Never Defeat A Life-Safety Damper

This rated damper is in my way - how do we handle it right?

I'm checking never defeat a life-safety damper at [location]. I found Propping/wiring/blocking it - life-safety violation. This rated damper is in my way - how do we handle it right?

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Hold point on never defeat a life-safety damper: I have the location, photo, drawing/detail/spec section, and what I checked. Who should verify before this gets cut, drilled, covered, supported, labeled, connected, or signed off?

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Zip-tie, wedge, or block a rated damper

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room/grid/area
photo of condition
drawing/detail/spec/submittal
what I already checked
what is blocking progress

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