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| 2008-02-15 11:22:31 | REVIEW #: 1ST |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | FBC 2004 CODE FAMILY W/ 2007 SUPPLEMENTS |
| | FBC CH.1 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
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| | 1. M200: THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS |
| | FLOOR PLAN WHERE DUCTS ARE SHOWN PENETRATING FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE RATED WALL ASSEMBLIES WITHOUT ANY OPENING |
| | PROTECTIVE. EXAMPLE: FAN ROOM 14-312 IS FULLY ENCLOSED |
| | IN TYPE 2A WALLS, WHICH CARRY A 1-HOUR RATING AS SHOWN |
| | ON PG A1002. THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO DUCTS EXITING THIS |
| | ROOM WITHOUT FIRE DAMPERS AT THE WALL PENETRATIONS. |
| | THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER INSTANCES. PLEASE COORDINATE |
| | FLOOR PLANS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND MECHANICAL, SHOWING |
| | OPENING PROTECTIVES WHERE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | FBC, M 607.5. |
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| | 2. M200: CONVERSELY, THERE IS A FIRE DAMPER SHOWN IN A |
| | 24X10 DUCT PENETRATING A TYPE 6 WALL (NON RATED |
| | ACCORDING TO PG A1002) NEAR COLUMN LINE F. A FIRE |
| | DAMPER IS SHOWN AT THIS LOCATION. FIRE DAMPERS ARE TO |
| | BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LISTING PER FBC, |
| | M 607.2. THE SPECIFIC BRAND OF FIRE DAMPER IS NOT KNOWN |
| | AT THIS TIME BUT THE LISTING LIKELY REQUIRES THAT IT BE |
| | INSTALLED IN A RATED ASSEMBLY. AGAIN, PLEASE COORDINATE |
| | MECHANICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLANS ACCORDINGLY. |
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| | 3. M200: EF-1 AND SF-1 SHOW NEW LOUVERS TO BE INSTALLED |
| | IN EXTERIOR WALLS. LOUVERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS PANEL |
| | WALLS PER FAC RULE 9B-72 AND AS SUCH, PRODUCT APPROVAL |
| | IS REQUIRED. PROVIDE PRODUCT APPROVAL FOR BUILDING PLAN |
| | REVIEW. PRODUCT APPROVALS SHALL BE APPROVED IN WRITING |
| | BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL TO THIS |
| | OFFICE FOR REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 106.3.3. |
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| | 4. M200: THE LOUVER OPENING FOR EF-1 MAY BE IN A 2-HOUR |
| | RATED EXTERIOR WALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC TABLE 602. |
| | BASED ON THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED, IT IS UNCLEAR AS |
| | TO THE ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE OF UNPROTECTED OPENINGS IN |
| | THIS WALL. OUTDOOR AIR EXHAUST AND INTAKE OPENINGS |
| | LOCATED IN EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL MEET THE PROVISIONS FOR |
| | EXTERIOR WALL OPENING PROTECTIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING PER FBC, M 401.6. |
| | IF A CLAIM FOR ALLOWED UNPROTECTED OPENINGS IS MADE, |
| | PLEASE PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION AND |
| | CALCULATIONS FOR BUILDING PLAN REVIEW. |
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| | 5. M200: A 44X12 ?SMOKE CONTROL TRANSFER OPENING IN |
| | WALL W/ SMOKE DAMPER? IS SHOWN IN WALL ON NORTH SIDE OF |
| | SPACE. THERE IS NOT INDICATION THAT THIS IS ALSO A FIRE |
| | DAMPER. A FIRE DAMPER IS REQUIRED AT THIS LOCATION AS |
| | IT IS LOCATED IN A 1-HOUR RATED WALL AS INDICATED ON |
| | ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN. ALSO, BY WHAT MEANS WILL THIS |
| | SMOKE DAMPER BE CONTROLLED? SMOKE DAMPERS SHALL BE |
| | ACTUATED BY ONE OF THE METHODS LISTED IN FBC, M |
| | 607.3.2.1. THIS DAMPER IS NOT PART OF THE BASE BUILDING |
| | SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM. WILL THE BASE BUILDING DESIGN BE |
| | REVISED TO INCORPORATE THIS NEW SMOKE DAMPER? |
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| | 6. M200: RELATED TO COMMENT #5 ABOVE, SPECIFIC NOTE #6 |
| | ON PLAN CALLS FOR SMOKE DAMPERS TO BE INSTALLED IN |
| | DUCTS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR PLAN, |
| | INCLUDING SUPPLY AND RETURN DUCTS WHICH ARE PART OF A |
| | ?SMOKE REMOVAL SYSTEM IN DUCT.? |
| | A) EXISTING PAC-1 SUPPLY AND RETURN DUCT IS BEING SHOWN |
| | AS PART OF A SMOKE REMOVAL SYSTEM. PAC-1 HAS NO ROLE IN |
| | THIS BUILDING?S SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM OTHER THAN IT WILL |
| | BE SHUT DOWN DURING SMOKE CONTROL MODE. |
| | B) A RATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THIS BUILDING?S SMOKE CONTROL |
| | SYSTEM HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE |
| | BASE BUILDING?S PERMIT RECORD. ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE |
| | SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM (AS PROPOSED BY THIS TENANT) MUST |
| | BE INCORPORATED INTO THE RATIONAL ANALYSIS, INCLUDING |
| | ANY ADDITIONAL DAMPERS WHICH NEED TO BE CONTROLLED BY |
| | THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC, M 513.4. |
| | C) ITD ROOM 14-121 IS SHOWN ON FLOOR PLAN TO 1-HOUR |
| | RATED WITH TYPE 2A WALLS EXTENDING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF |
| | THE DECK ABOVE ON THREE SIDES. ONE OF THESE WALLS IS |
| | SHOWN ON FLOOR PLAN BISECTING THE 60X20 OUTLET OF THE |
| | SUPPLY DUCT FOR THE BUILDING SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS |
| | WOULD BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO MOST OF THE AIR, TRAPPING IT |
| | IN THE ITD ROOM AND PREVENTING THE AIR FROM |
| | PRESSURIZING THE ENTIRE FLOOR, WHICH IS ITS PURPOSE. |
| | PLEASE SHOW HOW THE RATING OF THIS ROOM IS TO BE |
| | ACHIEVED WITHOUT DEFEATING THE BUILDING SMOKE CONTROL |
| | SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUIRED RATING OF THE TYPE |
| | 2A WALL CAN NOT BE MAINTAINED AS IT CROSSES THE OPEN |
| | END OF THE 60X20 DUCT. |
| | D) WEST OF THE SERVICE ELEVATOR THERE IS AN |
| | UNIDENTIFIED ENCLOSED AREA SURROUNDED BY TEMPORARY |
| | CORRIDOR 14-036. THIS AREA ENCLOSES THE EXHAUST INLET |
| | FOR THE BUILDING SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS ENCLOSURE |
| | CREATES A PLENUM SPACE TO BE USED BY THE EXHAUST |
| | PORTION OF THE BUILDING SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS |
| | SPACE IS NOT PART OF THE BASE BUILDING DESIGN AS IT IS |
| | NOT SHOWN ON THE BASE BUILDING PLANS. THE WALL TYPES |
| | AND FINISHES ARE NOT KNOWN AS THEY ARE NOT IDENTIFIED |
| | ON THE ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN FOR THE TENANT SPACE. |
| | THERE ARE TRANSFER DUCTS AND SMOKE DAMPERS SHOWN |
| | FEEDING THIS PLENUM SPACE WHICH ARE ALSO NOT PART OF |
| | THE CURRENT SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN. PLEASE CLARIFY |
| | THE INTENT, IDENTIFY IF THESE WALLS CARRY ANY SORT OF |
| | RATING AND DETERMINE IF THIS DESIGN WILL BE |
| | INCORPORATED INTO THE BASE BUILDING DESIGN. FBC, M |
