{"id":"3e42f6be-57fd-48a9-902e-fd18a8c3a3df","task":"Conduct a retrofit firestop condition survey in an existing building","domain":"firestop.org","steps":["Scope the survey to the building areas/assemblies of concern (e.g., corridors, shafts, rated demising walls) and coordinate access with building operations before starting.","Physically inspect penetrations and joints against available construction documents, flagging any that lack a documented tested/listed system or EJ.","Photograph and log each condition — location, penetrant type, annular condition, apparent material — to support later system-matching or EJ development.","Prioritize deficiencies by life-safety risk (e.g., open or undocumented penetrations in exit corridors or shafts first) rather than working strictly floor by floor.","Deliver a findings report with recommended remediation systems (or EJ requests) that feeds directly into establishing or updating the building's ongoing barrier-management program."],"gotchas":["Existing conditions often predate current listings/products, so exact tested-system matches may not exist — budget for engineering judgments on a meaningful share of retrofit findings rather than assuming every gap has an off-the-shelf listed fix.","A retrofit survey is a point-in-time snapshot — without feeding into an ongoing barrier-management program, the findings go stale as soon as new trade work reopens penetrations.","Confirm whether local code enforcement treats retrofit remediation as new construction (triggering current-code special inspection) or as maintenance repair, since that affects which inspection standard applies."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T14:07:16.950Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/3e42f6be-57fd-48a9-902e-fd18a8c3a3df"}