Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 05120429
Permit Number 05120429
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2006-08-03 00:00:00****CORRECTIONS****
 ****CONVERTED TO PERMIT; FIRST PERMIT
 PLAN REVIEW ****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
  
 FBCFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004
 FBC EBFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004
 EXISTING BUILDING CODE
 FBC*CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004
  
 NEW COMMENT, 8/24/06
  
 AFTER REVIEW OF THE DRAFT OF THE REVISED
 HAZARD ANALYSIS, OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PROCESSING AREA
 AND SLUDGE CAKE STORAGE AREA ARE H2.
 PLEASE REVISE PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
  
  
 COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS REVIEW, EITHER
 NOT ADDRESSED OR REQUIRING FURTHER
 CLARIFICATION; NUMBERING REMAINING THE
 SAME FOR CONSISTENCY:
  
 1.)IMPACT FEES MUST BE PAID TO PALM
 BEACH COUNTY.THE PLANS MUST BE STAMPED
 AND THE RECEIPT ATTACHED TO THE
 APPLICATION, 561-233-5025, 2300 NORTH
 JOG ROAD, SUITE 2W01.
  
 2.)PROVIDE A SOILS INVESTIGATION
 REPORT FBC1802.2.THE SOILS REPORT
 PROVIDED WAS A PHOTOCOPY.ALL DOCUMENTS
 PREPARED BY AN ENGINEER AND SUBMITTED
 FOR PUBLIC RECORD ARE TO BE SIGNED,
 SEALED, DATED ORIGINALS FAC61G15-23.
 PROVIDE THREE ORIGINALS.HAS THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD REVIEWED THE SOILS
 REPORT?
  
 3.)THREE COPIES OF ALL PERMIT
 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED, SEE ITEM 4 BELOW.
 THIS IS TO BE DONE ON EVERY SUBMITTAL,
 ALL DOCUMENTS, AS CODE COMPLIANT
 DOCUMENTS ARE STAMPED BY THE INDIVIDUAL
 TRADES.FAILURE TO SUBMIT THREE COPIES
 EVERY SUBMITTAL RESULTS IN REVIEWERS WHO
 MAY HAVE ALREADY PASSED THEIR REVIEWS
 BEING REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE PLANS AGAIN
 TO STAMP THE NEW SHEETS.
  
 4.) FBC* 109.3.7RESIDENT INSPECTOR.
 SUBMIT INSPECTOR RESUME' AND LICENSE
 DOCUMENTS TO HAROLD PISKURA, DIRECTOR OF
 THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR PROGRAM.A
 RESIDENT INSPECTOR PROGRAM IS REQUIRED,
 ON THIS PROJECT, DUE TO ONE OR MORE OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
 - BUILDINGS/ADDITIONS OF TYPE I OR II
 CONSTRUCTION
 - ANY MAJOR STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
 - STRUCTURES IN WHICH THE CONCRETE
 DESIGN IS BASED ON COMPRESSIVE
 STRENGTH (F'C) IN EXCESS OF 3000 PSI
 - PILE DRIVING
 - BUILDINGS OVER 20,000 SQFT IN AREA
 - BUILDINGS OVER 2 STORIES IN HEIGHT
 - BUILDING/STRUCTURES OF UNUSUAL DESIGN
 OR METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION
  
 ALSO, PLEASE ARRANGE WITH HAROLD PISKURA
 (INSPECTION SERVICES MANAGER - TEL:
 561 805 6711), A MEETING INVOLVING THE
 OWNER, RESIDENT INSPECTOR, JOB
 INSPECTOR, CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER.
  
 THE RESPONSE THAT THIS WILL BE DONE IS
 ACKNOWLEDGED.THIS IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO
 PERMIT ISSUANCE.
  
 5-6.)ADDRESSED.
  
 7.) FROM PREVIOUS REVIEW; NOT COMPLETELY
 ADDRESSED.ALSO SEE NEW COMMENTS.
  
 NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED
 ABOUT THE MATERIALS PROCESSED AND THE
 END PRODUCT TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT SUB
 CLASSIFICATION.PROVIDE INFORMATION
 ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF MATERIALS USED IN
 PROCESSING, FLAMMABLE GASES PRODUCED,
 AND THE END PRODUCT AS RELATED TO
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.SEE ALSO
 FBC307.8 REGARDING MULTIPLE HAZARDS, AND
 NFPA 820 1.3.5, MATERIALS USED FOR ANTI
 CORROSION WHICH MAY CAUSE ACCELERATED
 BURNING.
  
 IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING
 CORRECT OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, PLEASE
 ADDRESS THIS ITEM IN A SIGNED, SEALED
 AND DATED LETTER FROM ONE OF THE DESIGN
 PROFESSIONALS WITH THE ASSOCIATED
 DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING MSDS IF
 AVAILABLE.
  
 THE HAZARD ANALYSIS DOES NOT ADDRESS
 QUANTITIES OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS USED
 IN THE PROCESSING AREA.SEE ALSO OTHER
 COMMENTS.
  
 8.)REVISE OTHER ITEMS A01, CODE
 SUMMARY WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND REVISE
 PLANS ACCORDINGLY (BUILDING HEIGHT AND
 AREA, OCCUPANT LOAD, ETC.).NOTE THAT
 DUE TO A LACK OF A CORRECT OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION A COMPLETE CHECKLIST
 CANNOT BE PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
  
 9.)ADDRESSED.
  
