Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020254
Permit Number 18020254
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 2
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Date Text
2018-04-12 09:03:162ND REVIEW FBC-2017 MECHANICAL, BUILDING, EXISTING
 BUILDING, ENERGY CONSERVATION CODES
 PERMIT #18020254
 4/11/18
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 THIS FOLLOW-UP REVIEW IS BASED ON THE RESUBMITTED
 PLANS, DOCUMENTS, AND RESPONSE NARRATIVE BY THE
 ENGINEER OF RECORD.
 ALL 1ST REVIEW COMMENTS NOT COMPLETELY RESOLVED ARE
 LISTED BELOW IN THEIR ORIGINAL NUMERICAL ORDER.
  
 COMMENT #2) A) THE REVISED ENERGYGAUGE COMPLIANCE FORM
 DOES NOT LIST THE G2 SYSTEM WHICH IS LISTED IN AC
 SCHEDULE AT 18,800 BTUH (15.74 SEER). B) THE C-1,2
 SYSTEMS SHOWN IN THE REPORT ARE NOT IN THE SCHEDULE. C)
 THE COMPLIANCE DATA LISTED FOR WSHP 2-1 & 2-2 IN THE
 REPORT DOES NOT MATCH THE SCHEDULE.
 D) THE SEER FOR WSHP-1-5 LISTED IN THE FORM DOES NOT
 MATCH THE SCHEDULE.
  
 4) COMMISSIONING: A) THE SUBMITTED PLAN IS INDICATING
 THAT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR SHALL BE THE
 RESPONSIBLE PARTY TO OVERSEE THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS,
 HOWEVER IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LICENSED MEP
 ENGINEERS OR APPROVED AGENCY TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF
 SYSTEM COMMISSIONING PER SECTION C408.2. FURTHER,
 SECTION C408.2.1 ITEM #1 SPECIFIES THAT THE LICENSED
 ENGINEERS OR APPROVED AGENCY NAME OR SELECT THE
 PERSONNEL INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH EACH OF THE
 ACTIVITIES. B) PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING CODE
 SECTIONS PERTAINING TO COMMISSIONING AND PROVIDE MORE
 SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED COMMISSIONING
 PLAN: C408.2.2, C408.2.2.1, C408.2.3, C408.2.3.1,
 C408.2.3.1, AND (C408.3- PLEASE NOTE THE SUBMITTED PLAN
 DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY DETAILS FOR THE LIGHTING SYSTEMS
 FUNCTIONAL TESTING.) B) ADVISORY: PLEASE REVIEW SECTION
 C408.2.4 PERTAINING TO THE PRELIMINARY COMMISSIONING
 REPORT TO BE COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED BY THE LICENSED
 ENGINEER, AND THEN SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING OWNERSHIP
 AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW.
  
 5) THE SMOKE CONTROL RATIONAL ANALYSIS DOES NOT ADDRESS
 MANY OF THE COMPLIANCES LISTED UNDER SECTION 513-
 PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 513.6.3 FBC-17 MECHANICAL:
 PRESSURIZED STAIRWAYS AND ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS: WHERE
 STAIRWAYS OR ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS ARE PRESSURIZED, SUCH
 PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 513 AS
 SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS, IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF SECTIONS 909.20 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
 BUILDING AND THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
 PLEASE REVIEW AND INCLUDE IN THE REPORT REQUIRED
 INFORMATION AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 513 INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO: 513.2 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
 INCLUDING APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS. 513.3 SPECIAL
 INSPECTION AND TEST REQUIREMENTS. 513.4.4 HVAC SYSTEMS.
 513.4.6 DURATION OF OPERATION. 513.4.7 SMOKE CONTROL
 SYSTEM INTERACTION. 513.5 SMOKE BARRIER CONSTRUCTION.
 513.5.1 TOTAL LEAKAGE AREA. 513.5.2 TESTING OF LEAKAGE
 AREA. 513.5.3 OPENING PROTECTION. 513.10 EQUIPMENT.
 513.10.5 FANS. 513.11 STANDBY POWER. 513.11.1 EQUIPMENT
 ROOM. 513.12 DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. 513.16
 FIREFIGHTER'S SMOKE CONTROL PANEL.
  
