This section on alterations describes the differences that apply to alterations. Otherwise the procedures and requirements detailed in previous sections of Appendix RA2 shall also apply to alterations. For alterations, building owners or their agents may carry out the actions that are assigned to builders in previous sections of Appendix RA2.
Applicable procedures for registration of compliance documents described in Appendix RA2 shall also apply to alterations.
When compliance for an alteration requires field verification and diagnostic testing, the field verification and diagnostic testing shall be completed for the dwelling unit individually. Alterations to existing dwelling units, are not permitted to be part of a designated sample group.
The building owner or agent of the building owner shall submit, or make arrangements for submittal of the required Certificate of Compliance information to the ECC-Provider data registry to complete the applicable Certificate of Compliance documentation in accordance with the requirements in Standards Section 10-103(a)1 and 10-103(a)2.When the enforcement agency does not require building design plans to be submitted with the application for a building permit for an alteration, the applicable registered Certificate of Compliance documentation specified in 10-103(a)1 is not required to be approved by the enforcement agency prior to issuance of a building permit, but shall be approved by the enforcement agency prior to final inspection of the dwelling unit, and shall be made available to the enforcement agency for all applicable inspections as specified in Standards Section 10-103(a)2A.
ECC-Raters or other authorized users of the ECC-Provider data registry may provide documentation author support to facilitate the submittal of the required Certificate of Compliance information to the ECC-Provider data registry on behalf of the building owner or agent of the building owner, when such facilitation has been authorized by the building owner or agent of the building owner. Documentation authors shall provide an electronic signature to certify the documentation is accurate and complete. The building owner or agent of the building owner who is eligible under Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code to take responsibility for the design specification for the alteration shall provide an electronic signature to register the Certificate of Compliance, to certify the information provided on the Certificate is true and correct, to certify conformance with Part 6, and shall submit the registered Certificate of Compliance to the enforcement agency for approval.
The building owner or agent shall make available to the ECC-Rater a copy of the registered Certificate of Compliance approved by the enforcement agency.
The installer shall perform diagnostic testing and the procedures specified in Section RA2.5.
When the installation is complete, the person responsible for the performance of the installation shall complete the Certificate of Installation in accordance with the procedures specified in Section RA2.5.
The ECC-Rater shall perform the applicable verification and diagnostic testing required for compliance following the procedures in Section RA2.6.
The enforcement agency shall not approve the alteration until the enforcement agency has received a completed Certificate of Installation as specified in Section RA2.5, and a completed Certificate of Verification as specified in Section RA2.6.
Third Party Quality Control Programs, as specified in Section RA2.7, shall not use group sampling for alterations.
When a Third Party Quality Control Program is used, the enforcement agency may approve compliance based on the Certificate of Installation prior to registration of the Certificate of Verification where data checking has indicated that the unit complies, on the condition that a Certificate of Verification will be submitted.