 10.)CODE COMPLIANCE WITH FBC TABLE
 503, CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITHOUT THE
 CORRECT OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.IF
 YOU ARE USING AN AREA INCREASE, PROVIDE
 CALCULATIONS FBC506.
  
 2ND REVIEW - PLEASE INCORPORATE THE
 CALCULATIONS INTO THE PLAN AFTER AN
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN AGREED
 UPON.
  
 11.)PROVIDE MSDS FOR EACH MATERIAL
 USED FOR PROCESSING AND FOR THE END
 PRODUCT.PLEASE PROVIDE IN A MORE
 ORGANIZED FORMAT; PREFERABLY COLLATED,
 TABBED AND BOUND RATHER THAN OVER A
 HUNDRED LOOSE SHEETS OF PAPER.
  
 12.)ADDRESSED.
  
 13.)SHOW THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
 FBC11-4.1.2(1).NOT ADDRESSED."AT
 LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE COMPLYING
 WITH SECTION 11-4.3 SHALL BE PROVIDED
 WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE SITE FROM
 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STOPS . . . AND
 PUBLIC STREETS OR SIDEWALKS, TO AN
 ACCESSIBLE BUILDING ENTRANCE."
  
 14.)PROVIDE FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS,
 FBC*106.3.5.1.1(5).YOUR RESPONSE THAT
 DETAILED DRAWINGS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY
 THE CONTRACTOR IS ACKNOWLEDGED.THEY
 WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SUBMITTAL.
 SEE FBC*106.3.5.1.1(5), FS553.79(2), AND
 THE ATTACHED LETTER OF CLARIFICATION
 FROM FLORIDA DCA.FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE A PART OF THE ISSUED
 PERMIT PACKAGE.
  
 15.)ADDRESSED.
  
 16.)THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN PROVIDED
 APPEARS NONCOMPLIANT DUE TO THE
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF F3
 DISCREPANCY WITH THE STATEMENTS IN THE
 HAZARD ANALYSIS REGARDING AMOUNTS OF
 CHEMICALS STORED H4 AND DEFLAGRATION
 HAZARD FBC307.4. WITH AN OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION OF H, TRAVEL DISTANCES
 SHOWN AND THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL
 WOULD BE NONCOMPLIANT.
  
 ALSO, NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
  
 A. INCLUDE THE CATWALKS IN THE LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN, SHOWING TRAVEL DISTANCES
 AND COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL.
  
 B. THERE IS A DISTANCE SHOWN OF 210FT
 FROM STAIR 5.USE THE WORST CASE FOR
 TRAVEL DISTANCE.THE COMMON PATH OF
 TRAVEL APPEARS TO BE OVER 100' WHICH
 WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR F3.H
 OCCUPANCY COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL IS NOT
 TO EXCEED EITHER 25' OR 75', DEPENDING
 ON SUB CLASSIFICATION. A TRAVEL DISTANCE
 OF 256FT IS SHOWN FOR
 THE SLUDGE STORAGE.IT IS NOT CLEAR WHY
 IT WAS MEASURED THIS WAY; IT APPEARS TO
 BE THE DISTANCE FROM ONE END OF THE AREA
 AND GOING IN AROUND THE PERIMETER TO THE
 OTHER SIDE.
  
 C. THE EGRESS PATH FOR THE SLUDGE
 STORAGE TERMINATES AT A DOOR STAIR 3
 WHICH IS LABELED EXIT.SEE THE
 DEFINITION OF EXIT, FBC1002.THIS DOOR
 LEADS TO THE MAIN PROCESSING AREA.AS
 THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EXIT COMPONENTS
 OTHER THAN DOORS LEADING TO THE OUTSIDE
 ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THE PATH OF TRAVEL
 SHOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE FARTHEST
 POINT TO THE EXIT DISCHARGE.
  
 D. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE TWO EXITS FOR
 THE SLUDGE STORAGE COMPLY WITH
 FBC1014.2.1(2).PROVIDE DIMENSIONS.
  
 E. FROM THE BUSINESS AREA FROM THE 2ND
 FLOOR, ONE EXIT IS SHOWN AS GOING
 THROUGH THE PROCESSING AREA.SEE
 FBC1013.2 REGARDING ADJOINING AREAS AND
 REGARDING H OCCUPANCY.IF THE OCCUPANCY
 IS DETERMINED TO BE F3 RATHER THAN H,
 THIS NOT ACCESSORY TO THE AREA SERVED,
 IT IS A MIXED OCCUPANCY.THE OTHER EXIT
 TRAVEL DISTANCE TERMINATES AT THE DOOR
 AT THE LANDING, BUT THIS IS NOT AN EXIT
 AS THE STAIR IS NOT PROTECTED, SEE
 FBC1002, FBC1015.2, FBC1015.1.
  
 F. EXITING THROUGH THE DEWATERING AREA
 APPEARS TO GO THROUGH EQUIPMENT.
 GENERALLY EGRESS PATH IS SHOWN AROUND
 THE PERIMETER OF A ROOM.PLEASE REVISE
 OR CLARIFY.
  