 5) CONTINUED- CONCERNING THE REDESIGN USING VESTIBULES
 AT STAIR #2 LOCATION ON THE RESIDENTIAL FLOORS, THE
 CODE GIVES TWO OPTIONS FOR VENTILATION- NATURAL OR
 MECHANICAL- SECTIONS 909.20.3 AND 909.20.4 FBC-17
 BUILDING. BECAUSE NATURAL VENTILATION IS NOT POSSIBLE,
 MECHANICAL VENTILATION MUST BE PROVIDED PER SECTION
 909.20.4.2. PLEASE REVIEW THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS
 909.20.4.4 AND 909.20.5 STAIRWAY AND RAMP
 PRESSURIZATION ALTERNATIVE. 909.20.4.4 REQUIRES A
 DAMPERED RELIEF OPENING IN THE STAIRWAY. 909.20.5
 PROVIDES THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR PRESSURIZATION OF
 THE STAIRWAYS.
  
 5) CONTINUED- THE SELECTED SMOKE CONTROL FANS SHOWN IN
 THE SCHEDULE ARE NOT COMPLETELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
 SECTION 513.10.5 WHICH REQUIRES BELTED FANS TO HAVE 1.5
 TIMES THE NUMBER OF BELTS FOR THE DESIGN DUTY WITH THE
 MINIMUM NUMBER OF BELTS BEING TWO. THE FANS MUST ALSO
 BE UL LISTED AS POWER VENTILATORS FOR SMOKE CONTROL
 SYSTEMS.
  
