mr. weisberg did so, and mr. michael white, of michael white general contractors, submitted the plans to dbi for a permit, which was granted on august 31, 2011. the appeal is aimed at assuring the safety of the supporting roof structure directly below the rooftop deck. the permit holder, mr. baristas, has responded to the appeal and has hired a civil engineer, mr. paul cox, of wje associates to take the steps in the appeal, including making copulations to determine the adequacy of the supporting work structure and it necessary to provide a strengthening scheme to ensure of the safety of the supporting work structure to allow the construction of a rooftop deck that does comply with current code and safety requirements. mr. paul cox, the civil engineer, upon investigation of the supporting were structure directly below the deck found the rooftop -- found the roof support structure inadequate. mr. cox has subsequently prepared a strengthening scheme, including drawings that the permit holder has submitted to the hoa

mr. weisberg's designed . however, as he said, and a quote, he since stated that, quote, if proper drawings and proper documentation is produced to demonstrate that the support structure of the roof is safe and will support the new deck, the association board will withdraw a permit appeal. now, obviously, my primary concern as the owner of the deck, like all of us, is to make sure that the support structure of the room is safe and compliance with code, so after discussing it with mr. stern, i commissioned wje, who mr. stern just mentioned, to do three things. first, to measure the joint group size, spacing, and support between the roof and ceiling of his unit. secondly, to calculate the load carrying capacity of the existing joists compared with code, and thirdly to produce designs that would strengthen the joists if necessary so we can be sure that the new deck is safe and that it meets with code. mr. cox, who mr. stern just mentioned, is a very, very experienced civil engineer, and his designs and calculatio

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