| Date |
Text |
| 2007-11-29 14:33:58 | REVIEW #: 2ND |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
| | |
| | FBC 2004 CODE FAMILY W/ 2007 AMENDMENTS |
| | FBC CH.1 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | |
| | NOTE: MECHANICAL RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS WERE NOT |
| | SUBMITTED WITH THE PERMIT PACKAGE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS |
| | WERE MADE TO CONTACT DESIGNER AND OBTAIN COMMENTS |
| | BEFORE THEY WERE PROVIDED. AFTER WAITING FROM 11/17/07 |
| | TO 11/28/07 THE REVIEW WAS STARTED WITHOUT THE |
| | RESPONSES. THE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED ON 11/29/07 |
| | AFTER THE REVIEW WAS UP TO COMMENT #11. |
| | |
| | THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE NUMBERED TO CORRESPOND WITH |
| | PREVIOUS REVIEW COMMENTS AS WELL AS DESIGNER'S WRITTEN |
| | RESPONSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUITY. |
| | |
| | 1. THIS COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. THIS PERMIT |
| | WILL NOT BE ISSUED PRIOR TO A PASSED FINAL INSPECTION |
| | OF THE BASE BUILDING WITHOUT A SHOP DRAWING REVIEW OF |
| | THESE PLANS BY THE BASE BUILDING DESIGNERS OF RECORD. |
| | IT IS NOTED THAT THE BASE BUILDING IS CLOSE TO FINAL AT |
| | THIS TIME. |
| | |
| | 2. METHOD A COMPLIANCE FOR A TENANT BUILD-OUT IN AN |
| | UNFINISHED SHELL BUILDING IS NOT THE CORRECT METHOD OF |
| | COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 13-101.1.6. ALSO, IF |
| | THE BASE BUILDING IS COMPLETE PRIOR TO RESUBMITTAL, |
| | COMPLIANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED AND DEMONSTRATED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 13-400.0.C.4. METHOD A COMPLIANCE |
| | IS FOR A WHOLE BUILDING AND THIS IS NOT A WHOLE |
| | BUILDING PERMIT. |
| | |
| | 3. EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO CORRESPOND |
| | WITH OUTSIDE AIR CALCULATIONS. PLEASE SEE COMMENT #4 |
| | BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. |
| | |
| | 4. FBC, M TABLE 403.3 DOES NOT MAKE ANY PROVISIONS FOR |
| | REDUCING THE RATE OF OUTSIDE AIR BY 50% BASED ON THE |
| | DURATION OF OCCUPANCY. NOTE THAT THE DESIGNER HAS THE |
| | OPTION OF DESIGNING THE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM |
| | TO ASHRAE 62.1-2004 IN LIEU OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 403.1 THROUGH SECTION 403.3. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO |
| | PROVISIONS FOR USING PARTS OF SECTION 403 AND PARTS OF |
| | ASHRAE 62.1. THE DESIGNER SHALL DECLARE WHICH METHOD IS |
| | TO BE USED AND DESIGN BY THAT METHOD EXCLUSIVELY IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH FBC, M 403.4. NOTE: IF THE DESIGNER |
| | CHOOSES TO DESIGN PER ASHRAE 62.1, THE MECHANICAL |
| | VENTILATION SYSTEM WILL BE REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THAT STANDARD, NOT JUST |
| | OUTSIDE AIR RATES. |
| | |
| | 5. OK |
| | |
| | 6. OK |
| | |
| | 7. OK |
| | |
| | 8. THE AIR BALANCE SCHEDULE SHOWS A POSITIVE PRESSURE |
| | OF 1410 CFM. WHILE FBC 13-409.1.ABC.2 REQUIRES THE |
| | BUILDING TO BE PRESSURIZED, COMPLIANCE WITH FBC, M |
| | 403.1 SHALL ALSO BE SHOWN. THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY AIR |
| | SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF RETURN |
| | AND EXHAUST AIR AS REQUIRED BY FBC, M 403.1. SUPPLY AIR |
| | IS SHOWN AT 12,000 CFM AND RETURN PLUS EXHAUST IS SHOWN |
| | AT 10,590 CFM. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 201.3, WORDS NOT |
| | DEFINED IN THE FBC SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS IN WEBSTER?S |
| | THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH |
| | LANGUAGE, UNABRIDGED. APPROXIMATE IS DEFINED AS "NEARLY |
| | CORRECT OR EXACT." THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE TWO CODE |
| | SECTIONS TOGETHER WOULD REQUIRE THESE NUMBERS TO BE |
| | NEARLY EQUAL, WITH A SLIGHT VARIATION TO THE POSITIVE |
