| 2007-03-13 12:33:49 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| | SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
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| | FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 WITH 2006 AMENDMENTS FBC |
| | R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 RESIDENTIAL FBC* WITH 2006 |
| | AMENDMENTS |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004 |
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| | 1.)THE PLANS STATE "TRUSS" WITH DETAILS.TRUSS |
| | DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC R802.1.6. |
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| | 2.)TRUSS DESIGN DRAWINGS ARE TO INCLUDE ALL |
| | INFORMATION REQUIRED BY FBC R802.1.6.1.TRUSS |
| | ENGINEERING IS NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME BUT MAY HELP |
| | TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE.PLANS ARE TO STATE DESIGN |
| | CRITERIA FOR THE TRUSSES.PLEASE INCLUDE DESIGN WIND |
| | SPEED AND EXPOSURE CATEGORY, SLOPE, DESIGN LOADS |
| | 802.1.6.1(5), LUMBER SIZE AND SPECIES, CONNECTION |
| | REQUIREMENTS, CONNECTOR LIMITATIONS FROM MANUFACTURER, |
| | FASTENING (SIZE AND NUMBER OF FASTENERS). |
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| | 3.)TRUSSES SHALL BE CONNECTED TO WALL PLATES BY THE |
| | USE OF APPROVED CONNECTORS HAVING A RESISTANCE TO |
| | DESIGN UPLIFT, LATERAL AND SHEAR FORCES.STATE DESIGN |
| | CRITERIA AND SHOW COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 4.)THE APPLICATION STATES THAT YOU ARE RECONSTRUCTING |
| | A FAMILY ROOM, WHICH IMPLIES WORK ON AN ENCLOSED ROOM |
| | ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENCE, BUT THE PLAN SUBMITTED SHOWS |
| | A FREE STANDING OPEN STRUCTURE.SHOW EXISTING |
| | CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT.THE |
| | FLOOR PLAN IS TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THIS IMPROVEMENT |
| | IN RELATION TO THE BUILDING.PROVIDE A FLOOR PLAN OF |
| | THE BUILDING, WITH ROOM DESIGNATIONS, ADJACENT TO THIS |
| | IMPROVEMENT.THE PLAN SHOULD CLEARLY SHOW HOW EGRESS, |
| | ESPECIALLY FROM BEDROOMS, WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS |
| | IMPROVEMENT (OR SHOW THAT IT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED). |
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| | 5.)FBC*106.3.5, MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR |
| | BUILDINGS, SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM CRITERIA |
| | AND DOCUMENTS; A FLOOR PLAN, SITE PLAN, FOUNDATION |
| | PLAN, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING PLAN OR TRUSS LAYOUT; AND ALL |
| | EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS. |
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| | 6.)ARE THE COLUMNS PROPOSED OR EXISTING?PROVIDE A |
| | STRUCTURAL DETAIL, CONTINUOUS FROM THE FOUNDATION |
| | THROUGH THE ROOF. |
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| | 7.)FBC*106.1.3, BUILDING PLANS ARE TO BE DRAWN TO A |
| | MINIMUM OF 1/8? SCALE.NO SCALE SHOWN. |
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| | 8.)STATE DESIGN CRITERIA FBC R101.1.NO WIND DESIGN |
| | CRITERIA WAS PROVIDED.ALSO STATE OTHER APPLICABLE |
| | DESIGN CRITERIA SUCH AS DEAD LOADS, LIVE LOADS, ROOF |
| | LOADS. |
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| | 9.)AS THE PLAN WAS DRAWN IN 3 DIMENSION RATHER THAN |
| | PLAN VIEW AND ELEVATIONS, THE DETAILS ARE NOT CLEAR. |
| | THE PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED OR LABELED IN ANY WAY.IT |
| | IS DIFFICULT TO GIVE A DETAILED LIST AS I?M NOT SURE |
| | HOW TO CONVEY TO YOU WHICH DETAIL OR SHEET I?M |
| | REFERRING TO.WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS ARE TO BE |
| | ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY, TO SCALE, WITH ALL INFORMATION |
| | REQUESTED IN ITEM 5 ABOVE. |
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| | 10.) THE SECOND SHEET SHOWS "BEAM BASE".NO DIMENSIONS |
| | WERE PROVIDED OTHER THAN 51/2", WHAT IS THE WIDTH? |
| | LUMBER HAS TWO DIMENSIONS (SUCH AS 2X4).IT SHOWS A |
| | LAG SCREW BUT DOES NOT STATE WHERE THE LAG SCREW WILL |
| | BE INSTALLED.IT SHOWS A SCREW HOLDING THE BEAM ONTO |
| | THE COLUMN, BUT UPLIFT IS NOT ADDRESSED.IT ALSO SHOWS |
| | SCREWS ATTACHING A NOTCHED BEAM TO ANOTHER BEAM.IS |
| | THE SAME SCREW FOR BOTH?ONE IS GOING INTO CONCRETE, |
| | ONE INTO WOOD.IF THE BEAM DEPTH IS 5 1/2", AND THE |
| | SCREW IS 5 1/2", IT SEEMS THAT THE SCREW WOULDN'T BE |
| | GOING INTO ANYTHING. |
| | |
| | THE CROSS MEMBERS APPEAR TO BE GOING UP.THIS DETAIL |
| | IS NOT CLEAR.THE FIRST SHEET SEEMS TO SHOW A BEAM |
| | SPANNING 13 FEET, ANOTHER BEAM WHICH GOES THE OTHER |
| | DIRECTION WITH NO SPAN BETWEEN COLUMNS GIVEN.IT IS |
| | NOT CLEAR HOW THE TWO BEAMS ARE CONNECTED STRUCTURALLY. |
| | I CANNOT DETERMINE HOW THE SECOND SHEET RELATES TO THE |
| | FIRST SHEET AS IT SEEMS TO BE GOING ACROSS THE 13 FOOT |
| | SPAN, BUT WHERE DO THE TRUSSES SIT?NO INFORMATION IS |
| | PROVIDED AS TO HOW THE TRUSSES WILL CONNECT TO THE |
| | BEAM. |
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| | THE SHEET MARKED ?TRUSS? IS NOT CLEAR.DRAWINGS FOR A |
| | TRUSS SYSTEM MUST BE REVIEWED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION |
| | FBC802.1.6 AND ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.HOWEVER, |
| | SUBMITTAL OF THE TRUSS ENGINEERING MAY ASSIST IN |
| | SHOWING CODE COMPLIANCE FOR THIS PROJECT. |
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| | 11.)ROOF SHEATHING IS TO COMPLY WITH FBC R 803. |
| | PLEASE SPECIFY SHEATHING AND FASTENING.NOTE THAT NO |
| | SHEATHING IS SHOWN ON THE PLAN BUT THE APPLICATION |
| | STATES "COVER PLYWOOD".PLANS ARE TO SHOW ALL DETAILS |
| | AND COMPONENTS TO BE INSTALLED. |
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| | 12.)NO ROOF IS SHOWN ON THE PLAN, BUT YOU HAVE |
| | REQUESTED A ROOF PERMIT.PLEASE SPECIFY ROOFING |
| | MATERIAL ON THE PLAN. |
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| | 13.)TWO SETS OF ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED.ONLY ONE |
| | PRODUCT APPROVAL SUBMITTED. |