 G. WILL THE MECHANICAL ROOM HAVE LOCKS?
 SEE FBC1013.2 AND NOTE ON THE PLAN.
  
 H. UPPER LEVEL PLAN 47 & 50'6" SHOWS A
 MEZZANINE ON THE RIGHT.PROVIDE SQUARE
 FOOT OF THIS AREA.
  
 I.PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN REGARDS
 TO EGRESS FROM THE PROCESSING AREA.IT
 IS NOT CLEAR WHERE THE PATH OF TRAVEL
 WILL BE; WHAT EQUIPMENT IS AT GROUND
 LEVEL AND WHAT EQUIPMENT IS RAISED,
 ALLOWING AN EGRESS PATH BELOW?COMMON
 PATH OF TRAVEL AND PATH OF TRAVEL CANNOT
 BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMATION
 PROVIDED.
  
 17.)IT APPEARS THAT THE SLUDGE STORAGE
 AREAS TRAVEL DISTANCES EXCEED THE COMMON
 PATH OF TRAVEL FBC1013.3, TRAVEL
 DISTANCE FBC TABLE 1015.ON THE LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN, CLEARLY SHOW EXITING FOR
 EACH AREA.
  
 2ND REVIEW - NOT ADDRESSED; SEE ATTACHED
 COMMENTARY IN REGARDS TO COMMON PATH OF
 TRAVEL.SHOW COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL FOR
 ALL AREAS AS WELL AS THE TRAVEL
 DISTANCE.CODE COMPLIANCE CANNOT BE
 DETERMINED UNTIL CORRECT OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION IS ESTABLISHED.
  
 18-19.) ADDRESSED.
  
 20.)IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE USE OF
 THE AREA WITH EQUIPMENT BS302, BS302,
 F301, F302 IS FOR.PLEASE CLARIFY.IT
 DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE MATERIAL FLOW
 SHEETS OR ON OTHER SECTIONS.
  
 2ND REVIEW - YOUR RESPONSE IN THE
 RESPONSE LETTER IS ACKNOWLEDGED.PLEASE
 INCORPORATE INTO THE PLAN AS THE
 RESPONSE LETTER WILL NOT BE A PART OF
 THE PERMIT PACKAGE.
  
 21.)2ND REVIEW, RESPONSE LETTER STATES
 THAT THE MEZZANINE COMPLIES WITH
 FBC505.4(2).SEE ABOVE COMMENT IN
 REGARDS TO THE TWO MEANS OF EGRESS.ONE
 GOES THROUGH AN ADJOINING SPACE, AND THE
 OTHER IS NOT AN EXIT TO THE OUTSIDE AS
 IT GOES THROUGH A STAIRCASE WHICH IS NOT
 PROTECTED.SEE ALSO THE ATTACHED
 COMMENTARY.
  
 A MEZZANINE IS TO BE LOCATED IN A ROOM.
 AS THE AREA BELOW AND AREA ABOVE ARE
 BOTH ENCLOSED, THIS PORTION IS TWO
 STORIES.SEE THE DEFININTIONS FOR
 MEZZANINE AND STORY.THIS IS NOT
 LOCATED BETWEEN THE FLOOR BELOW AND THE
 CEILING ABOVE AS THE CEILING ABOVE THE
 SLUDGE STORAGE ROOM (WHICH HAS A WALL)
 IS THE 2ND FLOOR.THIS AREA IS TWO
 STORIES, NOT A MEZZANINE, BY DEFINITION.
  
 22.)PROVIDE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR
 INTERIOR FINISH CLASSIFICATION, FBC
 TABLE 803.5.
  
 2ND REVIEW, RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT
 THIS IS FOUND IN THE CODE INVESTIGATION
 REPORT.PLEASE INCORPORATE INTO THE
 PLAN.
  
 23.)PROVIDE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR
 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING.ALL PRODUCT
 APPROVALS ARE TO BE REVIEWED BY DESIGNER
 OF RECORD FBC*106.3.3.
  
 2ND REVIEW - ONLY ONE SET SUBMITTED,
 THREE REQUIRED.HAVE THEM REVIEWED BY
 DESIGNER OF RECORD FBC*106.3.3.THIS
 MAY BE DONE WITH A LETTER REFERRING TO
 EACH PRODUCT APPROVAL OR WITH A SHOP
 DRAWING STAMP.
  
 ALSO, PLEASE CORRECT THE FOLLOWING:
  
 A. FL3011-R1, SELECT THE APPROVED
 ASSEMBLY YOU WILL USE.
 THIS WILL BE ISSUED WITH A PROVISO THAT
 IT WILL BE INSTALLED BY A CONTRACTOR
 APPROVED BY BARRETT AS PER NOA
 LIMITATIONS (INFORMATIONAL ONLY).
  
 B. FL4911, SELECT THE APPROVED ASSEMBLY
 YOU WILL USE.
  
 C. FL617-R1 OR FL206, SELECT THE
 APPROVED ASSEMBLY YOU WILL USE.BOTH
 NUMBERS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR THE
 MODIFIED SYSTEMS; BOTH ARE FOR GAF BUT
 ONLY ONE NUMBER SHOULD BE FOR NOA
 03-0430.13.
  
 D. NOA 01-0129.17, TRI-PLY MODIFIED, NOA
 IS EXPIRED.NO FLORIDA STATE PRODUCT
 APPROVAL WAS PROVIDED, BUT TWO DIFFERENT
 NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED FOR GAF.
  
