The Mandatory Soft Story Retrofit Program (MSSP) was made in 2013 as a multi-year network based exertion driven by the Earthquake Safety Implementation Program and upheld by the Department of Building Inspection to guarantee the wellbeing and versatility of San Francisco’s lodging stock through the retrofit of more established, wood-confined, multi-family structures with a delicate story condition.

As a major aspect of this program, all influenced property proprietors were seen starting in September 2013 and were required to have presented their screening structures to DBI by September 15, 2014. DBI has accomplished over a 99% reaction to the program. Structures that have not consented to this necessity have been placarded and issued Notices of Violation (NOV).

We empower property proprietors of delicate story structures to find a way to conform to program prerequisites by petitioning for a grant to guarantee their properties are seismically sheltered fully expecting the following huge shake.

A City-Wide Problem

The mandate applies to wood-outline structures of at least three stories or two stories over a storm cellar or underfloor region that have any segment reaching out above level, and containing at least five private dwelling units where the license to develop was connected for preceding January 1, 1978, and where the structure has not yet been seismically reinforced.

While these kinds of structures and their related dangers are found in each area in San Francisco, they are most usually found in the accompanying areas: Mission, Western Addition, Richmond, North Beach, and Marina District.

Picking a Soft Story Retrofit Contractor

• Authorized, fortified and protected.
• Each colleague prepared and affirmed.
• Experienced with a wide range of retrofit.
• References accessible upon solicitation.
• Works related to an authorized auxiliary designer.
• Continuously verifies a structure license for retrofit work.
• Acquainted with late changes to the retrofitting code.
• Acquainted with Project Impact principles.
• Qualified to address all your basic needs.
• “One quit shopping” for all retrofit related errands, including sheetrock and siding.
• Amplifies dust control, limits time interruptions, and tidies up appropriately.
• It is done in less time than some other contractual worker.