are on springs, they are designed to withstand movement. but what about the stuff inside those buildings? so where's most of the damage going to be in those buildings? on the upper floors. so, high rise buildings different elements. you have structure and non-structural elements. steel beams are structural but it's the c

so the cea builds up a reserve. they can't build up the reserve otherwise. that's how their building it. the national flood insurance is a public pool. the same thing is true there. they didn't have enough in their reserves to pay out the returns. congress had to pass legislation to authorize the replenishment. that's how these pools are set up. government is involved in how the additional funding comes. i am not specific with how it works in california. part of the reason states are putting this up as opposed to a company that does this. >> so, how do we as a homeowners or renters know who is a sound structural engineer? >> how about i answer since i'm not an engineer. you can take comfort, we in san francisco have the largest community of seismic activity and structural engineers. we have a lot of concerned citizens that aren't engineers that are asking questions like you're asking. i think the essential questions on how your building is going to do, there's going to be a lot of consensus on any group of engineers on how your building is likely to perform

say we have this is our building plan this is our building here's our door up here. put a pair of doors out here they should be swinging but they are not. here are a couple of doors. the diagonal distance is measured across the longest space. half of the diagonal is how far the exits need to be separated if you have 2. there is one exit here and the second would have to be that far away. there is no way i will fit that into this building. we'll would build a corridor and put a door in the corridor so you go out to the street. if you need a third of the diagonal distance, now we can probably meet that third diagonal distance by putting another exit in here. possibly. for some people that may help. building code says you measure from the center line of the door. if you have a pair you can chose the operatable looefr that works best. and the question is where you are measuring this distance is it measured in a straight line or around and about? harvey hacker who does architectural work with the city and i think we agree it's measured in a straight line unless it's in a

shot into the building and we are putting a tremendous amount of effort into restoring the building. what i would like to do is move it out of view and also we are talking to the hong kong family that owns the building to the right of that picture and that garage was the original henry dolcer garage and we are asking, and this is a toughy, if we can buy it from them and also the brick that we saw today, and these people, and their far east are prepared to hold you to ransom. and so we will see what we can do and we very much would like to purchase that and then visit together so that you have a complete landmark. >> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is aaron and i am the project engineer and design on this from the very start, it has been an absolute pleasure to work with jeff he has nothing but the best intentions in rehab taiting and restoring this building. and i was shocked in the amount of damage that the termite haves done. i have never seen anything like this the real extent of the damage was no one did it and opened up some of the interior walls. and an example here, is

my building is historical building number 1 1. these are 9 and 10. certainly i want to see something phenomenal happen and i remember with this plat and norton have had so many years to deal with this. the bricks that are being discussed, i can't imagine they are in very good shape because when they were torn out of there the mortar comes out and the bricks get compromised and if we were to put the bricks in there and paint them over, you would not notice a thing on the back side, the front side, i urge you to you know, review carefully, and make sure that it looks great. but the back side we have homeless, and i have pictures of, you know, the dramatic effect that it has had and the people in my neighborhood. we have lost retail businesses and we can't rent our spaces people don't come down any more. it has been a really dramatic thing for a long time. we used to have 25 an teague dealers down there, we have 6 and we have offices coming in, instead of retail. so, you know, i went to the mayor willie browns 20 years ago to try to help the situation,

do you train the firefighters to use this system for the 31 buildings >> the building is not a single system in the city is the same. the company that provides this system they put a mock system in the training tower but it's only training to know which systems so we have to bring our own system rather than trying to figure out which building has the same system we're training on. >> okay. so we have something in place that he might not been able to use? >> yeah, that's a concern we feel we don't need to us he feel your policies encourage the best systems and we train on that. >> so we require the system we don't even train our firefighters to use. one of the argument i heard was there's one company it provides the system and they have a monopoly and their exporting large payments to put those systems in place. they provided different types of to every single building so we can't train our firefighters to utilize them >> when the ordinance came in 2004 originally they were suppose to have a cascade system where there were air slirndz attached to the piping system this loud the air qua

