vice president garcia: mr. duffy, the amount that is derived to assess the penalty, is that formulary? is that what it would cost for the permits for the two windows? >> well, the 1000 other value is the value of the permit. the penalty that was assessed was than nine times probably on the amount of work that the building inspector estimated, $1,000. that is a formula in the building formula. vice president garcia: i understand the nine times as formulary, but did dbi rely on -- to the appellate submit any papers that it showed that cost considerably less, would have cost, from their testimony, about what it would cost in order to replace those windows? their statement is it seems as though dbi was figuring this at a much higher price. >> whenever the permits are applied for, the applicant puts the estimated cost on. if the staff feels that is too low, they can raise it based on construction valuation. but that is usually a discussion between the plan checker and the person getting the permit. if there is a receipt f

as i think the same rule applies tune, mr. duffy -- applies to you, mr. duffy. >> the you have something to add? >> i would say insulation was required, and it was inspected. there was also something asking debt they check the approved plans, so that will be dealt with in the next few days, and i can add to that complaint to make sure there was insulation put in. when he was talking about extra insulation, i think he was talking about the rules level. i can certainly add that to the complaint we got a couple days ago. you can rest assured there was insulation required. that is something you can rest assured will be looked into. >> the problem is these plans are not very extensive. they are extremely simple. thermal insulation is not going to give you much acoustic value. >> it would not be required by what i know of. >> can i suppose something? i propose we continue this for one week. the time to do this is now before the elevator is in. if they want to put in insulation now, now is the time to do this relatively inexpensive operation. once--- was the elev

as i think the same rule applies tune, mr. duffy -- applies to you, mr. duffy. >> the you have something to add? >> i would say insulation was required, and it was inspected. there was also something asking debt

mr. duffy? >> i suppose the first question i was going to ask, is it ok to appeal the probably on the filed a permit? i was thought any should permit that we appeal to pummel the on. but we don't have a permit yet. we have an application that has gone through. i think they may have found out what the penalty is going to be, but the permit has not been issued. >> we have always allowed people on building permits to appeal prior to issuance for electrical and plumbing. for safety issues, you have to pay the penalty first, but historically, we have always allowed it pre-issuance. commissioner fung: i think before you issue the permit, the penalty has to be prepaid. >> yes, i was under the understanding that you appeal the public and then you pay it. maybe i read that on the back of the notice of violation. anyway, i think in this case, we are slightly different from the previous one. the notice of violation was given in april. april 5, 2011, and we issued the second notice on may 5, 2011. then with

mr. duffy? >> it sounds complicated, and in this case, i would say we would not be here if we did not have the roof collapse. it triggered seven complaints to dbi right up until pretty much now, and it appeared that the project, with earlier permits issued, though they may not have been the right permits, the work was going ahead, and the work was progressing. we had a permit which was still in dbi, but our involvement really was for the foundation work. we did inspections on that, and then on march 12, we got called out by the fire department on the emergency response for the roof, which was to be demolished, actually collapsed. i am not sure how it collapsed, but it collapsed. i believe there were people working there, but no one got injured. that would have been demo-ed anyway, though that was maybe not the way for it to come down. there was a report and correction notice issued to clear up the damaged lumber that had fallen in to secure the property walls -- had fallen and to secure the prop

commissioner fung: mr. duffy, the foundation permit, the foundation work got a separate permit versus an addendum? excuse me. >> 1130 page street, i am not sure why they applied for that. they must have wanted to get going on some of the existing building and the new foundation. our department issued that permit. since that permit got issued, and since that day and up with1138 page -- with 1138 page street, we have changed our policy on that. it did show a new foundation. i am not saying that was right or wrong, but we are not going to give up a permit any more. -- anymore. the structure will upgrade permit was revoked because it actually, on the plan, it showed the new addition, which, obviously, you cannot build on that type of permits, because it has to go through the main permit, which would have required 311 notification. there was work on that permit that was not properly approved by different city departments, so that is the reason it was revoked, and because of the roof that collapsed and all of the atten