| | SIDE AND THE OUTSIDE AIR BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO |
| | THE AMOUNT OF EXHAUST. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THESE |
| | SECTIONS. |
| | |
| | 9. OK. MANUAL BALANCING DAMPERS ARE SHOWN ON PLAN. THIS |
| | IS NOT THE SAME AS SHUTOFF DAMPER CONTROLS AS STATED IN |
| | COMMENT #11 BELOW. |
| | |
| | 10. SEE COMMENT #8 ABOVE. |
| | |
| | 11. THIS ISSUE WAS NOT ADDRESSED ON PLANS. DESIGNER'S |
| | RESPONSE STATES "NO MOTORIZED DAMPERS USED." IF NO |
| | MOTORIZED DAMPERS HAVE BEEN USED, THEN BY WHAT MEANS |
| | HAS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION BEEN DEMONSTRATED? |
| | MANUAL DAMPERS DO NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. SHOW |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH FBC 13-409.1.ABC.3.4. |
| | |
| | 12. THE EXAMPLE GIVEN IN PREVIOUS COMMENT WAS THE |
| | CONFERENCE ROOM. PLANS NOW SHOW 1200 CFM SUPPLY WITH |
| | 940 CFM RETURN. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR ONLY 260 CFM |
| | OUTSIDE AIR. THE OUTSIDE AIR SCHEDULE SHOWS 500 CFM |
| | OUTSIDE AIR IS REQUIRED IN THIS ROOM IF THE SYSTEM IS |
| | DESIGNED TO ASHRAE 62.1-2004 (SEE COMMENT #4 ABOVE). |
| | SHOW AN AIR BALANCE IN ALL HIGH-OCCUPANCY AREAS WHICH |
| | WILL ALLOW FOR COMPLIANCE WITH OUTSIDE AIR |
| | REQUIREMENTS. |
| | |
| | 13. BASED ON THE A/C SYMBOL LEGEND ON PG M1, DUCT |
| | MOUNTED SMOKE DETECTORS ARE NOT SHOWN ON PLANS. ALSO, |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS ONLY SHOW PROVISIONS FOR TWO DUCT |
| | SMOKE DETECTORS ON AC-1 AND AC-6. SEE PG E2 FLOOR PLAN |
| | AND E4 FIRE ALARM RISER. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC, M |
| | 606.2.1 AND 606.4.1. COORDINATE MECHANICAL AND |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THESE |
| | SECTIONS. |
| | |
| | 14. OK |
| | |
| | 15. RESPONSE TO THIS COMMENT PROVIDED BY ARCHITECT. |
| | NOTE ON TITLE PAGE STATES THAT STANDS ON ROOF WERE |
| | INSTALLED AS PART OF BASE BUILDING PERMIT AND HAVE |
| | MIAMI-DADE NOA. THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. HOWEVER, THE MEANS |
| | BY WHICH THE CONDENSERS ATTACH TO THE STAND IS PART OF |
| | THE NOA AND THEREFORE SHALL BE A PART OF THIS PERMIT TO |
| | GOVERN THE INSTALLATION OF THE CONDENSING UNITS FOR |
| | THIS PERMIT. PLEASE PROVIDE THE NOA FOR THE PREVIOUSLY |
| | INSTALLED STANDS HEN RESUBMITTING PLANS. OPTION: |
| | PROVIDE NOA # AND THE CORRESPONDING ATTACHMENT DETAIL |
| | ON PLANS. |
| | |
| | 16. DESIGNER'S RESPONSE: "THIS DETAIL FITS MOST AC |
| | UNITS." MOST AC UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN SPECIFIED FOR THIS |
| | PROJECT. ONLY ONE BRAND HAS BEEN SPECIFIED. IN FACT THE |
| | CARRIER MODEL FA4C AIR HANDLER INSTALLATION |
| | INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH THE DETAIL AS SHOWN |
| | ON PLANS. SEE PAGE FROM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS |
| | ATTACHED TO THESE COMMENTS. PROVIDE DETAIL WHICH |
| | CORRESPONDS TO THE ONE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS OR REMOVE |
| | DETAIL FROM PLANS. A NOTE INSTRUCTING TRAP TO BE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE |
| | SUFFICIENT TO DEMONSTRATE CODE COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH FBC, M 307.2.4. |
| | |
| | 17. PLEASE SEE COMMENT #2 ABOVE REGARDING ENERGY CODE |
| | COMPLIANCE. |
| | |
| | NOTE: THE DESIGNER'S COMMENTS WERE NUMBERED INCORRECTLY |
| | AS COMMENT #1 WAS SKIPPED. THEREFORE, THESE COMMENTS |
| | WILL NOT CORRESPOND WITH DESIGNER'S RESPONSE. SEE FIRST |
| | ROUND REVIEW COMMENTS FOR CORRECT NUMBERING SEQUENCE. |
| | |
| | NOTE: DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WHICH IS STILL |
| | OUTSTANDING, ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMMENTS ARE POSSIBLE |
| | BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH NEXT |
| | RESUBMITTAL. |
| | |
| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT: |
| | RONALD J. REGUEIRO |
| | 561.805.6719 |
| | [email protected] |
