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| 2016-04-13 09:43:28 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 16040307 |
| | ADD: 901 NORTHPOINT PARKWAY SUITES: 119-120 |
| | CONT: CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT |
| | TEL: 561-876-2994 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | 2014 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. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: WED. APRIL 13/2016 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) SHEET A-01 UNDER THE HEADING OF USE AND OCCUPANCY |
| | LIST THIS TENANT SPACE AS A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. |
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| | 1A) IT WOULD APPEAR THE USE OF THIS TENANT SPACE WOULD |
| | BE A LABORATORY OR TEACHING FACILITY WITH THE TYPE OF |
| | EQUIPMENT THAT IS ILLUSTRATED ON A2.1A THE EQUIPMENT |
| | SHEET & ELECTRICAL SHEETS. PLEASE DEFINE THE TYPE OF |
| | USAGE UNDER THE BUSINESS OCCUPANCY? 2014 FBC-B 304.1. |
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| | 1B) THE PLANS SHOW THE INSTALLATION OF A NITROGEN |
| | GENERATOR, HPLC INSTRUMENT, MASS SPECTROMETER. |
| | WILL THERE BE LC/MS TOXICOLOGY ANALYZER FOR CLINICAL |
| | RESEARCH & FOR FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY APPLICATIONS, AND A |
| | AU400 UNIT USED FOR CHEMISTRY ANALYZER? ADDITIONAL |
| | INFORMATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF THIS USAGE |
| | WILL REMAIN A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY, OR POSSIBLY A |
| | BUSINESS OCCUPANCY WITH CONTROLLED (1 HR. SEPARATION) |
| | AREAS, OR CONSIDERED A HAZARDOUS OCCUPANCY. PLEASE ALSO |
| | SUPPLY A LIST OF ALL CHEMICALS TO BE USED IN THE |
| | VARIOUS APPLICATIONS, THE CHEMICAL NAME, IF SOLID, |
| | LIQUID OR GAS, THE AMOUNTS IN EITHER POUNDS, LIQUIDS OR |
| | IF GAS CUBIC FEET TO BE STORED AT THE SITE .THE PLAN |
| | INDICATES THE USE OF A STORAGE CABINET, PLEASE PROVIDE |
| | THE MANUFACTURERS SPEC ON THIS CABINET, IS IT A 1 HOUR |
| | FIRE RATED CABINET? THE CHEMICALS TO BE STORED, IN A |
| | CLOSED SYSTEM. WHAT ARE THE AMOUNTS OF THE CHEMICALS TO |
| | BE USED DAILY NOT IN THE ENCLOSED STORAGE CABINET? |
| | PLEASE REFER TO THE 2014 FBC-B TABLE 307.1(1). MAXIMUM |
| | ALLOWABLE QUANTITY PER CONTROL AREA OF HAZARDOUS |
| | MATERIALS POSING A PHYSICAL HAZARD. |
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| | 1C) FOR THE CHEMICALS TO BE STORED AND OR USED ON SITE |
| | PLEASE PROVIDE THEIR MSDS SHEETS (MATERIAL SAFETY DATA |
| | SHEETS), THESE DOCUMENTS WILL HELP TO CLASSIFY THE |
| | CHEMICALS AS IF HAZARDOUS AND TO IF THIS REMAINS A |
| | BUSINESS OCCUPANCY, A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY W/ CONTROL |
| | AREAS AND OR AS A HAZARDOUS OCCUPANCY. |
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| | 2A) SHEET A2.1A INDICATES THE USE OF A NITROGEN |
| | GENERATOR. PLEASE PROVIDE HOW MUCH NITROGEN WILL THIS |
| | SYSTEM, GENERATE, WILL IT BE STORED ON SITE AND TO WHAT |
| | QUANTITIES, AND IN WHAT TYPE OF CONTAINERS, AND TO WHAT |
| | PRESSURE WILL THE NITROGEN BE STORED. 2014 FBC-B TABLE |
| | 307.1(1). |
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| | 2B) NOT HAVING ANY LITERATURE ON THE NITROGEN GENERATOR |
| | NOR AS TO WHAT PRESSURE THE SYSTEM WILL OPERATE, (NOT |
| | SHOWN ON PLANS, NO PIPING, VALVES, BACK FLOW PREVENTION |
| | NOR CROSS OVER PREVENTION) WHAT SAFETY EQUIPMENT OR |
| | DEVICES WILL BE PROVIDED TO NOTIFY THE OCCUPANTS OF AN |
| | OXYGEN-DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERE? 2014 FBC-B TABLE 307.1(1). |
| | MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITY PER CONTROL AREA OF |
| | HAZARDOUS MATERIALS POSING A PHYSICAL HAZARD. |
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| | 3) LIFE SAFETY SHEET A2.0 HAS DOORS THAT WILL NEED TO |
| | COMPLY WITH THE 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE; |
| | 3A) EXISTING OFFICE # 1 ENTRY DOOR ,ACCESS. CODE |
| | 404.2.4 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES MISSING THE 18 INCHES |
| | LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR. |
