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Subsection A, B, and C of Exception 2 are taken directly from the statutes known as the Architects Law. (See PI page 2015 for more detail.) AS in "A# above, any building over 4,000 square feet in ground area or more than 20 feet in height from the top surface of the lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish, is required to be designed by an engineer or architect. Trusses in this area must also be designed by an architect or engineer. In addition to the requirements in the Architects Law, the building official is required to ask for architect- or engineer- designed trusses in buildings smaller than 4,000 square feet or 20 feet in height unless the building official determines that work is not of a highly technical nature or there is no unreaso- nable potential risk to llfe and/or safety of the structure. Most building officials find that truss design is of a highly technical nature where there is a reasonable potential risk to life and/or safety and so require trusses to be designed by an architect or engineer~ Answer to Question 5: If the builder can satisfy the building official under Exception 2, the building official my authorize use of such standard designs. Answer to Question 6: UBC Standard Section 2~.1739 requires periodic nonscheduled inspection. Each truss manufacturer shall retain an approved agency having no financial interest in the plant being inspected to make nonscheduled inspections of the truss fabrication and delivery operations. The inspections shall cover all phases of the truss operation, including lumber storage, handling, cutting, fixtures, presses or rollers, fabri- cation bundling and banding, handling and delivery. Section 25.1825 of the UBC Standard 2518 says each member shall be iden- tified by the appropriate trademark of the approved independent inspection and testing agency, legibly applied so as to be clearly visible, if the strength of one surface of the beam of the panel is different from the other, the top surface shall be identified. For bolted trusses there are no quality control pro- cedures in the UBC Standards. Bolted trusses are normally large enough that they require job site fabrication and would be sub- ject to the normal on-site inspection process. The building official also has access to special inspection under Section 306(a)12, Special Cases. Work which, in the opinion of the building official, involves unusual hazards as part of the special inspection process, may be accomplished under 306(f) which provides for approved fabricators and an elaborate set of controls which the building official may implement.