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| 2013-11-16 09:18:32 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 13110011 |
| | ADD: 250 S AUSTRALIAN AVE/ ELEVATOR SHAFT |
| | PRESSURIZATION |
| | CONT: CHANDLER CONSTRUCTION |
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| | 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| | * 2010 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION |
| | 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013. |
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| | 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: SAT. NOV. 16/ 2013 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 FBC-B 708.14.2.2 |
| | RATIONAL ANALYSIS. A RATIONAL ANALYSIS COMPLYING WITH |
| | SECTION 909.4 SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION |
| | DOCUMENTS. |
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| | 2010 FBC-B 909.4 A RATIONAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTING THE |
| | TYPES OF SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS TO BE EMPLOYED, THEIR |
| | METHODS OF OPERATION, THE SYSTEMS SUPPORTING THEM AND |
| | THE METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION TO BE UTILIZED SHALL |
| | ACCOMPANY THE SUBMITTED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND |
| | SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE ITEMS |
| | INDICATED IN SECTIONS 909.4.1 THROUGH 909.4.6. |
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| | [F] 909.4.1 STACK EFFECT. |
| | THE SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED SUCH THAT THE MAXIMUM |
| | PROBABLE NORMAL OR REVERSE STACK EFFECT WILL NOT |
| | ADVERSELY INTERFERE WITH THE SYSTEM?S CAPABILITIES. IN |
| | DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM PROBABLE STACK EFFECT, |
| | ALTITUDE, ELEVATION, WEATHER HISTORY AND INTERIOR |
| | TEMPERATURES SHALL BE USED. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.4.2 TEMPERATURE EFFECT OF FIRE. |
| | BUOYANCY AND EXPANSION CAUSED BY THE DESIGN FIRE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 909.9 SHALL BE ANALYZED. THE |
| | SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED SUCH THAT THESE EFFECTS DO NOT |
| | ADVERSELY INTERFERE WITH THE SYSTEM?S CAPABILITIES. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.4.3 WIND EFFECT. |
| | THE DESIGN SHALL CONSIDER THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF WIND. |
| | SUCH CONSIDERATION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE |
| | WIND-LOADING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 16. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.4.4 HVAC SYSTEMS. |
| | THE DESIGN SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF THE HEATING, |
| | VENTILATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING (HVAC) SYSTEMS ON BOTH |
| | SMOKE AND FIRE TRANSPORT. THE ANALYSIS SHALL INCLUDE |
| | ALL PERMUTATIONS OF SYSTEMS STATUS. THE DESIGN SHALL |
| | CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRE ON THE HVAC SYSTEMS. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.4.5 CLIMATE. |
| | THE DESIGN SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF LOW |
| | TEMPERATURES ON SYSTEMS, PROPERTY AND OCCUPANTS. AIR |
| | INLETS AND EXHAUSTS SHALL BE LOCATED SO AS TO PREVENT |
| | SNOW OR ICE BLOCKAGE. |
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| | [F] 909.4.6 DURATION OF OPERATION. |
| | ALL PORTIONS OF ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS |
| | SHALL BE CAPABLE OF CONTINUED OPERATION AFTER DETECTION |
| | OF THE FIRE EVENT FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN EITHER |
| | 20 MINUTES OR 1.5 TIMES THE CALCULATED EGRESS TIME, |
| | WHICHEVER IS LESS. |
| | |
| | 2) SHEET M5.1 INDICATES THE ELEVATOR LEAKAGE CALULATION |
| | TO BE 300 300 CFM PER DOOR. 707.14.2.3.4 FAN CAPACITY |
| | INDICATES THE ADJUSTABLE FAN BE ABLE TO MEET 1,000 CFM |
| | OR THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL CAN DESIGN THE SYSTEM TO |
| | OPERATE IN THE RANGE OF 0.04 TO 0.06 INCHES OF WATER |
| | COLUMN SPECIFIED IN THE PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | SECTION 708.14.2.1. PLEASE PROVIDE THE CALCULATION |
| | PORTION FOR THE REQUIRED 0.04 TO 0.06 WATER COLUMN. |
| | |
| | |
| | 3) 708.14.2.8 MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION. DETECTION AND |
| | CONTROL SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | SECTION 909.14. |
| | [F] 909.14 MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION. |
| | THE DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS SHALL BE CLEARLY |
| | MARKED AT ALL JUNCTIONS, ACCESSES AND TERMINATIONS. |
| | |
| | 4) 708.14.2.9 CONTROL DIAGRAMS. CONTROL DIAGRAMS SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 909.15. |
| | [F] 909.15 CONTROL DIAGRAMS. |
| | IDENTICAL CONTROL DIAGRAMS SHOWING ALL DEVICES IN THE |
| | SYSTEM AND IDENTIFYING THEIR LOCATION AND FUNCTION |
| | SHALL BE MAINTAINED CURRENT AND KEPT ON FILE WITH THE |
| | BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE FIRE |
| | COMMAND CENTER IN A FORMAT AND MANNER APPROVED BY THE |
| | FIRE CHIEF. |
| | |
| | 5) 708.14.2.10 CONTROL PANEL. A CONTROL PANEL COMPLYING |