but my concern is the taller building. in the article that come out this morning some firefighters we've lost in buildings that were on the 30th floor >> yeah. this is la i believe. >> philadelphia 3 firefighters. >> i know this was 20 years ago but i want to feel comfortable. >>right. >> with the decision we're making. i'm curious at what feet do we want to have thirty floors or 50 floors. today, we're building buildings taller than >> let me state for the record neither los angeles nor philadelphia have a fire system so even after losing firefighters in high-rise buildings they don't have a fire system. so again, the fire department's position is that we feel the elevator are multiple use tool that can help us with not only shelving our air bottles but helping with the equipment that's also an issue for the fire department >> you know i get it. i would want to take the elevator there was some talk about the way we constrict stairwells how do we construct elevators. do they have the same save access >> no, the code says t

many buildings, entrances, exits in all of those buildings and a perimeter of security around the building essentially guard forces who want to check in and out of it. so this is a very complex but in today's age a very standard response at the moment when they see these types of situations unfold. carol. >> let's go to our justice correspondent evan perez. any more word from the fbi what's going on at the scene? >> no, they're trying to figure out the lay of the land and get their folks in there. we know there are people inside the building where the shooting took place who have been able to move to other buildings but the problem is as brar bra mentioned and the navy said on their twitter feed, there are about 3,000 people who work in this place. it's a very large complex, from the street, from m street you don't quite see how big this complex is. there's several blocks before you get to the river so there are people who are now sheltering in place in other buildings that are essentially knocked down while the authorities can get in and try to secure the building where the shooter is rep

building 197. 8:55 eastern time. the way peter is describing this there is a possibility there could be more than one injured based on the number of ambulances being called in. a shelter in place order has been issued. at any given point this area could house 3,000 people working at the naval c systems command add quarters. report * we have been on the phone and we can confirm the details. 3 shots fired. what's significant about this building this is the naval sea systems command. remember what is going on in the mediterranean. we have three naval destroyers and standby in the mediterranean. they are poised with tomahawk missiles. this naval sea systems command would be part of the operations center and backup. this is where the naval operations systems -- the heart of it. and we have the pentagon and the navy yard have much involved in what was going to be a navy operation principally in syria. while we don't know anything about the shooter. we do know from officials it's an active -- it's being t

the millennium, this is the millennium building. our building is going upright here.ight now it will come to about there. if we get the additional floors it will go to from. ~ there. i don't think we're changing the environment particularly for the millennium people. they're completely surrounded but buildings that are actually taller, so. i don't know if i left you enough time, but -- >> good evening, commissioners, i'm steve sobel with [speaker not understood] and i'm the project director for the 350 mission project. thank you. president fong, commissioners, i will just walk you through the project. okay. [speaker not understood] discussed the project sits on the northeast corner of fremont and mission street. it is centrally located in the transit center. today the market street transit corridor and in the future the transbay transportation corridor. the access by pedestrian is both by the street and also by the presidio that runs on the east side of this project. this is the rendering that jim showed you with the building as it is designed today at 24 stories. and

so, we're thinking about building a building.s going to hold our operations center and our emergency operations center for things like earth quack. that building had to be immediately occupiable. great. but we can do better than that. so, this new technology that we ended up using was a concrete building that straps basically, that goes through the interior of the building and allow the building to turn or twist as part of an earthquake as it corrects itself. >> in the course for the puc building, we've actually incorporated in addition to that steel that's embedded in the monolithic concrete, specialized high strength cables that are not bonded to the sound concrete, but are threaded through essentially hollow conduits in the cast concrete. and when those cables are spread, they're actually anchored and they're actively in other floors and pressing down, forcing that concrete wall into a state of compression. and that's the characteristic which allows the building to shake, absorb energy from the earthquake, deform, and also com

>> good afternoon, i am the chief building inspector with the department of building inspections brown bag lunch. we do this every third thursday of every month. this building behind me is one of san francisco's great landmarks, a designated landmark? >> it is on the national register list of historic buildings. >> with me i have a few guests, an old friend of mine and a partner who is a planner with the port of san francisco. welcome. thank you for coming along. and jane connors, who is the building manager. she will lead us on a walk through the building as we move along and talk about that as well. this is a fund and a unique place in san francisco, big, open space. a couple of times a week this is filled with a marketplace. >> 100 farmers. they are here on saturday. the farmers market is out front, and also on tuesday's we have about 60 farmers out front. >> and that is on the plaza? >> on saturday it is back here, and on tuesday it is in the front. >> i guess i am interested in what happens. we have a plaza where the ferry boats used to come. what happened? >> the whole backside o

