Quality assurance for hurricane-resistant construction

(a) Information on construction documents. Construction documents must include design criteria, the occupancy capacity of the enhanced hurricane protective area, and Project Specifications must include opening protection devices. Floor plans must indicate all enhanced hurricane protection area portions of the facility and exiting routes therefrom. The latitude and longitude coordinates of the building must be recorded on the construction documents. (b) Special inspection. In addition to the requirements of International Building Code Chapter 17, special inspections must include at least the following systems and components: (1) Roof cladding and roof framing connections; (2) Wall connections to roof and floor diaphragms and framing; (3) Roof and floor diaphragm systems, including collectors, drag struts, and boundary elements; (4) Vertical windforce-resisting systems, including braced frames, moment frames, and shear walls; (5) Windforce-resisting system connections to the foundation; and (6) Fabrication and installation of systems or components required to meet the impact-resistance requirements of the Hawaii State Building Code Section 1609.1.2. Exception: Fabrication of manufactured systems or components that have a label indicating compliance with the wind-load and impact-resistance requirements of this code. (c) Quality assurance plan. A construction quality assurance program must be included in the construction documents and must include: (1) The materials, systems, components, and work required to have special inspection or testing by the building official or by the registered design professional responsible for each portion of the work; (2) The type and extent of each special inspection; (3) The type and extent of each test; (4) Additional requirements for special inspection or testing for seismic or wind resistance; and (5) For each type of special inspection, identification as to whether it is continuous special inspection or periodic special inspection. (d) Peer review. Construction documents must be independently reviewed by a Hawaii-licensed structural engineer. A written opinion report of compliance must be submitted to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the building official, and the owner.