OAR 581-027-0045: Seismic Assessment Requirements
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2025-06-18Last verified: 2026-09-07
Each Seismic Assessment shall contain the following: (1) Name of Building. (2) Gross Square Footage of Building. (3) Physical Address. (4) Original Construction Date. (5) Original Construction Type. (6) Additions: (a) Construction Date; (b) Construction Type; (c) Construction Square Footage; and (d) Construction Usage. (7) Procedures used to determine the building’s ability to meet the Basic Performance Objective for Existing Buildings (BPOE) in ASCE 41-17. Specifically: (a) The building’s ability to perform to the Limited Safety Structural Performance Level at the BSE-2E hazard level in ASCE 41-17 if building is categorized as Risk Category III, school buildings, not including areas which may be used as emergency shelters, under OAR 123-051-0600; or (b) The building’s ability to perform to the Life Safety Structural Performance Level at BSE-2E hazard level AND the Immediate Occupancy Structural Performance Level at the BSE-1E hazard level in ASCE 41-17 if building is categorized as Risk Category IV, emergency service buildings and school areas that may be used as emergency shelters, under OAR 123-051-0600. (8) List of deficiencies that need to be corrected to qualify building to meet the Basic Performance Objective for Existing Buildings in accordance with ASCE 41-17. (9) List of drawings illustrating schematic rehabilitation tasks to rectify listed deficiencies in accordance with ACSE 41-17 standard. (10) Cost estimate provided by professional with knowledge about the type of work to be done that includes contingencies built into all budget categories. (11) Certification of the final assessment provided by registered Structural Engineer licensed in the State of Oregon.
Official history and status
Statutory/Other Authority: SB 447 (2015) & ORS 326.125
Statutes/Other Implemented: SB 285 (2023)
History: ODE 39-2025, minor correction filed 06/18/2025, effective 06/18/2025 ODE 2-2024, amend filed 02/16/2024, effective 02/16/2024 ODE 42-2020, amend filed 10/22/2020, effective 10/22/2020 ODE 21-2019, amend filed 06/25/2019, effective 06/25/2019 ODE 12-2019, amend filed 04/22/2019, effective 04/22/2019 ODE 42-2018, amend filed 12/10/2018, effective 12/10/2018 ODE 7-2017, f. & cert. ef. 6-1-17 ODE 4-2017, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-17 ODE 41-2016, f. & cert. ef. 7-20-16
This rule cites
- OAR 123-051-0600 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/