when the project goes to get a building permit they will have to comply with all the building code requirements with respect to the kitchen facility which i assume means thanks to like sprirlg requirements within the hood itself >> yeah, the building permit will be moved through frier codes. there's also number 9 that requires them to submit a separate sheet with an order control equipment on that we'll be checking that as well >> okay. thank you. >> yes. i guess maybe ms. jackson. so the picture of the captive thing we saw there is that the system they wanted to install the one in the backyard that we see >> the building was built without permits so in updating their exhaust system it triggered i know it's the violations so that's why the building was constructed without meeting all the current codes so the picture is the new system they haven't hooked up yet and it won't be sitting in the backyard; right? will it be in the roof of the building? >> it's a single story building so that's the position it will be. >> and obviously it will have to meet the code. >> yes. >> since the legitimization

he is in the building, but we don't know what part of the building that person is in. again, we are just getting a release that security team, a s.w.a.t. team is getting ready to enter the building to start locating this person. we will work the scene to get updated information on how many people have been confirmed down. that's all i can tell you right now. >> as you can see from the live picture there, there going to be several street closures around this area as law enforcement search for this active shooter at the navy yard. apparently law enforcement saying this lone gunman is in the naval sea systems headquarters command building, 197. as you saw from the live picture, there tons of emergency vehicles and command centers being set up and locking roads. we will get you the latest on which roads to avoid. there is a live picture right now. fire trucks completely blocking that section. >> from that picture and d dot confirming that second street to fourth street at m closed right now. the 11th street bridge closed as well. we will get the latest to confirm the other

this building is essentially a concrete building. it has steel reinforcing in it because concrete is very strong with compression, when it is pushing down, but it is not very strong in other dimensions. you could imagine taking a long concrete bar and bending it, it will break easily. not much capacity with attention. -- not much capacity with tension. used to steal for the tension forces. this building is sort of a traditional, prescriptive we designed concrete building. that means they are building to building strictly in accordance with the cookbook requirements of the san francisco or california building codes. it this is a building we are very confident will perform the way we expect it to perform because we have built tens of thousands of buildings just like these, the structural systems. >> that is correct, it is fairly conventional in terms of residential construction. >> will we have our concrete walls, reinforced with steel. i have a couple of pieces of steel. >> this is called mild steel. this is not high strength steel, w

buildings are spec. this is not spec. so, that's something we should be very happy about. and the fact that they actually need more square footage than what it was approved is even a better sign. so, it's employment, it's jobs, it's taxes, it's a lot of good theirstion and we don't want to jeopardize it by, you know, i'm not saying you to approve it just because of those things. but if it is appropriate, then i think we should do it at the earliest possible time because construction has begun. the suring is being done. they can modify the foundations to make them structurally sound for the building up to 30 floors. and i always thought, you know, i thought it was a great design when it came up a couple years ago. why a dumb pi four-story building with these larger buildings around it? actually the taller building is architecturally a lot more pleasant. it makes it look thinner. it makes it fit in with the other buildings. and from being down there a lot. i'm trying to figure out where you can see the sky

he bought it as-is, so he came to the building. the second is that, given the numerous opportunities to attend the project sponsor did not attend the neighborhood meeting. i don't know what went in and i know that the schedules are complicated and we are busy but if it were my client i would urge him to be there and in fact i have done that when i was been on the other side. >> many references to the building code and how the stories are counted and i just remind everyone that this is the planning commission and not the building commission. and the project starts 6 feet below the adjacent home, the dr requestor's home and rises to a level four feet above it so it is actually down the hill from the dr requestor's home. and which and it is still yet taller, at the end of the day. and lastly the planning code may be met. but the residential design guidelines have not been and we have laid it out clearly in our brief, we are here if you have questions. >> project sponsor you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> we have worked wither closely

and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to another site. now you come to find out the material you were going to move at $8 per ton is now going to cost anywhere from $40 to $78 per ton. the has a significant impact -- and has a significant impact on the cost of your project. if you are out on the sunset and vine a single-family home, just have the geotechnical engineer come out and say it is on earth quicksand, the building will probably settle three-quarters of an inch. have the structural engineer look at the frame and say, you have a serious soft story here. lawrence, expected that. you might want to put in some clips and fasteners and sheer walls to stiffen it out. as you move east, you have not only the soft issues, the structural issues, but you have the hazardous-waste. if you recall as a kid, every intersection had for gas stations? now you cannot find a gas station anywhere? those four gas stations had leaky tanks. now we also have to l

