CEA BB Program Overview Jul 2019

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You may qualify for up to a 25% discount
on your CEA insurance policy premium after
a completed retrofit.

Receive Up to $3,000 Toward Eligible Applicants
an Earthquake Retrofit
YOU may be eligible to receive up to $3,000
The California Earthquake Authority Brace + Bolt toward a code-compliant seismic retrofit if:
(CEA BB) program helps homeowners lessen the
potential for damage during an earthquake. CEA BB • You own a qualifying house;
offers up to $3,000 toward a code-compliant seismic
retrofit for houses that qualify. • You’ve been invited to participate; and

A Brace and Bolt Retrofit • You have a CEA insurance policy on the
qualifying house.
In a CEA BB retrofit, the foundation is
bolted, and if there is a cripple wall, Houses That Qualify, Typically:
it is braced.
• Are built before 1980;
• Bolting: adding anchor bolts in the
crawl space to help prevent the • Have a raised continuous perimeter
home from sliding. concrete foundation;

• Bracing: adding plywood to the • Sit on level ground or a low-slope; and
cripple walls to stiffen them and help
prevent the home from collapsing. • May have wood-framed walls (called
cripple walls) in the crawl space under the
FLOOR JOISTS CRAWL SPACE NEW first floor.
FRAMING
and CLIPS Why Is CEA Offering
This Program?
CRIPPLE NEW
WALL PLYWOOD The CEA is offering this retrofit program in
STUDS select ZIP Codes in high seismic risk areas
because:
FOUNDATION NEW WOOD
BLOCKING • CEA is committed to making California
communities safer, more resilient and
GROUND VENT HOLES NEW ANCHOR BOLTS able to recover following a damaging
earthquake;
CEA BB Participating Policyholders
• It makes sound financial sense for CEA
Qualifying policyholders are invited into the program. For a and for CEA Policyholders; and
retrofit to qualify for an incentive grant, a permit must not
be issued or retrofit work started before CEA BB notifies a • It provides CEA Policyholders with an
policyholder they have been accepted into the program. opportunity to receive up to a 25% discount
on their CEA earthquake insurance policy
premium.

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Retrofit Process Code-Compliant Retrofit

Step 1 Over the next 12 weeks you need to CEA BB offers policyholders funding for a
specific code-compliant seismic retrofit to
decide if you will hire a contractor or complete your ensure the work is done right. Historically,
retrofit as a do-it-yourselfer. retrofits were often incomplete and not based
on a uniform best-practice building code.
If you are going to hire a contractor:
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• Call licensed contractors 1
and schedule appointments; The consequences of an improper retrofit can
2 be devastating. The crawl space may still be
• Receive and review bids; and 3 vulnerable to collapse possibly causing the
home to slide off its foundation.
• Select a contractor.
FEMA-Trained Contractors
As a do-it-yourselfer get an owner/builder permit,
or your contractor gets a building permit stating in To ensure proper retrofits, CEA BB offers
accordance with one of the following: free FEMA seismic retrofitting training to
California licensed contractors. FEMA-trained
• Chapter A3; contractors are added to the Contractor
Directory. Participating Policyholders who
• Standard Plan Set A; want to hire a contractor to do their CEA BB
retrofit work may choose one from the
• Los Angeles Standard Plan Contractor Directory at CEABraceBolt.com.
Number One; or
Visit CEABraceBolt.com to:
• An engineered design.
• Review video and pictures of CEA BB retrofits;
Before your retrofit begins, you or your • See answers to frequently asked questions; and
contractor must upload: • Learn about CEA BB program details.

• Building Permit; CEA Brace + Bolt

• Three photos of front and side (800) 584-BOLT (2658)
house views; and [email protected]
801 K Street, Suite 1000
• Three photos of crawl space before retrofit. Sacramento, CA 95814

Step 2 CEA BB will review your information. After 071919

you receive approval, continue to Step 3. CEABraceBolt.com

Step 3 Schedule and complete

your retrofit.

Step 4 Gather final documents

and upload to your Homeowner
Dashboard.

Step 5 After your final documents are approved

and your payment is issued, your CEA Earthquake
Insurance Dwelling Retrofit Verification form will be
available. Send it to your home insurance company
to receive a discount on your earthquake insurance
policy premium.