Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16061051
Permit Number 16061051
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-07-13 17:58:59****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 1. SHEET A020, LEVEL 4, STATES THAT THE EXIT CAPACITY
 IS 330 OCCUPANTS, BUT THE STAIR WIDTH (48.75IN) HAS A
 CAPACITY OF 162 EACH; REVISE EXIT CAPACITY TO 324 OR
 CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS, FBC1003.6, 1005.
  
 2. SHEET A020, LEVEL 4, PROPOSED OCCUPANT LOAD OF 359
 OCCUPANTS EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY OF 324, FBC 1003.6.
  
 3. SHEET A020, LEVEL 4, OCCUPANT LOADS WERE ROUNDED
 DOWN IN TWO CASES, BUT, SINCE IT?S NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE
 A FRACTION OF A PERSON, IT APPEARS THAT ALL OCCUPANT
 LOAD CALCS SHOULD ROUND UP, FBC 1004. IT APPEARS THAT
 THE TABULAR OCCUPANT LOAD SHOULD BE 361, AND HALF THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH WOULD THEN BE 36.1IN FOR DOORS, 54.15
 FOR STAIRS.
  
 IF USING THE OCCUPANT LOAD ON A020, OCCUPANT LOAD OF
 359 RESULTS IN CAPACITY OF 36.1 AND 35.9, DOOR AND
 STAIR, REQUIRED.
  
 BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE LOSS OF AN EXIT
 WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF OVER HALF THE REQUIRED CAPACITY,
 SEE FBC 1005.5.
  
 IT APPEARS THAT A THIRD EXIT COULD BE APPROPRIATE.
  
 4. FBC 5TH EDITION ACCESSIBILITY 604.4, SEE SHEET A120,
 TOILET DETAILS DEPICT DIMENSIONS TO THE TOP OF THE LID.
 THIS SHOULD BE MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE SEAT; PLEASE
 REVISE.
  
 5. FBC 5TH EDITION ACCESSIBILITY 609.4, THE GRAB BAR IS
 TO BE MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE GRIPPING SURFACE. THE
 DETAIL DEPICTS THIS AS 36IN MAX, BUT TO THE CENTER OF
 THE GRAB BAR; PLEASE REVISE.
  
 6. THE SHOWER SEAT IS TO BE WITHIN 3IN OF THE
 COMPARTMENT ENTRY, FBC 5TH EDITION ACCESSIBILITY 610.
  
 7. PLEASE SEE PLUMBING PLAN REVIEW FOR THE BUILDING
 PERMIT 15091225 (THE MASTER FOR THIS REVISION). THE
 PLUMBING COMMENTS IN THIS REVIEW ARE REPEAT COMMENTS
 FROM A PREVIOUS REVIEW. IT APPEARS THAT THE MASTER
 FAILED PLUMBING ACCESSIBILITY, THE PLANS WERE
 CORRECTED, PERMIT ISSUED, PLANS REVISED BACK TO THE NON
 COMPLIANT DIMENSIONS AND DETAILS FROM THE PREVIOUS
 REVIEW.
  
 PLEASE CONFIRM THAT ALL ACCESSIBILITY ITEMS ARE
 COMPLIANT, IN PARTICULAR THE ONES WHICH WERE CHANGED
 PREVIOUSLY AND THEN REVISED. IF THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED
 BACK TO ORIGINAL DESIGN BECAUSE YOU DISAGREE WITH THE
 COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT ME (OR PLUMBING REVIEWER) TO
 DISCUSS PRIOR TO RESUBMITTAL. IF THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT,
 PLEASE CONFIRM ALL AND REVISE.
  
 8. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHERE THE DOOR HARDWARE LEGEND
 IS LOCATED. SHEET A605 INCLUDES A DOOR SCHEDULE. IF
 THIS IS LOCATED IN THE SPEC BOOK, PLEASE INCORPORATE
 INTO THE PLAN AS THE SPEC BOOK IS NOT A PART OF THIS
 REVIEW.
  
 9. ALL GATES WHICH ARE IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS EXIT
 DISCHARGE FOR THE ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY (FOR INSTANCE, SEE
 SHEET A107, PEDESTRIAN GATE J3) ARE TO HAVE PANIC
 DEVICES OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE (1008.1.10, ASSEMBLY OVER
 50 AND 1008.2, GATES TO MEET SAME REQUIREMENTS AS
 DOORS). REVISE PLAN TO SHOW COMPLIANCE. IT IS SUGGESTED
 TO INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN GATES IN OR NEAR THE DOOR
 SCHEDULE.
  
 10. AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE HARDWARE SCHEDULE,
 PLEASE CONFIRM THAT ALL DOORS IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS
 FOR THE 4TH FLOOR, ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY INCLUDE PANIC
 DEVICES OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE AND REVISE PLAN TO SHOW
 COMPLIANCE, FBC 5TH EDITION 1008.1.10 (OR ADVISE AS TO
 THE LOCATION OF THE HARDWARE SCHEDULE); REVISE AS
 NECESSARY.
  
 11. A003, BUILDING DATA, REVISE TO INCLUDE THE NEW
 OCCUPANCY. AS THIS IS A NON SEPARATED MIXED OCCUPANCY
 BUILDING, THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND DATA SHOULD UTILIZE
 THE NUMBERS FOR A2. TO DOCUMENT COMPLIANCE WITH FBC
 TABLE 503, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE THE SF AREA ALLOWED,
 PLUS SPRINKLER INCREASE, TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE
 COMPLIANCE.
  
 12. A751 AND ANY OTHER LOCATIONS AS APPLICABLE, REVISE
 POS DETAIL TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC 5TH EDITION
 ACCESSIBILITY 904, SALES AND SERVICE COUNTERS.
  
 13. DESIGN SERVICES DESK AND COUNTER (SUCH AS ON SHEET
 A102 BUT MAY ALSO BE IN OTHER LOCATIONS), EITHER
 PROVIDE A DETAIL SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH ACCESSIBILITY
 OR THIS REVISION WILL BE ISSUED WITH PROVISO TO PROVIDE
 PRIOR TO INSTALLATION.
  
 14. REGARDING WM. SMITH, PE AND JACOB HEMKE, PE, PLEASE
 PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE ADVANCED FBC COURSE (UNLESS THE
 WEBSITE MYFLORIDALICENSE.COM HAS BEEN UPDATED TO
 REFLECT THAT THESE TWO ENGINEERS HAVE TAKEN THE
 COURSE).
  
 ALL ENGINEERS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE A FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE COURSE BY JUNE 30, 2016 (PER FS 471.0195,
 FAC61G15-22.001). FLORIDA STATUTE 471.0195 REQUIRES
 THAT ENGINEERS WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN THE COURSE BY THIS
 DATE BE REPORTED TO FBPE.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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