Meeting/Event Information

January Chapter Educational Meeting

In-Person and on ZOOM

Various Structure and Foundation Issues

Led by: Mark Garrison, Owner of MG Constructors & Engineers, Inc.

Date:  Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Time: 6:00 – 9:30 pm

Location:   Online/Zoom and The Blue Pheasant Restaurant, 22100 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino  

You must register by midnight on Sunday****  to guarantee your meal choice.  Meal choices after midnight Sunday cannot be guaranteed.

Registration with guaranteed meal choice has passed!  You may still register and select a meal but there is no guarantee your choice will be available the night of the meeting.  You will have to choose from whatever is available upon arrival.

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You Must Register in Advance for This Event!

Paid Silicon Valley ASHI/CREIA Chapter Members: $41 In-Person (includes dinner) or FREE Zoom attendance

Guests: $51 In-person (includes dinner) or $10 Zoom Attendance

1. Click the registration button which can be found at the left in an email, or at the right or bottom of the page if on the web.
2. If you are not a Paid Member of the Silicon Valley Chapter, you must register as a guest and pay the $10 fee.  On the registration page simply click “Continue as A Guest.
3. You will then be provided a link to register for Zoom access to the meeting. You must complete them Zoom registration in advance to be provided the link into the event.

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Evening Schedule

6:00 – 7:00 pm  Report Writing

Perry Farnum

This month the discussion and review include the following conditions; 

1. You are inspecting the tile roof from a ladder at the edge and find the valley pan at the gutter filled with tile and debris.
2. You are inspecting the attic platform and find the tankless water heater is without a drip pan below. 

In our pre-meeting education hour presentation, we will also review the ASHI and CREIA ‘Standards of Practice’ covering these sample conditions as well as code citations or manufacture’s installation guidelines that we can find outlining requirements to support the inspector’s written report comments

A Handout is provided and attached for this event.  Please Review Immediately.  See below if your viewing this in an email, and at the right if your viewing this on the website.

Contributions wanted; Please help make the discussion informative and interesting by sharing your narrative report comments, manufacture’s installation guidelines or related code citations for these inspection examples. Or if you have unique inspection photos or new house technology you find on your daily inspections send them in and we will share them in the presentation. Together we learn through education. Email your material to [email protected] (format can be; copy and paste into the email, attachment as word .doc, .jpeg or .pdf). Everyone submitting comments, related code citations or photos and new house technology examples used in the presentation will be entered in our monthly $25 gas card drawing. So, don’t miss out, driving for free is always good.

7:00 – 7:30 pm  Business Meeting & Dinner

Led by Chapter Presidents - Tammy Nichols and Perry Farnum

You must register by midnight on Sunday****  to guarantee your meal choice.  Meal choices after midnight Sunday cannot be guaranteed.

Registration with guaranteed meal choice has passed!  You may still register and select a meal but there is no guarantee your choice will be available the night of the meeting.  You will have to choose from whatever is available upon arrival.

Dinner Choices include mixed green garden salad, potato, or rice (depending on the item), vegetables, bread, coffee or tea and house made dessert:

• Pasta Primavera:  Fresh seasonal vegetables sautéed with garlic; fresh herbs & white wine served over linguine.
• Broiled Salmon:  Fresh King Salmon broiled and topped with a fresh dill sauce.
• Chicken Jerusalem:  Boneless breast of chicken lightly sautéed in white wine, fresh squeezed lemon, and artichoke hearts.
• London Broil:  Tender Strips of London broil topped with sautéed mushrooms served au jus.
• Bunker Cheeseburger:  Half-pound Black Angus burger topped with bacon, grilled onions, lettuce, & tomatoes, on a sesame seed bun. Comes with fries.

7:30 – 8:00 pm  Networking

8:00 – 9:30 pm  Dinner Speaker

Mark Garrison

Various Structure and Foundation Issues

• Old foundation repairs.
• When to recommend a structural evaluation.
• Foundation undermining, when is it a real problem?
• Thoughts on Carbon fiber repairs to foundations.
• Proper sump pump installation.

Mark and members of his team are frequent speakers and attendees of our chapter meetings, and understand what inspectors need to know.  Owner of MG Constructors & Engineers (MGCE),  Mark has over 30+ years of experience and has built a highly respected reputation in the construction, engineering, concrete and real estate business. Even with his years of experience, Mark still constantly strives to learn and to become the best in the business. MGCE's Core Values were conceived from the way Mark lives his life and treats others. He has built MGCE on a solid foundation of hard work and integrity, resulting in each client receiving an exclusive and positive construction experience.  You can find out more about Mark, his company and the staff at mgconstructors.net, better yet come to the meeting and meet him.