 E. VALUEGUARD ALUMINUM SOFFIT, IS THIS
 INTERIOR?IF THIS IS EXTERIOR, PROVIDE
 FLORIDA STATE PRODUCT APPROVAL, INDICATE
 WHERE THIS WILL BE INSTALLED AT IT
 APPEARS THAT THE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE
 A SOFFIT, AND SPECIFY DESIGN PRESSURES.
  
 F. THE PRODUCT APPROVALS PROVIDED ARE
 FOR DOOR SKINS, NONIMPACT RATED, RATHER
 THAN DOOR ASSEMBLIES.
  
 G. THE INDEX SHEET TITLED "FLORIDA
 (MIAMI-DADE) PRODUCT APPROVAL DATA
 SHEETS" HAS OTHER DOORS LISTED BUT NO
 PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED.NO
 COMPLIANT PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE
 SUBMITTED FOR EXTERIOR DOORS.PRODUCT
 APPROVALS FOR INTERIOR DOORS ARE NOT
 REQUIRED; IF ANY DOORS LISTED ARE
 INTERIOR, PLEASE REMOVE FROM THE LIST.
  
 H. NOA 03-1015.03, OVERHEAD DOOR, 10'
 ROLLING STEEL DOOR, THE NOA PROVIDED IS
 INCOMPLETE.THE SHEET WITH THE DESIGN
 PRESSURES DID NOT PRINT PROPERLY.I
 HAVE PRINTED A NEW ONE FROM
 WWW.MIAMIDADE.GOV (FIND A DEPARTMENT,
 BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE, PRODUCT
 CONTROL SEARCH).WHEN RESUBMITTING,
 PLEASE PROVIDE ONLY COMPLETE PRODUCT
 APPROVALS.TWO DIFFERENT FLORIDA STATE
 PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE REFERENCED; WHICH
 IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS PRODUCT?
  
 I. NOA 03-0929.05, JANUS INTERNATIONAL,
 OVERHEAD DOOR, PRODUCT APPROVAL IS NOT
 COMPLETE AND THE DESIGN PRESSURES ARE
 NOT COMPLIANT FOR ZONE 5 FOR THE DESIGN
 PRESSURES SPECIFIED BY THE ENGINEER ON
 SHEET S01.WHERE WILL THIS DOOR BE
 INSTALLED?
  
 J. NOA 03-0325.03, COOKSON, OVERHEAD
 DOOR, PRODUCT APPROVAL IS NOT COMPLETE.
 NO FLORIDA STATE PRODUCT APPROVAL NUMBER
 WAS PROVIDED.
  
 K. NOA 02-1231.02, CORNELL IRON WORKS,
 20FT ROLLING DOOR, THE PRODUCT APPROVAL
 IS EXPIRED.NO FLORIDA STATE PRODUCT
 APPROVAL NUMBER WAS PROVIDED.THE
 PRODUCT APPROVAL IS NOT COMPLETE.
  
 L. FOUR DIFFERENT NOAS FOR OVERHEAD
 DOORS WERE SUBMITTED.ARE YOU
 INSTALLING ALL OF THEM OR ARE THEY
 OPTIONS?
  
 M. NOA 02-0124.02, TRACO WINDOW, TWO
 DIFFERENT FLORIDA STATE PRODUCT
 APPROVALS WERE PROVIDED.WHICH ONE IS
 FOR THIS PRODUCT?
  
 N. FL2670, PEERLESS, FIXED WINDOW,
 PROVIDE THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
 AND INDICATE WHICH PRODUCT YOU ARE
 USING.PROVIDE OTHER DOCUMENTATION
 (SUCH AS EVALUATION REPORT) FROM THE
 STATE WEBSITE IF AVAILABLE.THE FLORIDA
 STATE PRODUCT APPROVAL IS EXPIRED, 2001
 CODE RATHER THAN 2004 CODE.NOTE THAT
 AS THIS IS BY CERTIFICATION MARK OR
 LISTING NO DESIGN PRESSURES WERE
 REVIEWED.
  
 O. GREENHECK NOAS (00-0929.13,
 02-0415.09, 03-0422.05) FOR THE WALL
 LOUVERS, ALL ARE INCOMPLETE.SOME PAGES
 DID NOT PRINT PROPERLY.
  
 P. NOA 03-1001.01, THE PRODUCT APPROVAL
 IS INCOMPLETE.THE DRAWING IS MISSING.
 THE DESIGN PRESSURE IS USUALLY ON THIS
 PAGE AS WELL AS SIZE LIMITATIONS.THE
 ELEVATIONS REFER TO A LOUVER SYSTEM
 ONLY, NO STRUCTURAL INFORMATION GIVEN
 FOR THE LOUVER WALL ABOVE THE ROOF.
  
 Q. APPENDIX I AND II, PRODUCT APPROVAL
 LISTS WERE SUBMITTED.PLEASE REMOVE AS
 NOT ALL PRODUCTS ARE TO BE INSTALLED ON
 THIS JOB.
  
 R. PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE NOT PROVIDED
 FOR THE WALL PANELS AND ROOF PANELS FOR
 THE CHEMICAL STORAGE STRUCTURE.
  