some say what you are allowed to build. the building and fire department tell you how to build it. if you want to open a restaurant here in 1660 mission street. we have john's restaurant down stairs. say you want todd remodel it you have to go to planning and say, are we permit todd have a take out restaurant in this location or a fast food restaurant in this location? the planning department and redevelopment and port and others have very, very specific regulations it's almost block by block. have you to bring into the planning department your address so they can look it up on the zoning map to see what you are permitted to have. before you get further involvement in a restaurant the first thing you have to do is see if it's allowed in this location. in many cases you will need to get a conditional use or other authorization which takes months and expensive and can be a deal killer right there. all these other agencies are involved the fire department are involved they are involved in assembly occupancies with an occupant load of 50 or more. the building department looks at constr

>> there was a building application that was noticed to all building opulence that described to include a roof desk for the existing lot and nobody filed a discretionary review. we - section 375 said if i meet those thresholds you could be prfld >> that doesn't mean the drawings and a i didn't include the drawings that was a different project it was a for a conditional use to move that and a neighbor didn't file a discretionary review and if you approve the discretionary review we'll move this next door. >> i mean, if you feel more comfortable we'll get the drawings to you. >> those are the drawings but. >> i understand what commissioner moore is getting at the desire to see what's happening the remove of kitchen but that's no within our jurisdiction right now it's not before us. >> we decided we made the decision it met the administration approval so it's not part of your necessary finding. >> it's hairsplitting because obviously of new construction involving the merger it's in a gray zone which we rarely never have and including some how it's tied by an umbilical code. it's a curious

it's a big building. it's three stories tall and goes around and around and there are interesting -- >> call emmit2861181 and he said give him a ring and he does tours. >> and they were going to tear this down and the people did something legally so it wouldn't be abolishes and not land grant but a technical term that prevented the city from tearing it down. >> it was abandoned in the 30's a society purchased it in ti terrible disrepair and emmit was there restoring it. >> it's by the cemetery and it's strange now but when it was built there was a huge cemetery around it. >> it's off of geary boulevard and lo rain court. >> geary and stanon. >> where the cornet theater is. >> here is another circular building. this is the old built line engine house and built at this time and served san francisco waterfront and freight on to the fearies and operating throughout the 90's. >> i remember seeing it when there was a turn around in front. >> and chucking up and down the embark dareo and now converted to offices

where tonight we're revisiting the building of the bay bridge. ktvu's george atson continues his report now from 1986 on the landmark construction project that took four and a half years. >> cable sink was probably the -- spinning was probably the most dramatic element in building the bridge. now the towers would be linked together finally. here in the west you can get a better leek at the cable that finally did the job. there are 472 wires that were strung together into a strands and 37 of the strands were compressed into the final cable this did the job. the cable becomes backbone of the suspension bridge. it must have looked strange. this majestic bridge being linked together by an archaic spinning wheel but this is the way it was. loop after loop for weeks the wheels went back and forth laying 17,000 strands of wire to form a single cable. >> the adjustor and the cable. after the spinning wheel would come by, from one tower to the next, they would -- digging it up and that would mean they would tighten the one cable to a special machine there

the building. just because they are not attached to the building at that moment does not mean that they are part of the building. >> yeah, and the costs associated with that, you know, nancy is practically destitute. >> and thes willing to be discounted. >> my understanding is that for the $15,000 or whatever the number is, that money could be raised or the owner might put up the money, but you again, it is the mystery of you seem to know where they are and no one else does. >> right. >> and you know it seems like we could get to a resolution if you would work directly with the owners. >> and i didn't know about any of this. >> tell us your name? >> my name is ray tong and i am the project manager and i am the one that was at the arc meeting and i spoke about the brick and in which i have to go back to about over a year ago in which i spoke with the bankruptcy trustee. who was the one claiming ownership of the bricks because they said that the bricks were removed from the building somehow before it

