FKA: Non-Structural Seismic Mitigation

General

It is the policy of the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") that all non-structural seismic mitigation in our school buildings be undertaken, within financial limitations, in accordance with the following direction:

The Board specifically directs:

• that all funding received from the Ministry of Education as part of the non-structural seismic allocation in the Annual Facility Grant (AFG) be annually expended on non-structural seismic mitigation within the district;
• that general expenditures be allocated in the following priorities (as originally identified in the Transit Bridge Group report dated February 1991);

Priority 1 Items 

• Light fixtures
• Suspended heaters
• Ventilation diffusers
• Parapets
• Covered play areas
• Cornices
• Fences
• Partitions ( un-reinforced brick / block / hollow tile )

Priority 2 items 

• Book shelves
• Filing cabinets
• Large office equipment
• Lab shelving
• Kitchen equipment, with gas
• Windows – interior, exterior and overhead glass
• Boilers - with brick base
• Water heaters
• Slate roofs

Priority 3 Items 

• Vending machines
• Refrigerators
• Shop equipment
• T-bar ceilings
• Large wall hangings
• Boilers - no brick base
• Expansion tanks

Priority 4 Items 

• Audio/visual equipment
• Hanging plants
• Fire extinguishers
• Elevators – hydraulic

Priority 5 Items 

• Cladding
• Ornamentation
• Exterior stairways
• Exterior signs 

That Facilities maintain up to date records of the non-structural seismic mitigation measures implemented in each school, and

That these records be listed by school.

DMT Responsibility: D-FSS