Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13070943
Permit Number 13070943
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
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Date Text
2013-08-12 17:04:05BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13070943
 ADD: 2501 N AUSTRALIAN AVE
 CONT: TI CONTRACTORS, LLC
 TEL: (305)577-0829
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS
 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013.
  
 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3
 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS,
 SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: AUGUST 12/ 2013
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) SHEET LS-1, LS-2 & A3 INDICATE A SIDE WALL KITCHEN
 EXHAUST FAN WITHIN TEN FEET OF WINDOW AND DOOR
 OPENINGS, PLEASE SECTION 2010 FBC-B
 909.10.3 EQUIPMENT, INLETS AND OUTLETS.
 EQUIPMENT SHALL BE LOCATED SO AS TO NOT EXPOSE
 UNINVOLVED PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING TO AN ADDITIONAL
 FIRE HAZARD. OUTSIDE AIR INLETS SHALL BE LOCATED SO AS
 TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR INTRODUCING SMOKE OR
 FLAME INTO THE BUILDING. EXHAUST OUTLETS SHALL BE SO
 LOCATED AS TO MINIMIZE REINTRODUCTION OF SMOKE INTO THE
 BUILDING AND TO LIMIT EXPOSURE OF THE BUILDING OR
 ADJACENT BUILDINGS TO AN ADDITIONAL FIRE HAZARD.
  
 2) SHEET A3 INDICATES TO GROUT FLOOR OPENINGS TIGHT TO
 THE NEW DUCT WORK. PLEASE REVIEW THE 2010 FBC-B SECTION
 714.1 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEMS. JOINTS INSTALLED IN
 OR BETWEEN FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED WALLS, FLOOR OR
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFS OR ROOF/CEILING
 ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED
 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 PASSAGE OF FIRE FOR A TIME PERIOD NOT LESS THAN THE
 REQUIRED FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF THE WALL, FLOOR OR
 ROOF IN OR BETWEEN WHICH IT IS INSTALLED.
 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEMS SHALL BE TESTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 714.3. THE VOID CREATED AT THE
 INTERSECTION OF A FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY AND AN
 EXTERIOR CURTAIN WALL ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PROTECTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 714.4.
  
 2A) 714.2 INSTALLATION.
 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEMS SHALL BE SECURELY
 INSTALLED IN OR ON THE JOINT FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH SO
 AS NOT TO DISLODGE, LOOSEN OR OTHERWISE IMPAIR ITS
 ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE EXPECTED BUILDING MOVEMENTS AND
 TO RESIST THE PASSAGE OF FIRE AND HOT GASES.
  
 2B) 714.3 FIRE TEST CRITERIA.
 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEMS SHALL BE TESTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF EITHER ASTM E 1966
 OR UL 2079. NONSYMMETRICAL WALL JOINT SYSTEMS SHALL BE
 TESTED WITH BOTH FACES EXPOSED TO THE FURNACE, AND THE
 ASSIGNED FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING SHALL BE THE SHORTEST
 DURATION OBTAINED FROM THE TWO TESTS. WHEN EVIDENCE IS
 FURNISHED TO SHOW THAT THE WALL WAS TESTED WITH THE
 LEAST FIRE-RESISTANT SIDE EXPOSED TO THE FURNACE,
 SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE
 WALL NEED NOT BE SUBJECTED TO TESTS FROM THE OPPOSITE
 SIDE.
  
 3) PLEASE PROVIDE THE FLOOR FIRE STOPPING ASSEMBLY TO
 BE INSTALLED. SPECS DIVISION 23-05-05 (2.1) INDICATES
 VARIOUS PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED. 2010
 FBC-ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SUCH DRAWINGS AND
 SPECIFICATIONS SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION, IN THE FORM
 OF NOTES OR OTHERWISE, AS TO THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS,
 WHERE QUALITY IS ESSENTIAL TO CONFORMITY WITH THE
 TECHNICAL CODES. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE SPECIFIC,
 AND THE TECHNICAL CODES SHALL NOT BE CITED AS A WHOLE
 OR IN PART, NOR SHALL THE TERM "LEGAL" OR ITS
 EQUIVALENT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPECIFIC
 INFORMATION.
  
 4) SHEET A3 INDICATES THE USE OF A CAPE HURRICANE
 SCREEN AND NOA 12-0306.13, NO PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE
 SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW FOR WIND PRESSURE TESTING. FL
 61G1-23.015 (2) THE ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
 SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS,
 SHOP DRAWINGS ETC..
  
 5) SHEET A3 INDICATES THE INSTALATION OF NEW A/C CURB
 BUT THE STRUCTURAL PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE HOW THE CURB
 WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE ROOFING FRAMING, COMPONENTS AND
 CLADDING. 1609.8 ROOFTOP STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.
 THE LATERAL FORCE ON ROOFTOP STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT
 WITH AF LESS THAN (0.1BH) LOCATED ON BUILDINGS OF ALL
 HEIGHTS SHALL BE DETERMINED FROM EQUATION 29.5-1 OF
 ASCE 7 IN WHICH THE VALUE OF GCF SHALL BE TAKEN AS 3.1.
 GCF SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE REDUCED LINEARLY FROM 3.1
 TO 1.1 AS THE VALUE OF AF IS INCREASED FROM (0.1BH) TO
 (BH). THE VALUE OF G FROM SECTION 26.9 OF ASCE 7 SHALL
 NOT BE USED. ADDITIONALLY, A SIMULTANEOUS UPLIFT FORCE
 SHALL BE APPLIED, GIVEN BY EQUATION 29.5-1 OF ASCE 7 IN
 WHICH GCF = 1.5 AND AF IS REPLACED BY THE HORIZONTAL
 PROJECTED AREA, AR, OF THE ROOFTOP STRUCTURE OR
 EQUIPMENT. FOR THE UPLIFT FORCE GCF SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE REDUCED LINEARLY FROM 1.5 TO 1.0 AS THE VALUE OF
 AR IS INCREASED FROM (0.1BL) TO (BL).
  
 6) SHEET A2 INDICATES A NEW ROOF TOP CONDENSING UNIT TO
 SIT ON A 18" HIGH CURB. IS THIS A CURB OR A A/C STAND.
 A/C STANDS ARE TO COMPLY WITH
 2010 FBC-B TABLE 1509.7.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]


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