| | WITH SECTION 909.16 SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | [F] 909.16 FIRE-FIGHTER?S SMOKE CONTROL PANEL. |
| | A FIRE-FIGHTER?S SMOKE CONTROL PANEL FOR FIRE |
| | DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PURPOSES ONLY SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED AND SHALL INCLUDE MANUAL CONTROL OR OVERRIDE |
| | OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL FOR MECHANICAL SMOKE CONTROL |
| | SYSTEMS. THE PANEL SHALL BE LOCATED IN A FIRE COMMAND |
| | CENTER COMPLYING WITH SECTION 911 IN HIGHRISE BUILDINGS |
| | OR BUILDINGS WITH SMOKE-PROTECTED ASSEMBLY SEATING. IN |
| | ALL OTHER BUILDINGS, THE FIRE-FIGHTER?S SMOKE CONTROL |
| | PANEL SHALL BE INSTALLED IN AN APPROVED LOCATION |
| | ADJACENT TO THE FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL. THE |
| | FIRE-FIGHTER?S SMOKE CONTROL PANEL SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTIONS 909.16.1 THROUGH 909.16.3. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.16.1 SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS. |
| | FANS WITHIN THE BUILDING SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE |
| | FIRE-FIGHTER?S CONTROL PANEL. A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE |
| | DIRECTION OF AIRFLOW AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF COMPONENTS |
| | SHALL BE DISPLAYED. STATUS INDICATORS SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| | FOR ALL SMOKE CONTROL EQUIPMENT, ANNUNCIATED BY FAN AND |
| | ZONE, AND BY PILOT-LAMP-TYPE INDICATORS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | 1. FANS, DAMPERS AND OTHER OPERATING EQUIPMENT IN THEIR |
| | NORMAL STATUS?WHITE. |
| | 2. FANS, DAMPERS AND OTHER OPERATING EQUIPMENT IN THEIR |
| | OFF OR CLOSED STATUS?RED. |
| | 3. FANS, DAMPERS AND OTHER OPERATING EQUIPMENT IN THEIR |
| | ON OR OPEN STATUS?GREEN. |
| | 4. FANS, DAMPERS AND OTHER OPERATING EQUIPMENT IN A |
| | FAULT STATUS?YELLOW/AMBER. |
| | |
| | [F] 909.16.2 SMOKE CONTROL PANEL. |
| | THE FIRE-FIGHTER?S CONTROL PANEL SHALL PROVIDE CONTROL |
| | CAPABILITY OVER THE COMPLETE SMOKE-CONTROL SYSTEM |
| | EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE BUILDING AS FOLLOWS: |
| | 1. ON-AUTO-OFF CONTROL OVER EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF |
| | OPERATING SMOKE CONTROL EQUIPMENT THAT CAN ALSO BE |
| | CONTROLLED FROM OTHER SOURCES WITHIN THE BUILDING. THIS |
| | INCLUDES STAIRWAY PRESSURIZATION FANS; SMOKE EXHAUST |
| | FANS; SUPPLY, RETURN AND EXHAUST FANS; ELEVATOR SHAFT |
| | FANS AND OTHER OPERATING EQUIPMENT USED OR INTENDED FOR |
| | SMOKE CONTROL PURPOSES. |
| | 2. OPEN-AUTO-CLOSE CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL DAMPERS |
| | RELATING TO SMOKE CONTROL AND THAT ARE ALSO CONTROLLED |
| | FROM OTHER SOURCES WITHIN THE BUILDING. |
| | 3. ON-OFF OR OPEN-CLOSE CONTROL OVER SMOKE CONTROL AND |
| | OTHER CRITICAL EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRE OR |
| | SMOKE EMERGENCY AND THAT CAN ONLY BE CONTROLLED FROM |
| | THE FIRE-FIGHTER?S CONTROL PANEL. |
| | EXCEPTIONS: |
| | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS, WHERE APPROVED, WHERE THE CONTROLS |
| | AND INDICATORS ARE COMBINED TO CONTROL AND INDICATE ALL |
| | ELEMENTS OF A SINGLE SMOKE ZONE AS A UNIT. |
| | 2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS, WHERE APPROVED, WHERE THE CONTROL |
| | IS ACCOMPLISHED BY COMPUTER INTERFACE USING APPROVED, |
| | PLAIN ENGLISH COMMANDS. |
| | |
| | 6) 708.14.2.11 SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME. HOISTWAY |
| | PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME IN |
| | SECTION 909.17. |
| | [F] 909.17 SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME. |
| | SMOKE-CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATION SHALL BE INITIATED |
| | IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIPT OF AN APPROPRIATE AUTOMATIC |
| | OR MANUAL ACTIVATION COMMAND. SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS |
| | SHALL ACTIVATE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS (SUCH AS DAMPERS |
| | AND FANS) IN THE SEQUENCE NECESSARY TO PREVENT PHYSICAL |
| | DAMAGE TO THE FANS, DAMPERS, DUCTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. |
| | FOR PURPOSES OF SMOKE CONTROL, THE FIRE-FIGHTER?S |
| | CONTROL PANEL RESPONSE TIME SHALL BE THE SAME FOR |
| | AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL SMOKE CONTROL ACTION INITIATED FROM |
| | ANY OTHER BUILDING CONTROL POINT. THE TOTAL RESPONSE |
| | TIME, INCLUDING THAT NECESSARY FOR DETECTION, SHUTDOWN |
| | OF OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM |
| | STARTUP, SHALL ALLOW FOR FULL OPERATIONAL MODE TO BE |
| | ACHIEVED BEFORE THE CONDITIONS IN THE SPACE EXCEED THE |
| | DESIGN SMOKE CONDITION. THE SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME FOR |
| | EACH COMPONENT AND THEIR SEQUENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS SHALL |
| | BE DETAILED IN THE REQUIRED RATIONAL ANALYSIS AND |
| | VERIFICATION OF THEIR INSTALLED CONDITION REPORTED IN |
| | THE REQUIRED FINAL REPORT. |
| | |
| | JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
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