 5) CONTINUED- PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING CODE SECTIONS
 THAT APPLY TO THE PRESSURIZED ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS, AND
 REVISE THE ANALYSIS AND PLANS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE.
 909.21 ELEVATOR HOISTWAY PRESSURIZATION ALTERNATIVE.
 WHERE ELEVATOR HOISTWAY PRESSURIZATION IS PROVIDED IN
 LIEU OF REQUIRED ENCLOSED ELEVATOR LOBBIES, THE
 PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTIONS
 909.21.1 THROUGH 909.21.11.
 909.21.1 PRESSURIZATION REQUIREMENTS.
 ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS SHALL BE PRESSURIZED TO MAINTAIN A
 MINIMUM POSITIVE PRESSURE OF 0.10 INCH OF WATER (25 PA)
 AND A MAXIMUM POSITIVE PRESSURE OF 0.25 INCH OF WATER
 (67 PA) WITH RESPECT TO ADJACENT OCCUPIED SPACE ON ALL
 FLOORS. THIS PRESSURE SHALL BE MEASURED AT THE MIDPOINT
 OF EACH HOISTWAY DOOR, WITH ALL ELEVATOR CARS AT THE
 FLOOR OF RECALL AND ALL HOISTWAY DOORS ON THE FLOOR OF
 RECALL OPEN AND ALL OTHER HOISTWAY DOORS CLOSED. THE
 PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS SHALL BE MEASURED BETWEEN THE
 HOISTWAY AND THE ADJACENT ELEVATOR LANDING. THE OPENING
 AND CLOSING OF HOISTWAY DOORS AT EACH LEVEL MUST BE
 DEMONSTRATED DURING THIS TEST. THE SUPPLY AIR INTAKE
 SHALL BE FROM AN OUTSIDE, UNCONTAMINATED SOURCE LOCATED
 A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 20 FEET (6096 MM) FROM ANY AIR
 EXHAUST SYSTEM OR OUTLET.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 1. ON FLOORS CONTAINING ONLY GROUP R OCCUPANCIES, THE
 PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL IS PERMITTED TO BE MEASURED
 BETWEEN THE HOISTWAY AND A DWELLING UNIT OR SLEEPING
 UNIT.
 2. WHERE AN ELEVATOR OPENS INTO A LOBBY ENCLOSED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3007.6 OR 3008.6, THE PRESSURE
 DIFFERENTIAL IS PERMITTED TO BE MEASURED BETWEEN THE
 HOISTWAY AND THE SPACE IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE DOOR(S)
 FROM THE FLOOR TO THE ENCLOSED LOBBY.
 3. THE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL IS PERMITTED TO BE
 MEASURED RELATIVE TO THE OUTDOOR ATMOSPHERE ON FLOORS
 OTHER THAN THE FOLLOWING:
 1.THE FIRE FLOOR.
 2. THE TWO FLOORS IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE FIRE FLOOR.
 3. THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FIRE FLOOR.
 4. THE MINIMUM POSITIVE PRESSURE OF 0.10 INCH OF WATER
 (25 PA) AND A MAXIMUM POSITIVE PRESSURE OF 0.25 INCH OF
 WATER (67 PA) WITH RESPECT TO OCCUPIED FLOORS ARE NOT
 REQUIRED AT THE FLOOR OF RECALL WITH THE DOORS OPEN.
 909.21.1.1 USE OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
 VENTILATION SYSTEMS, OTHER THAN HOISTWAY SUPPLY AIR
 SYSTEMS, ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED TO EXHAUST AIR FROM
 ADJACENT SPACES ON THE FIRE FLOOR, TWO FLOORS
 IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND ONE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE
 FIRE FLOOR TO THE BUILDING'S EXTERIOR WHERE NECESSARY
 TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE PRESSURE RELATIONSHIPS AS REQUIRED
 IN SECTION 909.21.1 DURING OPERATION OF THE ELEVATOR
 SHAFT PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM.
 909.21.2 RATIONAL ANALYSIS.
 A RATIONAL ANALYSIS COMPLYING WITH SECTION 909.4 SHALL
 BE SUBMITTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
 909.21.3 DUCTS FOR SYSTEM.
 ANY DUCT SYSTEM THAT IS PART OF THE PRESSURIZATION
 SYSTEM SHALL BE PROTECTED WITH THE SAME FIRE-RESISTANCE
 RATING AS REQUIRED FOR THE ELEVATOR SHAFT ENCLOSURE.
 909.21.4 FAN SYSTEM.
 THE FAN SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM
 SHALL BE AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 909.21.4.1 THROUGH
 909.21.4.4.
 909.21.4.1 FIRE RESISTANCE.
 WHERE LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING, THE FAN SYSTEM THAT
 PROVIDES THE PRESSURIZATION SHALL BE PROTECTED WITH THE
 SAME FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING REQUIRED FOR THE ELEVATOR
 SHAFT ENCLOSURE.
 909.21.4.2 SMOKE DETECTION.
 THE FAN SYSTEM SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A SMOKE DETECTOR
 THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN THE FAN SYSTEM WHEN
 SMOKE IS DETECTED WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
 909.21.4.3 SEPARATE SYSTEMS.
 A SEPARATE FAN SYSTEM SHALL BE USED FOR EACH ELEVATOR
 HOISTWAY.
 909.21.4.4 FAN CAPACITY.
 THE SUPPLY FAN SHALL BE EITHER ADJUSTABLE WITH A
 CAPACITY OF NOT LESS THAN 1,000 CFM (0.4719 M3/S) PER
 DOOR, OR THAT SPECIFIED BY A REGISTERED DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A DESIGNED
 PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM.
 909.21.5 STANDBY POWER.
 THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 STANDBY POWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2702.
 909.21.6 ACTIVATION OF PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM.
 THE ELEVATOR PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM SHALL BE ACTIVATED
 UPON ACTIVATION OF EITHER THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM OR THE ELEVATOR LOBBY SMOKE DETECTORS. WHERE
 BOTH A BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND ELEVATOR LOBBY
 SMOKE DETECTORS ARE PRESENT, EACH SHALL BE
 INDEPENDENTLY CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING THE PRESSURIZATION
 SYSTEM.
 909.21.7 TESTING.
 TESTING FOR PERFORMANCE SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 909.18.8. SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 909.19.
 909.21.8 MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION.
 DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 909.14.
 909.21.9 CONTROL DIAGRAMS.
 CONTROL DIAGRAMS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 909.15.909.21.10 CONTROL PANEL.
 A CONTROL PANEL COMPLYING WITH SECTION 909.16 SHALL BE
 PROVIDED.
 909.21.11 SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME.
 HOISTWAY PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME IN
 SECTION 909.17.
  
