| Date |
Text |
| 2018-08-29 12:21:55 | BUILDING REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | CODE: FBC 6TH EDITION (2017) AND CITY AMENDMENTS |
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| | 1- COMBINING TWO ADJACENT UNITS REQUIRES A UNITY OF |
| | TITLE: |
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| | A UNITY OF TITLE IS REQUIRED. SUBMIT APPLICATION TO THE |
| | ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: |
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| | HTTP://WPB.ORG/DEPARTMENTS/ENGINEERING-PUBLIC-WORKS/FOR |
| | MS,-PERMITS-APPLICATIONS |
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| | NOTE: |
| | IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF |
| | THE RECORDED DOCUMENT. |
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| | 2- ENGINEER'S LETTER SUBMITTED REGARDING NEW OPENING IN |
| | EXISTING CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE SHEARWALL: |
| | A) SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES ALTERATION OF THE STRUCTURAL |
| | DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. ENGINEER'S LETTER SUBMITTED IS |
| | TOO GENERAL. ENGINEER'S STATEMENT SHALL EITHER A) |
| | COMPARE THE REMAINING SHEARWALL AREA AT THIS FLOOR TO |
| | THE SHEARWALL AREA OF THE LOWER FLOOR OR B) GIVE SOME |
| | OTHER FORM OF JUSTIFICATION FOR REDUCING SHEAR WALL |
| | AREA. SEC. 107.2.1.2 CITY AMENDMENTS. |
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| | B) ENGINEER'S LETTER NEED TO HAVE COMPLETE AND CORRECT |
| | ADDRESS. SEC. 107.2.1 CITY AMENDMENTS. THIS BUILDING IS |
| | NOT LOCATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE CORRECT ADDRESS IS |
| | 550 OKEECHOBEE BLVD UNITS 727 AND 728, WEST PALM BEACH, |
| | FLORIDA 33401. |
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| | C) ENGINEER'S LETTER NEEDS ORIGINAL SEAL AND SIGNATURE |
| | AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 471 WHEN SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS |
| | FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. |
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| | 3- FLOORING SOUND INSULATION INFORMATION ON SHEET |
| | A-1.1: ARCHITECT IS SPECIFYING IMPACT INSULATION (71 |
| | DB) AND SOUND TRANSMISSION CONTACT (71 DB). TYPICALLY |
| | THIS RATING IS ONLY ACQUIRED WHEN USING SOUND |
| | INSULATION ASSEMBLIES THAT HAVE A SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL |
| | CEILING. SEE TEST REPORTS. TYPICALLY BUILDINGS IN THIS |
| | AREA DON'T HAVE THE SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL CEILING IN ALL |
| | AREAS. AND, ACCORDING TO CITY RECORDS, THIS BUILDING |
| | DOESN'T HAVE A SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL CEILING THROUGHOUT |
| | THE APARTMENT. REVISE SPECIFICATIONS AS REQUIRED. THE |
| | MIN DB REQUIRED BY THE CODE IS 50DB. SEC. 1207.2 AND |
| | 1207.3 FBC.. |
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| | 4- FLOORING SOUND INSULATION MATERIAL. (NOTE: THIS MAY |
| | BE SUBMITTED LATER BEFORE INSTALLATION AS A DEFERRED |
| | SUBMITTAL): |
| | A) PROVIDE 2 COPIES OF THE FLAME SPREAD INDEX AND SMOKE |
| | DEVELOPED INDEX TEST DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 |
| | OR UL 723 AS REQUIRED BY SEC. 720.1 OF FBC 6TH EDITION |
| | (2017). |
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| | B) PROVIDE 2 COPIES OF THE SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS |
| | (STC) TEST DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 90 AS |
| | REQUIRED BY SEC. 1207.2 OF FBC 6TH EDITION (2017). |
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| | C) PROVIDE 2 COPIES OF THE IMPACT INSULATION CLASS |
| | (IIC) TEST DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 492 AS |
| | REQUIRED BY SEC. 1207.3 OF FBC 6TH EDITION (2017). |
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| | NOTE: TEST SAMPLE TO MATCH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. THERE |
| | ARE TESTS FOR 6" OR 8" CONCRETE SLABS WITH OR WITHOUT |
| | ACOUSTICAL CEILING. TYPICALLY THERE ARE NOT SUSPENDED |
| | ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS IN THESE BUILDINGS. |
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| | 4- THIS IS A THRESHOLD BUILDING AND THE SCOPE OF WORK |
| | INCLUDES ALTERATION OF THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE |
| | BUILDING. SPECIAL INSPECTOR WILL BE REQUIRED FOR |
| | INSPECTIONS AT THE SHEARWALL. SEC. 110.8 CITY |
| | AMENDMENTS. |
| | NOTE: PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE WHEN CONTRACTOR IS |
| | SELECTED FOR SPECIAL INSPECTOR PROCEDURE. |
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| | 5- THRESHOLD BUILDING: ONLY GENERAL CONTRACTOR CAN DO |
| | STRUCTURAL WORK. SEC. 110.3.7.5 CITY AMENDMENTS. |
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| | ****PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH |
| | COMMENT TO HELP EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS. |
| | |
| | ****PLEASE INSERT ANY REVISED DRAWING AND REMOVE OLD |
| | DRAWING. SUBMIT OLD DRAWINGS FOR REFERENCE OF ALREADY |
| | REVIEWED DRAWINGS. DO NOT STAPLE OLD DRAWINGS TO PLANS. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT |
| | JULIO GOMEZ |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| | BUILDING DIVISION |
| | (561)805-6712 |
| | [email protected] |
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