| | 513.2 AND 513.4 |
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| | 7. M200: SHOW MEANS AND LOCATION OF CONDENSATE DISPOSAL |
| | FOR PROPOSED NEW AC-1 IN ITD ROOM IN COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | FBC, M 307.2.2. |
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| | 8. PROVIDE DETAIL FOR A LISTED THROUGH-PENETRATION |
| | FIRESTOP SYSTEM TO BE USED WHERE CONDENSER AND/OR |
| | CONDENSATE PIPING IS TO PENETRATE FIRE RESISTANCE RATED |
| | WALL ASSEMBLIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 712.3. |
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| | 9. M500: FIRE DAMPER DETAILS, THESE DETAILS ARE LIKELY |
| | TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH FIRE DAMPER MANUFACTURER?S |
| | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. FIRE DAMPERS, SMOKE DAMPERS |
| | AND COMBINATION FIRE/SMOKE DAMPERS LOCATED WITHIN AIR |
| | DISTRIBUTION AND SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS |
| | SECTION, AND THE MANUFACTURER?S INSTALLATION |
| | INSTRUCTIONS AND LISTING PER FBC, M 607.2. COORDINATE |
| | DETAIL ON PLANS WITH MANUFACTURER?S INSTALLATION |
| | INSTRUCTIONS OR PROVIDE A NOTE ON PLANS INDICATING THAT |
| | IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT THE MANUFACTURER?S |
| | INSTRUCTIONS SHALL PREVAIL. |
| | |
| | 10. M200 AND M701: SF2 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A DUCT |
| | SMOKE DETECTOR. SMOKE DETECTORS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN |
| | SUPPLY AIR SYSTEMS WITH A DESIGN CAPACITY GREATER THAN |
| | 2,000 CFM IN THE SUPPLY AIR DUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | FBC, M 606.2.1. |
| | |
| | 11. M701: SEQUENCE OF OPERATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY |
| | INDICATION THAT SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE SUPPLY DUCT HAVE |
| | BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS ONLY THE RETURN SMOKE |
| | DETECTORS ARE SHOWN IN THE SEQUENCE AND DIAGRAMS. NOTE: |
| | FBC, M 606.2.1 REQUIRES DETECTORS AT A MINIMUM IN THE |
| | SUPPLY DUCT AND 606.2.2 REQUIRES THEM ADDITIONALLY IN |
| | THE RETURN DUCT. THE SUPPLY DETECTORS SHALL ALSO |
| | INITIATE A FAN SHUT-DOWN AND INITIATE AN ALARM SIGNAL |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. |
| | |
| | 12. THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND SUBMITTED UNDER |
| | THE PRIVATE PROVIDER SYSTEM AS ESTABLISHED UNDER FS |
| | 553.791. THIS STATUTE REQUIRES AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE |
| | FEE OWNER ACKNOWLEDGING THE DECISION TO USE PRIVATE |
| | PROVIDERS UNDER FS 533.791(4)(C). NO SUCH INFORMATION |
| | COULD BE FOUND IN THE PACKAGE SUBMITTED FOR PERMIT. |
| | PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION PURSUANT TO THIS |
| | STATUTE. |
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| | NOTE: PLEASE RESPOND TO EACH COMMENT IN WRITING, WITH A |
| | DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE COMMENT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED (OR |
| | WHY IT HAS NOT) AS WELL AS WHERE THE RELEVANT |
| | INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND. ALSO, PLEASE RETURN ONE SET |
| | OF OLD/VOIDED PLANS FOR REFERENCE. THESE STEPS WILL |
| | HELP TO ENSURE A TIMELY REVIEW UPON RESUBMISSION. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT: |
| | RONALD J. REGUEIRO |
| | 561.805.6719 |
| | [email protected] |
