02-15-2006, 02:47 PM
Aloha Royall,
The piers are the footings, they just aren't poured concrete footings.
Before Ewa and Iniki, the County didn't require any Simpson ties and a lot of houses were built on just the four by four posts braced two, three and four ways. Some of these posts were rather tall, too! Some of the hotels in Waikiki are build on concrete posts with basically just the elevator shafts for shear walls. Seems kinda scary, but they seem to still be standing.
Hawaii County is using the 1991 UBC (Uniform Building Code) with some amendments. Oahu is using the 1997 codebook.
A hui hou,
Cathy
Hawaii Drafting Service
hotzcatz@yahoo.com
The piers are the footings, they just aren't poured concrete footings.
Before Ewa and Iniki, the County didn't require any Simpson ties and a lot of houses were built on just the four by four posts braced two, three and four ways. Some of these posts were rather tall, too! Some of the hotels in Waikiki are build on concrete posts with basically just the elevator shafts for shear walls. Seems kinda scary, but they seem to still be standing.
Hawaii County is using the 1991 UBC (Uniform Building Code) with some amendments. Oahu is using the 1997 codebook.
A hui hou,
Cathy
Hawaii Drafting Service
hotzcatz@yahoo.com
Kurt Wilson