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. >> i have a question for mr. duffy. it goes more to the merits, but i am curious about elevators. would you normally expect to see some insulation or soundproofing around the exterior? >> i did look into the building code, and there is nothing there for elevators in this type of thing. the only construction we would require is because of the proximity to the property line. the property line would have to be one wall, which would have sheet rock on the inside and the outside and plywood citing as well. i believe a days -- it is r 19. that is probably going to give some insulation, but it is not fair for sound. >> they are going to make sure it is installed, because my indication is it is not installed. >> if there was air-conditioning required, i would imagine the building inspector saw that. >> so there is nothing that says it required installation. >> i went there yesterday, and it was probably 70% complete. the work was in compliance with the plans. i do not know for sure whether it was inspected. if it is required, our inspectors are out. >> what do you have to say about the id

mr. duffy: people are concerned about jobs. there is a lack of opportunity and lack of prosperity. i want to review what the democrats did, which is they talked to folks who will come up with and tract theories and talk to university professors and came up with an $800 billion stimulus bill. 800 billion of government spending. they said it will lead to economic growth, prosperity, wealth and sustainable jobs. we know that government spending doesn't lead to sustainable jobs. it doesn't work. and that's why when they promised we would have unemployment of % and we would create millions of jobs, the alternative happened, we lost millions of jobs and had unemployment reach almost 10%. what we have done is not talk to the professors who sit in the classrooms. i have talked to job creators, people who are putting people in my community back to work. and why aren't they creating jobs? they talk about uncertainty in the marketplace. what does that mean? they talk about a $14.3 trillion debt, the fact

the fifteen more civilians killed as nato bombers mr tucker duffy abel instead at the birthday party of his four year old grandson. and showdown in the greek parliament the pm savagely was totally cut spray said no confidence for the country on the brink of becoming the first eurozone nation to default. watching r t it's eleven pm chooser night here in moscow my name's kevin owen folks have been with us from our top story now officials say bad weather and pilot error are the likely causes of a plane crash that killed forty four and left eight injured in northwestern russia on monday night the russe air flight on route from moscow to petra savors crashed into a road just one kilometer from its destination a corresponding test for a city reports from the city. a commercial plane that would have landed on schedule and ended up in pieces and in flames this tuple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow the bettors avoids good northwestern russia crash on a road around a kilometer from the runway now really missing a row of houses and killing forty four on board airport off

at least fifty more civilians are killed is made so far as mr talked of duffy a but instead the birthday party of his four year old grandson. showed out in the greek parliament the pm salvaged new austerity cuts face a no confidence vote for the country on the brink of becoming the first eurozone nation to default. and in business are we looking at the euro facing a slow death and if started what could this mean for russia i find i'm on the bulletin around twenty minutes time. hello this is our international from moscow it's nine pm tuesday night here and my name is kevin irwin with our top story for you officials say bad weather and pilot error or the likely causes of the plane crash that killed forty four and left eight injured in northwestern russia on sunday night the russe air flight on route from moscow to petros of course crashed into a road just one kilometer from its destination our correspondent tess recent reports from the scene. right here at the scene you can still see behind me the emergency services so they are still picking up parts of the plane that we saw earlier well f

duffy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you on a panel for coming in today. this phase of insurgency may be overused in the last year, that is a term i continue to hear as i am in a district talking when i asked them to explain, what do they mean when they talk about uncertainty? a lot of them say they are making my money, more to come up for not retiring and were seen across the country. oftentimes, they will come in different terms, talk about the death and what does that mean to? they are concerned then about a inflation. they are concerned about interest rates going up in the long term. they are concerned about tax increases would've been discussed discussed here in washington on a long-term tax policy, we seem to be going year-by-year. in my area, the northwest corner of wisconsin, there's a lot of concern about what is happening with the epa. we have a large project industry in my district and all those things are coming together and creating uncertainties. they are not taking the risks they normally make tape. are you all seen that in your studies are