| Date |
Text |
| 2007-11-05 11:18:01 | REVIEW #: 2ND |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | FBC 2004 CODE FAMILY W/ 2005 AND 2006 SUPPLEMENTS FBC |
| | CH.1 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
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| | THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE NUMBERED TO CORRESPOND WITH |
| | PREVIOUS REVIEW COMMENTS AS WELL AS DESIGNER'S WRITTEN |
| | RESPONSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUITY. |
| | |
| | NOTE: THERE WAS NO WRITTEN RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS |
| | MECHANICAL REVIEW COMMENTS IN THIS SUBMITTAL PACKAGE. |
| | PLANS WILL BE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE IF PREVIOUS |
| | COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED. |
| | |
| | 1. NOT ADDRESSED. INFORMATION IS STILL MISSING ON |
| | PLANS. |
| | |
| | 2. NOT ADDRESSED. |
| | |
| | 3. NO VENTILATION (OUTSIDE AIR) CALCULATIONS OR |
| | INFORMATION PROVIDED. OCCUPANCY AND OCCUPANT LOAD FOR |
| | PURPOSES OF VENTILATION SHALL BE DETERMINED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH FBC,M TABLE 403.3 PROVIDE CALCULATIONS |
| | SHOWING OCCUPANCY, OCCUPANT LOAD, O.A. REQUIRED AND |
| | O.A. PROVIDED. ALSO, PROVIDE BATHROOM EXHAUST FAN |
| | INFORMATION ON EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE SHOWING MAKE/MODEL, |
| | CFM AND MEANS OF CONTROL. ALSO SHOW DISCHARGE LOCATION |
| | OF BATH EXHAUST IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC,M 401.5. NOTE: |
| | BATH EXHAUST FAN IS NOT SHOWN ON ELECTRICAL PLANS. HOW |
| | WILL THIS FAN BE POWERED? |
| | |
| | 4. AIR BALANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE SPACE HAS NOT BEEN |
| | PROVIDED. PLEASE READ PREVIOUS COMMENT AND PROVIDE ALL |
| | REQUESTED INFORMATION TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE |
| | SECTIONS AS PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED. NOTE: IT IS |
| | PROHIBITED TO HAVE RETURN AIR IN THE KITCHEN FOR |
| | NON-DEDICATED KITCHEN HVAC SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | FBC,M 407.1. |
| | |
| | 5. NOT ADDRESSED. NO INFORMATION PROVIDED. SEE PREVIOUS |
| | REVIEW COMMENT. |
| | |
| | 6. WITHOUT A WRITTEN RESPONSE, THE FOLLOWING IS NOTED |
| | BASED ON INFORMATION ON PLANS AND SUBMITTALS: |
| | A) PLAN INDICATES A/C IS NEW AND EXISTING. ONLY ONE |
| | SYSTEM IS SHOWN ON PLAN. ARE THERE TWO SYSTEMS? ONLY |
| | ONE IS LISTED ON EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE. |
| | B) FLOOR PLAN SHOWS A ?CU #5 ON ROOF.? IS THIS A |
| | ROOFTOP PACKAGE UNIT AS INDICATED BY EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE |
| | AND MANUAL J FORM OR A SPLIT SYSTEM WITH AHU AND CU? IS |
| | THIS THE NEW SYSTEM OR THE EXISTING SYSTEM? |
| | C) THE RTU LISTED ON PLAN DOES NOT MATCH THE RTU LISTED |
| | ON MANUAL J FORM. |
| | D) THE GAS RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS AN EXISTING 4 TON RTU ON |
| | ROOF. THIS DOES NOT MATCH ANY OF THE OTHER SUPPLIED |
| | INFORMATION. THERE IS ALSO A GAS LINE SHOWN GOING TO |
| | THE RTU FOR HEAT WHILE THE ELECTRICAL PLAN SHOWS A 5KW |
| | HEAT STRIP. |
| | E) ELECTRICAL PLAN SHOWS SERVICE FOR ONE AHU AND ONE CU |
| | FOR ONE SPLIT SYSTEM. WHERE IS THE 2ND SYSTEM ON |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS? THE LETTER FROM A & J TECHNOLOGIES, |
| | INC. INDICATES THAT A NEW UNIT IS SIZED TO PROVIDE |
| | ADDITIONAL COOLING REQUIRED BY THE KITCHEN. IS THE ONE |
| | EXISTING SYSTEM BEING REPLACED OR IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL |
| | SYSTEM? IN ANY EVENT, THE ELECTRICAL SHOWS ONLY ONE |
| | SPLIT SYSTEM. THE ACTUAL NATURE OF THE WORK TO BE |
| | PERFORMED CAN NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. |
| | F) THE LETTER INDICATES THAT A & J TECHNOLOGIES HAS |
| | DESIGNED THIS A/C SYSTEM. IN ORDER TO PERFORM DESIGN OF |
| | THIS COMMERCIAL SYSTEM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE |
| | LICENSED AS AN ENGINEERING BUSINESS UNDER FS 471 OR AS |
| | A MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR UNDER FS 489. PROVIDE ALL |
| | RELEVANT LICENSE INFORMATION FOR THIS COMPANY. SEE FBC |
| | 105.3.1.2(4). |
| | |
| | 7. AIRFLOW ON SCHEDULE NOW SHOWS 1300 CFM, BUT WE STILL |
| | DON?T KNOW THE CFM OF THE 6 INCH DROP IN THE KITCHEN. |
| | THIS NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED BASED ON WHAT EQUIPMENT IS |
| | ACTUALLY BEING USED AND WHAT IS REQUIRED BASED ON THE |
| | MANUAL J SUBMITTED. |
| | |
| | 8. NOTE 9 HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE IS NO LONGER A |
| | CONFLICT. HOWEVER, NOTE 4 NOW STATES 1\ INCH R-6 DUCT. |
| | GENERALLY 1 ? INCH IS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE R-6. PLEASE |
| | CORRECT NOTE OR PROVIDE DUCT MANUFACTURER?S SUBMITTAL |
| | TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. |
| | |
| | 9 AND 10. NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE |
| | COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM OTHER THAN A NOTE FOR |
| | CFM ON HE MANUAL J FORM. PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR A |
| | COMPLETE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM, |
| | DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH FBC,M SECTIONS 505 |
| | THROUGH 509. |
| | |
| | 11. THIS COMMENT STILL STANDS AS SIGNIFICANT |
| | INFORMATION IS STILL MISSING. |
| | |
| | ENERGY CALCULATIONS: METHOD A COMPLIANCE FORM IS NOT |
| | AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT AS THIS IS NOT A WHOLE |
| | BUILDING. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM PRESCRIPTIVE |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL NEW COMPONENTS BEING INSTALLED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 13-400.0.C.4. |
| | |
| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT: |
| | RONALD J. REGUEIRO |
| | 561.805.6719 |
| | [email protected] |
