| Date |
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| 2014-09-06 11:44:00 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| | SAMANTHA HILL |
| | BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | [email protected] |
| | 561-805-6724 |
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| | COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS LIST ARE BELOW FOR REFERENCE. |
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| | THE LETTER FROM THE BUILDING OWNER IS PENDING REVIEW BY |
| | THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY. |
| | |
| | I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE LETTER FROM THE ENGINEER |
| | ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUILDING OWNER |
| | TO FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL |
| | OF THE DESIGN (SEE PREVIOUS LIST). |
| | |
| | REPONSE LETTER IS FROM THE SURVEYOR. AS SURVEYORS ARE |
| | NOT LICENSED TO DO DESIGN WORK, OR TO DO INSTALLATIONS, |
| | PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I CONSIDER "WHAT IF SCENARIOS" |
| | DESIGN WORK WHICH SHOULD BE OVERSEEN BY AN ARCHITECT OR |
| | AN ENGINEER KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT LIFE SAFETY AND FLOOD |
| | LOAD RESISTANCE. IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE |
| | LICENSED ENGINEER OR THE LICENSED CONTRACTOR TO BE |
| | DEALING WITH THESE CODE ISSUES. FAILURE TO UTILIZE THE |
| | PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE LICENSED TO DO THIS TYPE OF |
| | DESIGN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED THIS PROJECT. AT THIS |
| | POINT I CONSIDER THE CODE ISSUES ALMOST RESOLVED. FOR |
| | FUTURE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, PLEASE HAVE A KNOWLEDGEABLE |
| | DESIGN PROFESSIONAL INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING TO |
| | AVOID RISK TO THE OCCUPANTS. |
| | |
| | RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN |
| | TESTED. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, BUT THIS ISSUE WILL BE |
| | RESOLVED UPON APPROVAL OF THE INSPECTION LETTER. THE |
| | MANUFACTURER UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES AND HAS NOT ONLY |
| | AGREED THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS APPROPRIATE, BUT IS |
| | CONSIDERING SUGGESTING THIS FOR OTHER JOBS WITH A |
| | SIMILAR INSTALLATION. |
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| | |
| | 1. SEE THE UL LISTING FOR THE FIRE CURTAIN. THIS WAS |
| | DESIGNED TO BE INSTALLED IN AN AIR DUCT, NOT AN |
| | EXTERIOR WALL. |
| | |
| | THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FIRE CURTAIN HAS STATED THAT |
| | THEY CANNOT PROVIDE ANY ASSURANCE THAT THE FIRE CURTAIN |
| | WOULD OPERATE AFTER EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS OR A FLOOD |
| | EVENT. |
| | |
| | THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED APPLICATION DOES NOT COMPLY |
| | WITH FBC CHAPTER 7. HOWEVER, PER BUILDING OFFICIAL, |
| | THIS APPLICATION WILL BE APPROVED UNDER ALTERNATIVE |
| | MATERIALS AND METHODS 104.11 UNDER THE FOLLOWING |
| | CONDITIONS: |
| | |
| | THE FIRE CURTAINS WILL BE INSPECTED AND TESTED BY A |
| | DBPR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL UNDER THE FOLLOWING |
| | CONDITIONS: |
| | |
| | ANNUALLY |
| | AFTER A FIRE EVENT |
| | AFTER A FLOOD EVENT |
| | |
| | THE BUILDING OWNER SHALL PROVIDE A LETTER OF COMMITMENT |
| | STATING SUCH. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS |
| | LONG AS THE VENTS AND FIRE CURTAINS ARE INSTALLED IN |
| | THE FIRE RATED WALLS AND REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF |
| | THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING OWNERS. THIS |
| | LETTER IS TO BE FILED WITH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY |
| | CLERK'S OFFICE. |
| | |
| | THE ENGINEER IS TO WRITE A LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE |
| | RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUILDING OWNER TO FOLLOW THESE |
| | GUIDELINES AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN. |
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