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RCW 18.08.410 [ARCHITECT] Application of chapter. This chapter shall not affect or prevent: (1) The practice of naval architecture, landscape architecture as authorized in chapter 18-96 RCW, engineering as authorized in chapter18.43 RCW, or the provision of space planning or interior design services not affecting public health or safety; (2) Drafters, clerks, project managers, superintendents, and other employees of architects from acting under the instructions, control, or supervision of an architect; (3) The construction, alteration, or supervision of construction of buildings or structures by contractors registered under chapter 18.27 RCW or superintendents employed by contractors or the preparation of shop drawings in connection therewith; (4) Owners or contractors registered under chapter 18.27 RCW from engaging persons who are not architects to observe and supervise construction of a project; (5) Any person from doing design work including preparing construction contract documents and administration of the construction contract for the erection, enlargement, repair, or alteration of a structure or any appurtenance to a structure regardless of size, if the structure is to be used for a residential building of up to and including four dwelling units or a farm building or is a structure used in connection with or auxiliary to such residential building or farm building such as a garage, barn, shed, or shelter for animals or machinery; (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person from doing design work including preparing construction contract documents and administering the contract for construction, erection, enlargement, alteration, or repairs of or to a building of any occupancy up to a total building size of four thousand square feet; or (7) Any person from doing design work, including preparing construction contract documents and administration of the contract, for alteration of or repairs to a building where the project size is not more than four thousand square feet in a building greater than four thousand square feet and when the work contemplated by the design does not affect the life safety or structural systems of the building. The combined square footage of simultaneous projects allowed under this subsection (7) may not exceed four thousand square feet. RCW 18.43.040 [STRUCTURAL ENGINEER] Registration requirements. (1) (iv) An engineer must be registered as a structural engineer in order to provide structural engineering services for significant structures. RCW 18.43.020 Definitions. 11) "Significant structures" include: (a) Hazardous facilities, defined as: Structures housing, supporting, or containing sufficient quantities of explosive substances to be of danger to the safety of the public if released; (b) Essential facilities that have a ground area of more than five thousand square feet and are more than twenty feet in mean roof height above average ground level. Essential facilities are defined as: (i) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas; (ii) Fire and police stations; (iii) Tanks or other structures containing, housing, or supporting water or fire suppression material or equipment required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures; (iv) Emergency vehicle shelters and garages; (v) Structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers; (vi) Standby power -generating equipment for essential facilities; (vii) Structures and equipment in government communication centers and other facilities requiring emergency response; (viii) Aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars; and (ix) Buildings and other structures having critical national defense functions; (c) Structures exceeding one hundred feet in height above average ground level; (d) Buildings that are customarily occupied by human beings and are five stories or more above average ground level; (e) Bridges having a total span of more than two hundred feet and piers having a surface area greater than ten thousand square feet; and (f) Buildings and other structures where more than three hundred people congregate in one area. 3200 Cedar Street Everett, WA 98201 425.257.8810 425.257.8857 fax 4�1 everetteps@everettwa.gov everettwa.gov/permits Tenant Improvement Submittal Checklist (2019) Pa��&3