 24.)ACCESSIBLE ROUTE REQUIRED
 CONNECTING ALL ACCESSIBLE SPACES,
 FBC11-4.1.3(1).NOTE THAT THERE IS NO
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM THE SLUDGE
 RECEIVING AREA 109 TO THE SLUDGE
 RECEIVING 108, TO THE MAIN PROCESSING
 AREA 107, ELEVATOR AT LANDING 101.SEE
 ALSO FBC11-4.1.1(1)(3) REGARDING WORK
 AREAS.
  
 2ND REVIEW ? YOUR RESPONSE THAT IT WOULD
 BE IMPRACTICABLE TO MAKE THE REFERENCED
 AREAS ACCESSIBLE IS NOTED.THE
 REQUIREMENT OF VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY
 FBC11-4.1.2 (HIGHLIGHTED IN GREY IN THE
 CODE BOOK) IS A FLORIDA SPECIFIC CODE
 REQUIREMENT.WAIVERS FROM THE CODE CAN
 BE GRANTED THROUGH APPLICATION TO THE
 STATE OF FLORIDA.SEE FBC11, SECTION C.
  
  
 ALSO SEE
 HTTP://WWW.DCA.STATE.FL.US/FBC/
 /COMMITTEES/ACCESSIBILITY/AAC/1_AAC.HTM
  
 25.)ADDRESSED.
  
 26 - 29.)ADDRESSED.
  
 30.)PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE UL
 ASSEMBLIES SPECIFIED.
  
 31.)ADDRESSED.
  
 32.)YOUR RESPONSE THAT NO SEPARATE
 PERMITS WILL BE REQUIRED IS
 ACKNOWLEDGED.PROVIDE ALL STRUCTURAL
 INFORMATION AT THIS TIME FOR THESE
 ITEMS, INCLUDING THE DUSTROL TANK;
 LOADS, CONCRETE, ANCHORING,
 FBC415.7.2.2, TANK PROTECTION), NFPA30
 (STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLES), FBC1606.1.3
 (ANCHORING TO PREVENT OVERTURNING).SEE
 ALSO FBC415.7.1.1, AND FBC415.7.1.5,
 GRAIN ELEVATORS AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES;
 THIS APPEARS TO APPLY TO THE STORAGE
 SILO (PROVIDE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO
 CONSTRUCTION TYPE, HEIGHT).
  
 33.)E01 STATES THAT CALCULATIONS FOR
 THE LIGHT POLE WILL BE REQUIRED.NOTE
 THAT CALCULATIONS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURE
 ARE REQUIRED ALSO.
  
 34.)THE SIGNATURES ON THE ELECTRICAL
 SHEETS APPEAR TO BE A PHOTOCOPY OF A
 STAMP.WET SIGNATURE REQUIRED PER FBPE.
  
 2ND REVIEW-? NOT ADDRESSED; ONE COPY OF
 PLANS RETAINED BY ELECTRIC REVIEWER FOR
 POSSIBLE SUBMITTAL TO FBPE.
  
 35-36.) ADDRESSED.
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 37.) SEE FBC307.3 THROUGH 307.5.THE
 HAZARD ANALYSIS CLASSIFIED THREE OF THE
 MATERIALS USED IN PROCESSING AND STORED
 IN THE PROPOSED BUILDING AS H4.THE
 REPORT DID NOT ADDRESS THE CHEMICALS AS
 RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FBC307.3
 THROUGH 307.5.FBC307.3 "BUILDINGS AND
 STRUCTURES CONTAINING MATERIALS THAT
 POSE A DEFLAGRATION HAZARD . . ."
 CLASSIFIES THE BUILDING AS H2.THE
 HAZARD REPORT ADDRESSED THE DEFLAGRATION
 RISK AND EXPLAINED THAT HAZARDS ARE
 PREVENTED; BUT DOESN?T THE RISK ITSELF
 PUT THIS BUILDING IN H2 CLASSIFICATION?
  
 38.) SEE FBC414.1.3.IT APPEARS THAT
 PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING MAY HAVE H4
 OCCUPANCY, AND MAY ALSO HAVE A
 CLASSIFICATION OF H2 OR H3.INCORPORATE
 THE REQUIRED INFORMATION (SOME OF WHICH
 IS IN THE HAZARDS ANALYSIS) INTO THE
 PLAN.ADDRESS QUANTITIES OF HAZARDOUS
 MATERIALS WHICH WILL BE USED DURING
 PROCESSING.
  
 39.) IN THE RESPONSE LETTER, YOU
 REFERRED TO MEETINGS WITH FIRE AND THE
 HAZARDS ANALYSIS REPORT AND TO PREVIOUS
 MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE
 CARSILLO AND JAKE LEAHY.PLEASE NOTE
 THAT COMPLIANCE WITH FBC2004 IS REQUIRED
 IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA,
 AND ALSO THAT PAPERWORK SUBMITTED
 SEPARATELY FROM THE PERMIT PACKAGE
 (APPLICATION, PLANS, SPECS, ETC.), MAY
 NOT BE AVAILABLE TO OTHER REVIEWERS.
  
 40.) THREE COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS
 REQUIRED.A STACK OF UNCOLLATED PAPERS
 WAS SUBMITTED WHICH INCLUDED COPIES OF
 THE HAZARD ANALYSIS AND MSDS SHEETS.
 PLEASE PROVIDE ALL DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE
 REQUIRED TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE IN A
 MORE ORGANIZED FORMAT; THREE DISTINCT
 COPIES, PREFERABLY INDEXED AND TABBED.
  