| | 3B) EXISTING OFFICE # 3 ENTRY DOOR, ACCESS. CODE |
| | 404.2.4 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES MISSING THE 18 INCHES |
| | LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR. |
| | 3C) DOOR 101C NOTE HARDWARE SCHEDULE INDICATES CLOSURE |
| | TYPE HINGES WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH, ACCESS. CODE |
| | 404.2.4 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES MISSING THE 12 INCHES |
| | LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR SEE FIGURE |
| | 404.2.4.1( C ). |
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| | 3D) DOOR 103, ACCESS. CODE 404.2.4 MANEUVERING |
| | CLEARANCES MISSING THE 18 INCHES LATCH SIDE OF THE |
| | DOOR. |
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| | 3E) 2 OF THE 4 DOORS LISTED ABOVE ARE EXISTING AND WILL |
| | NEED TO BE CORRECTED UNDER THE DISPROPORTIONATE COST |
| | SECTION OF THE 2014 ACCESSIBILITY CODE, SECTION |
| | 202.4.1. CONTRACT VALUE OF $46,200.00 X 20%= $ 9,240.00 |
| | DOLLARS. SEE THE ORDER OF HOW THE FUNDS ARE TO BE |
| | SPENT, LISTED BELOW. IF ALL CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE |
| | BEFORE ALL OF THE FUNDS WERE USED, THEN COMPLIANCE HAS |
| | BEEN ACHIEVED. 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| | ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE |
| | COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE |
| | PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS |
| | EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| | AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE |
| | ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING |
| | RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| | ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| | INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| | AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| | INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| | TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| | AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
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| | 4) THERE ARE NO DETAILS ON THE BREAK ROOM SINK, PLEASE |
| | SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-ACCESS. CODE 606.3 |
| | HEIGHT. LAVATORIES AND SINKS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH |
| | THE FRONT OF THE HIGHER OF THE RIM OR COUNTER SURFACE |
| | 34 INCHES (865 MM) MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR |
| | GROUND. |
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| | 5) THE WORK STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUITE DO NOT SHOW |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH: 2014 FBC-ACCESS. CODE 902.3 HEIGHT. |
| | THE TOPS OF DINING SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES SHALL BE |
| | 28 INCHES (710 MM) MINIMUM AND 34 INCHES (865 MM) |
| | MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. |
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| | 6) SHEET A2.5 SHOWS THE GRAB BARS MEASURED FROM THE |
| | CENTERLINE OF THE GRAB BAR. IF THE CONTRACTOR PUTS THE |
| | BAR AT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36 INCHES THEN THE GRAB |
| | BARS ARE TO HIGH. IN THE 2014 FBC-ACCESS. CODE THE GRAB |
| | BARS ARE MEASURED FROM THE TOP OF THE GRASPING SURFACE, |
| | NOT CENTERLINED. 20104 FBC- ACCESS. CODE 609.4. |
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| | 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION |
| | & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS |
| | NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL |
| | REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE |
| | REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION |
| | PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO |
| | EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED |
| | COOPERATION. |
| | A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A |
| | RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF |
| | THIS REVIEW. |
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| | 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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