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| 2020-12-15 10:52:16 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION |
| | SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 20091250 |
| | ADD: 4400 N. CONGRESS AVE. SUITE: 100 |
| | CONT: BERG CONSTRUCTION |
| | TEL: 561-339-7827 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE. 801.3 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW |
| | CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| | 4TH REVIEW |
| | DATE: TUES. DEC. 15TH/2020 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
| | 1) COMPLIED. |
| | |
| | 2A) 4TH ROUND COMMENTS.SAME COMMENT. THE DESIGNER OF |
| | RECORD STATES EACH RESTROOM IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE (115) |
| | WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 116, 131, & 132. THIS |
| | MEANS THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE DESIGNER OF RECORD |
| | RESTROOM 115 IS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE 2017 |
| | FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE. |
| | TO VERIFY THE DIMENSIONS IN RESTROOM 115 WE USUALLY SEE |
| | AN OVERALL BACKWALL WALL MEASUREMENT. THAT HAS NOT |
| | OCCURRED. THE LAST CONVERSATION WITH THE DESIGNER HE |
| | WAS GOING TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR GO OUT TO THE JOBSITE |
| | AND MEASURE THE BACK WALL TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL FINISH |
| | MEASUREMENT IS. THIS REVIEW THERE IS STILL NO BACK WALL |
| | MEASUREMENT. IN THE PROJECT DOX PROGRAM THERE IS A |
| | MEASURING TOOL. WE HAVE TO CALIBRATE THE PLAN TO A |
| | GIVEN MEASUREMENT THEN WE CAN DETERMINE SIZE (LENGTH) |
| | OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS. TO CALIBRATE THIS PLAN, WE TOOK |
| | THE 2-FOOT 4-INCH MEASUREMENT BETWEEN RESTROOM 115 AND |
| | 116. WE THEN TOOK THE CALIBRATED BACK WALL MEASUREMENT |
| | OF RESTROOM 115 AND DETERMINED THE BACK-WALL LENGTH TO |
| | BE 6 FEET 8 INCHES. WITH THAT MEASUREMENT YOU CANNOT |
| | GET THE REQUIRED 60 INCHES FROM THE ADJACENT SIDEWALL |
| | OF THE WATERCLOSET TO THE ADJACENT LAVATORY. IN |
| | MEASURING THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE FOR THE WATER CLOSET |
| | THE REQUIRED 60 INCHES CLEAR FLOOR SPACE WAS NOT |
| | MEASURED CORRECTLY, (604.3.1. SIZE. CLEARANCE AROUND A |
| | WATER CLOSET SHALL BE 60 INCHES MINIMUM MEASURED |
| | PERPENDICULAR FROM THE SIDE WALL AND 56 INCHES MINIMUM |
| | PERPENDICULAR FROM THE REAR WALL. NOTE THE MINIMUM BACK |
| | WALL MEASUREMENT SHOULD BE 7-FOOT 1 INCH. THE 60-INCH |
| | MEASUREMENT IS TAKEN PERPENDICULAR FROM THE BACK WALL. |
| | THIS REVIEW I?VE SPOKEN TO MY SUPERVISOR ABOUT THIS |
| | PLAN WE BOTH VIEWED THE PLAN AND DISPROPORTION CAST |
| | LETTER. ALL HAVE CONCERNED THAT THE BACK-WALL |
| | MEASUREMENT HAS TO BE KNOWN TO KNOW HOW THE FUNDS ARE |
| | GOING TO BE SPENT IN THE EVENT OF DISPROPORTIONATE COST |
| | OCCURS. |
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| | |
| | SEMI-COMPLIED. IN THE PASR THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL DID |
| | CONTACT ME BY PHONE TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT. I DID |
| | STATE THAT THE 20% DISPROPORTIONAT COST ($7,000.00 |
| | DOLLARS) WOULD NEED TO BE SPENT IN EITHER ONE UNISEX |
| | RESTROOM AND IF THAT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED FOR |
| | $7,000.00 DOLLARS IT WOULD NEED A LETTER STATING AS |
| | SUCH FOR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND IN THAT LETTER SHOW |
| | WHERE THE $7,000.00 DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE SPENT. |
| | |
| | 1ST ROUND OF COMMENTS. SHEET A.1.1SHOWING 4 RESTROOMS |
| | AND NONE ARE SHOWN TO BE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS, NOT EVEN |
| | A SINGLE UNISEX RESTROOM. |
| | PLEASE REVIEW IN THE 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE |
| | CHAPTER 2 SCOPING REQUIREMENTS SECTION 213.2 FOR TOILET |
| | ROOMS AND BATHING ROOMS AND EXCEPTION 2 AND 4. |
| | |
| | 2B) THE PLANS INDICATE THIS ALTERATION IS DECLARED AS A |
| | LEVEL II ALTERATION. EXISTING BLDG. CODE- |
| | ACCESSIBILITY. UNDER THE 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE |
| | LEVEL II ALTERATIONS, SECTION 806.1 A BUILDING, |
| | FACILITY, OR ELEMENT THAT IS ALTERED SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE- |
| | ACCESSIBILITY. IN THE ACCESSIBILITY CODE FOR |
| | ALTERATIONS YOU ARE REFERRED TO SECTION 202.4.1 |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST AND 202.4.2 ACCESSIBLE FEATURES |
| | IN THE EVENT OF DISPROPORTIONALITY. |
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| | THE CONTRACT VALUE FOR THIS JOB AS STATED IS $35,000.00 |
| | DOLLARS. FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION: |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST 202.4.1. PLEASE REVIEW HOW YOU |
| | ARE TO MEET DISPROPORTIONATE COST. EITHER THE |
| | CONTRACTOR OR THE DESIGNER OF RECORD ON THEIR |
| | LETTERHEAD NEED TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND UP |
| | TO THE 20% DISPROPORTIONATE FUNDS($35,000.00X0.20= |
| | $7,000.00) LISTED FOR EACH ELEMENT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE |
| | BEING SPENT AND IN THE ORDER LISTED IN SECTION 202.4.1 |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST OF THE 2017 ACCESSIBILITY CODE. |
| | |
| | 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. COST THAT MAY |
| | BE COUNTED AS EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COST |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE ROUT TO THE ALTERED AREA; (II) COST |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS |
| | INSTALLING GRAB BARS, ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, |
| | INSULATING PIPES, OR INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET |
| | CONTROLS; (III) COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| | ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE |
| | TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION |
| | DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) |
| | COST ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING AN ACCESSIBLE DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAIN. |
| | IF IN THE EVENT THE CONTRACTOR REACHES DISPROPORTION |
| | COST, THEN ON THEIR LETTERHEAD AGAIN THEY MUST SHOW |
| | WHERE UP TO $7,000.00 DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT IN |
| | ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES. IN REVIEWING THIS PLAN, IT WOULD |
| | APPEAR THE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT IN CREATING A UNISEX |
| | RESTROOM. |
| | 12/15/2020 WHEN REVIEWING THE LETTER FOR PROVING |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST THE WORDING FOR THE DOOR/ |
| | HARDWARE IS NOT CLEAR. ARE 31 DOORS BEING CHANGED OUT |
| | WITH LEVER HARDWARE EACH DOOR AT A COST OF $167.00 PER |
| | DOOR, COST OF LABOR FOR INSTALLATION AND MATERIALS, |
| | DOOR FRAME AND HARDWARE FOR THIS PRICE. WE NEED TO SEE |
| | A COST BREAKDOWN FOR THE WHOLE JOB FROM THE CONTRACTOR |
| | SHOWING THIS FIGURE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF |
| | THE CONTRACT. WE ALSO NEED TO SEE THAT THE ACCESSIBLE |
| | HIGH-LOW DRINKING FOUNTAIN WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL |
| | CONTRACT VALUE. THAT THE ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES ARE TRULY |
| | OVER AND ABOVE THE CONTRACT VALUE. |
| | |
| | 2B) COMPLIED, SHEET A3.1 DETAIL 4 SHOWS A DIFFERENT |
| | STYLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN THEN BEFORE. |
| | |
| | 3) 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. |
| | |
| | PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS |
| | REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT |
| | REVIEW CYCLE. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE WE ARE WORKING FROM HOME BECAUSE OF COVID |
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| | IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, MY CELL NUMBER IS |
| | 561-718-9724. |
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| | JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | BUILDING DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| | 401 CLEMATIS ST. WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402 |
| | TEL: 561-805-6717 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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