 5) CONTINUED: REFER TO SECTION 403.4.7 FBC-17 BUILDING
 SMOKE REMOVAL AND INDICATE COMPLIANCE IN THE ANALYSIS
 AND THE PLANS.
  
 6) CONCERNING THE RISERS, SHOW LOCATIONS OF THE
 BAROMETRIC DAMPERS IN THE STAIR SHAFTS AND THE VENTS IN
 THE HOISTWAYS, IF APPLICABLE TO THE PROPOSED SMOKE
 CONTROL DESIGN.
  
 7) AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THE STANDBY POWER SOURCE AND
 ITS TRANSFER SWITCHES SHALL BE IN A ROOM SEPARATE FROM
 THE NORMAL POWER TRANSFORMERS AND SWITCH GEAR. SHEET
 E-401 SHOWS ATS-1 IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL ROOM.
  
 9) ADVISORY NOTES FOR THE KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM: A)
 SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED. B) THE GREASE DUCT SHALL HAVE
 A MINIMUM 18" CLEARANCE TO COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION. C)
 EXHAUST FAN MOTORS SHALL BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE
 EXHAUST AIRSTREAM. D) WHERE ENCLOSED DUCT SYSTEMS ARE
 CONNECTED TO IN-LINE FANS NOT LOCATED OUTDOORS, THE FAN
 SHALL BE LOCATED IN A ROOM OR SPACE HAVING THE SAME
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING AS THE DUCT ENCLOSURE. E) THE
 EXHAUST OUTLET TERMINATION AT THE SIDEWALL SHALL BE
 LOCATED SO AS NOT TO CAUSE A PUBLIC NUISANCE OR A FIRE
 HAZARD. F) THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE
 MAKEUP AIR AND THE AIR IN THE CONDITIONED SPACE SHALL
 NOT EXCEED 10 DEGREES F.
  
 12) FIRE DAMPERS REQUIRED FOR THE 60X10 RA GRILL AT
 HVAC 134.
  
 13) ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS FOR
 THE COMMERCIAL DRYERS WILL BE A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL, AND
 WILL THE SUBMITTAL WILL BEAR AND APPROVAL STAMP BY THE
 EOR.
  
 18) ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ACCESS PANELS WILL BE PROVIDED
 FOR HEAT PUMPS ABOVE HARD CEILINGS AS SHOWN ON
 ARCHITECTURAL RCP PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PANELS
 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
 WHERE INSTALLED IN ABOVE-CEILING PLENUM SPACES, AND
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED.
  
 26) ACKNOWLEDGED THAN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS FOR
 THE GENERATOR SHALL BE A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL WITH
 APPROVAL STAMP BY THE EOR. PLEASE NOTE THE GENERATOR
 SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF UL 2200- SECTION 915.1
 FBC-17 MECHANICAL.
  
 26) SHEET 401: PLEASE PROVIDE NOTES AND/OR DIMENSIONS
 TO VERIFY ALL REQUIRED CLEARANCES FOR THE RADIATOR AND
 ENGINE EXHAUST TERMINATIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
 SECTION 501.3.1 (2).
  
 31 & 32) THE ENGINEER HAS INDICATED IN HIS RESPONSE
 THAT THE FOLLOWING LIST OF MECHANCIAL EQUIPMENT AND
 COMPONENTS ETC. SHALL BE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS:
 A) FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVALS AND/OR MIAMI-DADE NOA'S
 FOR THE LOUVERS, AC STANDS, WALL BRACKETS, DUCT AND
 PIPE STANDS AND BRACKETS.
 B) MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SMOKE CONTROL
 FANS, MOTORIZED DAMPERS, FIRE/SMOKE DAMPERS, DUCT SMOKE
 DETECTORS, BOILERS AND WATER HEATERS, GENERATOR,
 DRYERS, COOKING APPLIANCES, PLENUM-RATED ACCESS PANELS,
 FIRE WRAPPING, FIRESTOPPING AND FIRE CAULKING.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  


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