| Date |
Text |
| 2003-08-15 00:00:00 | REVISIONS DATED 7/21/03, SHEETS A46-A50, |
| | A52, A53, AND A55-A61. |
| | |
| | ARCHITECT'S LETTER DATED 7/19/03 SIGNED |
| | BY G.J. ENCINOSA. |
| | |
| | THE ARCHITECT PROPOSES THE USE OF A |
| | COMBUSTIBLE ARCHITECTURAL TRIM |
| | PROHIBITTED BY FBC 1404.1.1 AND FBC |
| | F102.2.7 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY, BE |
| | APPROVED AS AN ALTERNATE MATERIAL IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH FBC103.7. |
| | |
| | AS JUSTIFICATION THE ARCHITECT CITES A |
| | 2/02 LETTER FROM HUGHES ASSOC. INC |
| | SIGNED BY HAMID BAHADORI, PE. |
| | |
| | THE ARGUMENTS SET OUT IN THE HUGHES |
| | LETTER ARE DEEMED INVALID BY THIS PLANS |
| | EXAMINER FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: |
| | |
| | THE FIRST BULLETTED ITEM IN THE LETTER |
| | NOTES EPS HAVING A DENSITY OF 1.25 LB |
| | PER CUBIC FOOT.THE 1997 SBC CODE IN |
| | EFFECT THEN AS WELL AS THE CURRENT FBC |
| | IN SECTION 803.4 REQUIRES 20 LB MINIMUM. |
| | |
| | MR. BAHADORI CITES 803 WHICH IS |
| | INTERIOR FINISH AND MAKES NO RELATION |
| | TOEXTERIOR EXPOSURES, AND HE TOTALLY |
| | IGNORED THAT PART OF 803 THAT LIMITS |
| | INTERIOR FOAM TRIM TO WIDTHS OF 4" AND |
| | THICKNESS OF 1/2" IN DECLARING 6" |
| | THICKNESS OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL |
| | ACCEPTABLE. |
| | |
| | THE OTHER BULLETED ITEMS IN THE BAHADORI |
| | LETTER REGARDING TESTS OF THE FUTURA |
| | COATINGS AND PAREX FINISH WOULD BE |
| | ACCEPTABLE IF USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | THEIR PROPRIETARY LISTINGS AND AS |
| | REGULATED BY THE FBC. |
| | |
| | AT THIS POINT WITH THOSE COATINGS IN |
| | MIND, LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF |
| | NON-COMBUSTIBLE IN FBC 202.IT IS THIS |
| | COATING THAT GETS TESTED TO E84 AS |
| | DESCRIBED IN THE SECOND PART OF THE |
| | DEFINITION AND APPLIED TO A STRUCTURAL |
| | BASE, (THE FOAM), WHICH IS TESTED TO |
| | E136 TO QUALIFY AS NON-COMBUSTIBLE. |
| | NO TESTING IS PROVIDED FOR THE FOAM BASE |
| | THAT DEMONSTRATESNON COMBUSTIBLE. |
| | |
| | THE 1997 CODES, THE CURRENT FBC, AND THE |
| | 2003 INTERNATIONAL CODE CONTAIN SIMILAR |
| | RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON |
| | COMBUSTIBLE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL |
| | TRIMS. |
| | |
| | CC: DON NEELY |
