Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14020230
Permit Number 14020230
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2014-02-26 07:53:05 
 BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 REVISION: 14020230
 PERMIT: 12040748
 ADD: 6651 N JOG
 CONT: KBR
 TEL: (561
  
 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.
  
 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: WED. FEB.26/2014
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) SHEET 200-A3-102 PLEASE PROVIDE RATING OF BOTH
 ELEVATOR SHAFT AND STAIRWELL, PROVIDE WALL DETAILS.
 708.4 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING.
 SHAFT ENCLOSURES SHALL HAVE A FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF
 NOT LESS THAN 2 HOURS WHERE CONNECTING FOUR STORIES OR
 MORE, AND NOT LESS THAN 1 HOUR WHERE CONNECTING LESS
 THAN FOUR STORIES. THE NUMBER OF STORIES CONNECTED BY
 THE SHAFT ENCLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE ANY BASEMENTS BUT NOT
 ANY MEZZANINES. SHAFT ENCLOSURES SHALL HAVE A
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING NOT LESS THAN THE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
 PENETRATED, BUT NEED NOT EXCEED 2 HOURS. SHAFT
 ENCLOSURES SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
 703.2.1.
  
 2) THE PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE
 ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM IS LOCATED, PLEASE PROVIDE
 COMPLIANCE WITH:
 3006.4 MACHINE ROOMS AND MACHINERY SPACES.
 ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOMS AND MACHINERY SPACES SHALL BE
 ENCLOSED WITH FIRE BARRIERS CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 707 OR HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES CONSTRUCTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 712, OR BOTH. THE
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE
 REQUIRED RATING OF THE HOISTWAY ENCLOSURE SERVED BY THE
 MACHINERY. OPENINGS IN THE FIRE BARRIERS SHALL BE
 PROTECTED WITH ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING NOT LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR THE HOISTWAY
 ENCLOSURE DOORS.
  
 3) PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH:
 3004.2 LOCATION OF VENTS.
 VENTS SHALL BE LOCATED AT THE TOP THE HOISTWAY AND
 SHALL OPEN EITHER DIRECTLY TO THE OUTER AIR OR THROUGH
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE DUCTS TO THE OUTER AIR. NONCOMBUSTIBLE
 DUCTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PASS THROUGH THE ELEVATOR
 MACHINE ROOM, PROVIDED THAT PORTIONS OF THE DUCTS
 LOCATED OUTSIDE THE HOISTWAY OR MACHINE ROOM ARE
 ENCLOSED BY CONSTRUCTION HAVING NOT LESS THAN THE
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING REQUIRED FOR THE HOISTWAY. HOLES
 IN THE MACHINE ROOM FLOORS FOR THE PASSAGE OF ROPES,
 CABLES OR OTHER MOVING ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
 LIMITED AS NOT TO PROVIDE GREATER THAN 2 INCHES (51 MM)
 OF CLEARANCE ON ALL SIDES.
  
 4) PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH:
 3004.3 AREA OF VENTS.
 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 3004.3.1, THE AREA OF
 THE VENTS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 31/2 PERCENT OF THE
 AREA OF THE HOISTWAY NOR LESS THAN 3 SQUARE FEET (0.28
 M2) FOR EACH ELEVATOR CAR, AND NOT LESS THAN 31/2
 PERCENT NOR LESS THAN 0.5 SQUARE FEET (0.047 M2) FOR
 EACH DUMBWAITER CAR IN THE HOISTWAY, WHICHEVER IS
 GREATER. OF THE TOTAL REQUIRED VENT AREA, NOT LESS THAN
 ONE-THIRD SHALL BE PERMANENTLY OPEN. CLOSED PORTIONS OF
 THE REQUIRED VENT AREA SHALL CONSIST OF OPENINGS GLAZED
 WITH ANNEALED GLASS NOT GREATER THAN 1/8 INCH (3.2 MM)
 IN THICKNESS.
  
 EXCEPTION: THE TOTAL REQUIRED VENT AREA SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO BE PERMANENTLY OPEN WHERE ALL THE VENT
 OPENINGS AUTOMATICALLY OPEN UPON DETECTION OF SMOKE IN
 THE ELEVATOR LOBBIES OR HOISTWAY, UPON POWER FAILURE
 AND UPON ACTIVATION OF A MANUAL OVERRIDE CONTROL. THE
 MANUAL OVERRIDE CONTROL SHALL BE CAPABLE OF OPENING AND
 CLOSING THE VENTS AND SHALL BE LOCATED IN AN APPROVED
 LOCATION.
  
 5) SHEET 0588 1-200-LS1.1:
 5A) GRIDLINES 7.87/9.04 & F.02/F.26 WHAT ID IS AREA
 THAT EXITS INTO THE STAIR ENCLOSURE.
  
 5B) GRIDLINE G/H & 7.87/9.04 WHAT ARE THE ROUND OBJECTS
 IN THE EGRESS PATH
  
 5C) GRIDLINE F.75/6 & 18/19 BIG BOX WHAT IS THIS THAT
 YOU ARE EGRESSING FROM IT DOES NOT INDICATE
  
 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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