 THIS MAY BE DONE EITHER WITH A SHOP
 DRAWING REVIEW STAMP OR A COVER LETTER
 REFERRING TO EACH PRODUCT APPROVAL.
  
 41.) THE HAZARD REPORT IS DATED AUGUST,
 2005 AND REFERS TO FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE.SECTION 2.3 BUILDING
 CLASSIFICATION (HAZARD REPORT) STATES
 "BASED ON SECTION 307 OF THE GROUP H . .
 . BUILDINGS ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE
 DEFLAGRATION HAZARDS IF COMBUSTIBLE
 DUSTS ARE STORED IN PILES OR WITHIN OPEN
 CONTAINERS . . . "
  
 THE SECTION QUOTED REGARDING COMBUSTIBLE
 DUSTS WAS FROM FBC2001, SECTION 308.
 FBC2004 307.2, H2 OCCUPANCY STATES
 "BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES CONTAINING
 MATERIALS THAT POSE A DEFLAGRATION
 HAZARD OR A HAZARD FROM ACCELERATED
 BURNING SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS GROUP
 H2."IT APPEARS FROM THE REPORTS
 PROVIDED THAT A DEFLAGRATION HAZARD DOES
 EXIST IN THE BUILDING.THE HAZARD
 ANALYSIS STATES ". . . THE DRYING
 PROCESS HAS POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OR
 DEFLAGRATION."IT APPEARS THAT THERE
 ARE TWO HAZARDS WHICH WOULD CLASSIFY THE
 AREAS AS H2; THE STORED SLUDGE,
 COMBUSTIBLE DUSTS.
  
 PLEASE REVISE THE HAZARD ANALYSIS TO
 REFER TO FBC2004.THE HAZARD ANALYSIS
 WAS APPARENTLY PREPARED IN A PRELIMINARY
 DESIGN STAGE.THE DESIGN OF THE
 BUILDING CHANGED AND THE GOVERNING CODE
 CHANGED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005.
  
 42.) THE HAZARD ANALYSIS, PAGE 20, TABLE
 2, SHOWS THAT QUANTITIES OF CHEMICALS
 WHICH WOULD CLASSIFY THE BUILDING (OR
 PORTION OF THE BUILDING) AS H4 WILL BE
 STORED IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT EXEMPTED
 IN FBC TABLE 307.2(2).THE REPORT
 STATES THAT THE H4 MATERIALS WILL BE
 STORED IN QUANTITIES IN EXCESS OF THE
 EXEMPT AMOUNT WITH A 2 HOUR WALL WITH AN
 F3 CLASSIFICATION, WHICH WOULD NOT BE
 PERMITTED, BUT THE PLAN SHOWS THESE
 CHEMICALS AS STORED IN ANOTHER
 STRUCTURE.AS THE HAZARD ANALYSIS WAS
 PREPARED PRIOR TO FINALIZATION OF THE
 DESIGN, PLEASE REVISE TO BE CONSISTENT
 WITH THE PLANS SUBMITTED FOR
 APPLICATION.
  
 43.) WHAT QUANTITY OF THE CORROSIVE
 CHEMICALS WILL BE USED IN THE PROCESSING
 AREA?
  
 44.) THE MAXIMUM VOLUME, STORED, OF
 DUSTROL 3010 (OR EQUIVALENT) FIELD WAS
 LEFT BLANK (PAGE 20, TABLE 2).IT
 INDICATES N/A, STORED OUTSIDE, AND THE
 NOTE "STORAGE BELOW EXEMPT AMOUNT".
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE VOLUME.INDICATE
 DISTANCE ON THE SITE PLAN.SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE DISTANCE
 REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA 30, 4.3.2 AND NFPA
 430.NOTE THAT IT APPEARS CLOSE TO THE
 CHEMICAL STORAGE STRUCTURE.NO
 INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN REGARDS TO
 THE STORAGE TANK.
  
 45.)SEE FBC307.1 THROUGH 307.5.THE
 HAZARD ANALYSIS DID NOT ADDRESS
 OXIDIZERS BUT THE SHEET PREPARED BY
 CRAWFORD INDUSTRIAL GROUP IS AN OXIDIZER
 PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM.ARE ALL OXIDIZERS
 USED OUTSIDE?WHAT DISTANCE FROM THE
 BUILDING?
  
 46.) AS YOU HAVE DECLARED F3 OCCUPANCY
 ON THE PLAN, IN THE RESPONSE LETTER, AND
 IN THE HAZARD REPORT, BUT SHOW USE AND
 STORAGE OF CHEMICALS WHICH MAY CLASSIFY
 THE BUILDING OR PORTION OF BUILDING AS
 H4, AND SHOW 2 HOUR FIRE SEPARATIONS, IT
 APPEARS THAT YOU ARE CLASSIFYING THESE
 AREAS AS INCIDENTAL OR ACCESSORY USE.
 PLEASE CLARIFY YOUR CLASSIFICATION AS F3
 AS IT APPEARS TO BE H4 OR AN OCCUPANCY
 WITH MULTIPLE HAZARDS FBC307.8.THE
 PRELIMINARY CODE INVESTIGATION PREPARED
 BY RCT DATED APRIL 19, 2006 REFERS TO
 BOTH INCIDENTAL AND ACCESSORY USE.HOW
 THE CODE REFERENCES IN THE REPORT APPLY
 TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF YOUR PROJECT
 IS NOT CLEAR.IF YOUR INTENTION IS TO
 RESUBMIT THE PLANS WITH AN F3 OCCUPANCY
 A THIRD TIME (RATHER THAN H), PLEASE
 CONTACT ME TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE PRIOR
 TO RESUBMITTAL.
  
