{"id":"fcbb5ba5-d1d8-4550-8991-fc0c7c60190a","task":"Confirm elevator seismic requirements under ASME A17.1 Section 8.4 and California adoption","domain":"asme.org — A17.1 Section 8.4 / California Building Code Ch. 30","steps":["Confirm A17.1 Section 8.4 seismic requirements apply where the building's Seismic Design Category is C with a Component Importance Factor Ip of 1.5, or Seismic Design Category D or higher, per the adopted building code.","In California, confirm the California Building Code Chapter 30 ties elevator/escalator seismic requirements to ASCE 7 in conjunction with the applicable ASME A17.1/CSA B44 edition.","Verify a seismic (counterweight derailment/motion-sensing) switch is installed and connected to the building's essential electrical system where required.","Confirm the post-trip 'go slow' reduced-speed operating mode and its maximum speed limit directly against the specific adopted edition text rather than treating any single cited speed value as universal.","Confirm which A17.1/CSA B44 edition the California Building Code currently references, since California's adoption cycle can lag behind the latest national ASME edition."],"gotchas":["California's building code adoption cycle may reference an older A17.1/CSA B44 edition than the current national ASME release — always confirm the CBC-cited edition rather than assuming 'the current ASME A17.1' applies.","Seismic switch requirements and the resulting reduced-speed operating mode details are Seismic-Design-Category-dependent, not universal to every California elevator."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T01:41:35.118Z","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/fcbb5ba5-d1d8-4550-8991-fc0c7c60190a"}