buildings. you already had classes on utility controls, correct? how about medical? did medical? okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the components to size up? gathering facts. you want to assess the type of damage there is. what kind of situation is it? what is the issue? is it a medical problem? if it's a medical, is it a big hurt or a little hurt? is it a rescue situation and if it's a fire, do you have the resources to control or extinguish that fire? how about your situation, do you have all your people? do you have all the resources that you need? have you collected all the material that you need if you are

which is a 5 level building. so we're going concerned about that it doesn't fit and would set a new precedent in the neighborhood. secondly our setbacks. my lot is zoned rh two it's a two unit building. my feeling is the bigger the structure the bigger the setbacks. there are 5 lots nearby that are set almost to the rear of the lot. so the western part of the level steps back. and our real concern here is the proposed project is straight up at the block phase other than the 3 by 5 no such it's hard to notice. so those are the concerns we have. >> now calling in speakers in support of the dr i have several cards here. (calling names) >> if your name's been called he can approach the podium. there are more there are quite a few if you want to line up on this side. whoever feels compelled to start >> i'll start first of all, i want to put thirty to rest this is not just bruce's complaint about this particular building. we had him file it but we belong to the duncan association and we're against it. base when we're s

the building mass is reduced by open court yard design by 20 feet on both sides of the building. we're about 15 feet above the maximum allowable so we definitely made an effort to make sure that the building is notice massive. it would feature high ceilings with the comparisons on bush street. and located on the ground floor also on the ground floor we have a commercial slash retail area that the existing business will continue at that location. within the building we have at least 16 bike lockers for the residents and two levels of parking. the second floor levels the windows on the second floor levels should be screened in mesh like composite panels. and this brings some light to the pedestrian sidewalk. we're designing the strategy of solar panels and in the building as well as some other buildings. i'll be happy to answer any questions >> sorry. >> okay opening it up for public comment i have two speaker cards. lilly chapman and - >> hello, i'm speaking on behavior of the neighborhood association. we - the office of middle pocker is out of town and asked me to speak apparentl

the shooting happened in building 197. the building is just a couple of miles from the u.s. capitol. dozens of police surrounded the complex at the time of the shooting. employees were told to stay there only to be escorted out by police a few hours later. >> i was on the phone, and somebody came to my desk, and said somebody has been shot in the building. so we were trying to get people out of the building. and as we were exiting the back door, we saw him, and he aimed his gun at us, and fired two or three shots. >> i was just doing my work about 20 after 8:00, and i heard a woman screaming there is a shooter get out of the building, and almost at the same time i heard multiple gunshots, and once we heard that, we went straight for an office, and then we went by a -- the two -- there was actually two women and myself, and they went behind the desk, and then we were there for a little bit, and then i didn't hear anything, so i said i'm not staying here, and then i took off and ran across the building, and i heard multiple shots going off, and kept going. >> al jazeera, heidi

you are building a restaurant and you are dealing with the building inspector because the building is going on. once that building is done, we will issue a certificate of occupancy. the fire department, however, will issue an annual certificate of occupancy. some of the things they would look at would be an illuminated exit sign. right up here, tom, that is illuminated. you can hardly see it because it's sobriety in here, but it's illuminated. there is an exit door and the door has panic hardware on it and the fire inspector will check and make sure the panic hardware is operational and the door is not propped open or something like that. >> and the exits are clear all the way outside so there's nothing blocking, not used for storage. like i said, this restaurant was very clear for us just coming in on a somewhat unannounced visit here, it really worked out very well. >> an exit. an exit is interesting. an exit doesn't just get you outside the building. an exit gets you to the street or public way. here we have an exit from the building, it gets you out into this little private area o

and office building. and which is the city's latest landmark. and it is located in the inner sunset neighborhood. and the art deco section of the building was constructed in 1932 and just stream line modern addition was added in 40. and the intention is to rehab tait the structure to current standards and to restore the facade to the period of significance and it has expensive water damage due to failed plumbing systemed and failed and improperly detailed system and foundations. and the dry rot has resulted in extensive exterior and interior finished damage, of the damage to the substrate and the substructure. and that the reconstruction of the substrate and the sub, sorry. and the construction of the substrate and the substructure requireds the removal of the exterior finishes and the door and window systems many of which are deter ated and part of the replacement a new water proofing system is to be integrated with the replacement finishes and the door and window systems. the proposal includes work at t