 47.) THE RESPONSE LETTER AND CODE
 INVESTIGATION REPORT ARE USEFUL IN
 EXPEDITING PLAN REVIEW.HOWEVER, THEY
 WILL NOT BE A PART OF THE ISSUED PERMIT
 PACKAGE UNLESS SIGNED, SEALED, AND
 DATED.ALL RESPONSES WHICH SHOW CODE
 COMPLIANCE ARE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO
 THE PLAN.THE HAZARD ANALYSIS WILL BE A
 PART OF THE PERMIT PACKAGE, AND IS TO BE
 SIGNED, SEALED, AND DATED.
  
 48.) C12, ACCESSIBLE PARKING, THE FEE IS
 $250 RATHER THAN $100, CITY OF WEST PALM
 BEACH RESOLUTION #390-03, SECTION 2, #D.
  
 49.) OLD SHEETS WERE NOT SUBMITTED.NO
 CHANGES WERE CLOUDED, AND EVERY SHEET
 WAS CHANGED.IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE
 CLEARLY INDICATE CHANGES WITH CLOUDS AND
 REVISION NUMBERS, REPLACE ONLY SHEETS
 WHICH HAVE BEEN REVISED, AND SUBMIT THE
 OLD VOIDED SHEETS SEPARATELY FOR
 REFERENCE.
  
 50.) COMBUSTIBLES IN CONCEALED SPACES
 NOT ALLOWED IN TYPE II CONSTRUCTION,
 PLYWOOD ABOVE ALUMINUM SOFFIT, A09,
 FBC707.1.
  
 51.) THE CHEMICAL STORAGE STRUCTURE IS
 TO COMPLY WITH FBC TABLE 601.PROVIDE
 INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE STRUCTURE
 (CONSTRUCTION TYPE, AREA, THE DISTANCE
 TO ASSUMED PROPERTY LINE) AND SHOW
 COMPLIANCE.IF THIS IS A SEPARATE
 STRUCTURE, BOTH STRUCTURES (MAIN
 PROCESSING BUILDING AND THE CHEMICAL
 STORAGE STRUCTURE) ARE TO COMPLY WITH
 THE FIRE RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF
 TABLE 601.IF THIS IS A PART OF THE
 MAIN PROCESSING BUILDING, THIS AREA IS H
 OCCUPANCY, SHOULD BE SHOWN ON THE PLAN
 AS MIXED OCCUPANCY, AND THIS AREA
 INCLUDED IN THE AREA CALCULATIONS.
  
 52.) THE STAIRWAY, ELEVATOR AND LANDING
 IS A PART OF THE BUSINESS OCCUPANCY.NO
 FIRE PROTECTION IS SHOWN ON THE FIRST
 FLOOR.SEE ALSO FBC1018.3, EXIT
 CONTINUITY.IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THIS IS
 INTENDED TO BE A VERTICAL EXIT, FBC1019,
 OR AN EXTERIOR STAIR, FBC1022.
  
 53.) A15 STATES THAT THE TILT WALL
 CONSTRUCTION IS TO COMPLY WITH PALM
 BEACH COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.CORRECT AHJ
 IS CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH.
  
 54.) INCLUDE THE CATWALKS IN THE AREA
 CALCULATIONS.THEY ARE TO COMPLY WITH
 FBC505.5.
  
 55.) S01, PRESSURES ARE GIVEN FOR THE
 ROOF ENCLOSURE.THEY ARE ALL WALL
 PRESSURES.WHAT ARE THE ROOF PRESSURES?
  
  
 56.) S01, CONCRETE CAST PERMANENTLY
 AGAINST THE EARTH IS TO HAVE 3IN MINIMUM
 COVER, FBC TABLE 1907.7.1.THIS
 DIMENSION IS NOT PROVIDED IN THE
 SPECIFICATION.IT IS SHOWN ON SOME BUT
 NOT ALL OF THE DETAILS.
  
 57.) WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A
 CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT?CONCRETE
 COVERAGE IS TO COMPLY WITH FBC1907.7.5,
 ACI 381 7.7.5.
  
 58.)THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE BUSINESS
 AREA SHOULD BE 48 RATHER THAN 47 (ROUND
 UP), FBC1004.1.2.
  
