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JOHN SCH>JARZ
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141l'tltW11Drtve' lo."..poll. IN 46260
Janwry 23. 2004
WII Fultz
Pulle HOll'IlI8 of Indlana
11580 North Meridian Str8et. Suite 530
lndlanePoua. IN 46032
Re; Long Branch EstlItDa. P.O. 117723
Dttllr Mr. Fultz:.
You have reque&l8d that I render lIfI opinion on tin Iuue the municipal building
lnlpeclOr ~ be\~ concern regaldlng LolnunDd 114. 115. 122, 137. 140. 141 and 1Ml. These
IoIB contain bllll8lTleflt foUnddonl wllhout. ftamlng.
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The overd~ .,... around the ba..,.,.,rt foUlldaIIonI .... ahUdY have been or are to tie
'badcllled. According to SeclIon R4Q4.1.7 of the Ind\8Il8 Ra.'~<lIal COd8. blIS8nl8nt walls ellher
I8QUIre bJ.8Cin9 or \he finIt floor must be In place prior to the ~ofthe baddIlI.
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The building inepector hall a co~ and valid code 11fe'Ma. However. as you knOW, the
CM/lWhelmtrig majotIlY of the bOm88 that .. COl\lItI'IldIIC In 1hB region are not advef881y affecIed
by P**I9 the biIdd\IIlT\lllllf!al pftor to the ""'~ of the IIrIt floOr system. even without
additional braCing.
The few ttmeI that I have personally been 11M,. of foUllllldian probIemI occurring beCause of the
lack of to~n bnIc1ng hive baan dill to an extInded penad of tme between the backfill
~t and the ..A.;1dor of the Ir8t 1IooJ frw.,i!III. BaclI" of thl&. I rec:ommeIld \he
'".In:I!IedIldIt contInuallon of the ~n which wi! then provide the n.ce.u,y support to the
batllirn8nt wallll.
Please ~ntafOt me wtIh any fIlr\tl8r quwtion8 or ""'11l..nII.
My opinion, etIted he",in. is Ilmilcld to tIIOM IIIU" dllclln-t. OIher ilI&UeI regarding the
con&tNdIon. ifany, are beyond the scope oflh. Ietl8r.
RagaIdI,
The SChwarz Group
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Jolin D. 8chwal%, PE
S1ructUnl1 Engineer