 59.)SEE FBC414.1.3.A FLOOR PLAN IS
 TO BE PROVIDED IDENTIFYING THE LOCATIONS
 OF ANTICIPATED CONTENTS AND PROCESSES TO
 REFLECT THE NATURE OF EACH OCCUPIED
 PORTION OF THE BUILDING.INCLUDE
 AMOUNTS OF EACH OF THE THREE CHEMICALS,
 THE END PRODUCT, METHANE GAS IN THE
 SLUDGE STORAGE AREA, ANY OTHER PERTINENT
 INFORMATION.SEE ALSO FBC307.1,
 DEFINITION OF CONTROL AREAS, AND FBC
 TABLES 307.7(1) AND (2).THERE IS
 CONFLICT BETWEEN THE HAZARD ANALYSIS AND
 PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT AND THE PLAN.
 ALSO SHOW ANY DOUBLE CONTAINMENT
 REQUIRED FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
  
 60.)I HAVE RETAINED ONE COPY OF THE
 HAZARD ANALYSIS.NOTE THAT THIS BOUND
 REPORT IS 19 PAGES; THE LOOSE ONE (WHICH
 I HAVE STAPLED) IS 20.IT APPEARS TO BE
 A PRINTING ISSUE.PLEASE CONFIRM THAT
 THE REPORTS ARE THE SAME AND WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, ALL THREE COPIES ARE TO BE
 IDENTICAL.NOTE THAT I HAVE ALSO
 RETAINED ONE COPY OF EACH OF THE MSDS.
 THIS IS SO THAT I MAY HAVE THEM FOR
 REFERENCE IF THE DESIGNER OF RECORD
 CONTACTS ME TO DISCUSS.
  
 61.)THE HAZARD ANALYSIS STATES THAT IT
 IS TO BE SUBMITTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT.ONLY ONE
 COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT
 WAS SUBMITTED.PROVIDE THREE ORIGINALS
 OF ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SHOW CODE
 COMPLIANCE.
  
 62.)WILL THE CHEMICAL STORAGE AND SILO
 BE SPRINKLED?IF NOT, WILL THEY HAVE
 OTHER FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS?
  
 63.)THE MSDS STATES THAT SULFURIC ACID
 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SODIUM HYDROXIDE.
 PROVIDE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO HOW
 THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED.THEY ARE STORED
 IN THE SAME OUTDOOR STRUCTURE WITH A
 WALL IN BETWEEN.PROVIDE INFORMATION IN
 REGARDS TO THE WALL.HOW WILL YOU
 PREVENT ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE OF ONE
 CHEMICAL TO THE OTHER, SUCH AS DURING
 THE EVENT OF A WINDSTORM?
  
 64.)THE MSDS STATES THAT SODIUM
 HYDROXIDE SOLUTION IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH
 CHLORO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.DO ANY OF THE
 OTHER CHEMICALS FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY
 OF CHEMICALS?
  
 65.)THE MSDS STATE THAT SULFURIC ACID
 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH METALS, AND SODIUM
 HYDROXIDE CAN REACT WITH METALS TO FORM
 FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN GAS.THE PLAN A25
 STATES THAT THE METAL WILL BE COATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS.
 NOTE COATINGS ON THE PLAN, AND ALSO SEE
 COMMENT ABOVE IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL
 EXPOSURE OF THE CHEMICALS TO THE STEEL
 STRUCTURE.
  
 66.)IS THERE A MOISTURE MONITORING
 SYSTEM FOR THE SILO?WILL SYSTEMS BE
 MONITORED BY ALARMS?
  
 67.)SEE FBC414.3, HAZARD OCCUPANCY,
 MANUAL SHUTOFF FOR VENTILATION EQUIPMENT
 REQUIRED.
  
 68.)IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THERE IS A
 HAZARD FROM METHANE GASES FOR THE SLUDGE
 STORAGE AREA.IF THIS PORTION OF THE
 BUILDING IS F3, OCCUPANCY SEPARATION IS
 REQUIRED BETWEEN THIS TWO STORY AREA AND
 THE PROCESSING AREA.IF THIS IS H2, ONE
 STORY ALLOWED FBC TABLE 503.THE
 REDUCED HAZARD (SLUDGE CAKE COMPARED TO
 SLUDGE) WAS ADDRESSED IN THE LETTER
 DATED MAY 2, 2005 PREPARED BY HDR AND
 ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN MIKE CARSILLO.THE
 PLANS ARE MARKED SLUDGE STORAGE; IS THIS
 SLUDGE OR SLUDGE CAKE?THE REPORT
 MENTIONS SLUDGE CAKE GOING THROUGH THE
 DRYING PROCESS, BUT DOES NOT MENTION THE
 DEWATERING AREA FUNCTION.
  
 69.)THE LETTER ALSO STATES THAT FUEL
 WILL BE STORED ON SITE FOR THE EMERGENCY
 GENERATOR.WHERE WILL THE FUEL BE
 STORED, AND IN WHAT QUANTITY?
  
 70.)FBC414.5.4, STANDBY POWER
 REQUIRED.PLEASE PROVIDE ALL
 INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE GENERATOR
 WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
  
 71.)SEE PLUMBING COMMENTS REGARDING
 ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM STALL.
  
 72.)SEE PLUMBING COMMENTS REGARDING
 THE ROOF DRAINS.
  
 73.)SEE ALSO FBC414.6.1 REGARDING
 OUTSIDE STORAGE SHELTERS FOR HAZARDOUS
 CHEMICALS.
  
 74.)SEE FBC415.7.1.2 REGARDING
 OPERATIONS THAT PRODUCE COMBUSTIBLE
 DUSTS.HOW DOES THIS REQUIREMENT AFFECT
 THE CYCLONE SEPARATOR AND THE SCREENING
 PROCESS?IT APPEARS THAT THESE TWO
 PROCESSES GENERATE COMBUSTIBLE DUSTS.
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