Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21100182
Permit Number 21100182
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-12-21 16:11:32WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 21100182
 ADD: 300 S. AUSTRALIAN AVE. # 512
 CONT: EMPIRE TODAY
 TEL: 888-588-2300
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2020 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. DEC. 21ST /2021
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) 2ND REQUEST. CONTRACTOR CREATED PLANS. CERTIFICATION
 BY CONTRACTOR. 107.3.4.3. THE CONTRACTOR (QUALIFIER)
 THAT CREATED / DREW THE SET OF PLANS WILL NEED TO
 IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS THE AUTHOR OF THE PLANS. PLEASE
 PRINT YOUR NAME, SIGN YOUR NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER FOR
 THE TRADE YOU ARE LICENSED IN AND PLANS DRAWN.
  
 3) PLEASE NOTE THE CITY OF WEST PALM REQUIRES THE
 ACTUAL TEST REPORTS FOR THE FINISH FLOOR TO BE
 INSTALLED PER THE FINISH FLOOR LVP FLOORING. FLOOR
 INSULATION/ UNDERLAYMENT (FBC-B 2020) FOR TILE, STONE,
 MARBLE, VINYL LAMINATE FLOORING AND WOOD FLOORING ALL
 NEED TO HAVE HAD THE SOUND UNDERLAYMENT TESTED FLOOR
 ASSEMBLIES TO THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS AND MEET THE
 QUALIFICATIONS LISTED UNDER EACH OF THE STANDARDS FOR A
 6 INCH CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY/ NO DROPPED CEILING:
 PLEASE PROVIDE ALL THREE TEST REPORTS (THE SAME
 MANUFACTURER) FOR TYPE I AND OR TYPE II BUILDINGS
 SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH:
  
 3A) SEMI-COMPLIED. MANUFACTURER WIDGET CO. FBC-B 2020
 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND. FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
 BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A
 PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE
 AN IMPACT INSULATION CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS
 THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH ASTM E-492.
  
 3B) SEMI-COMPLIED, MANUFACTURER WIDGET CO. FBC-B 2020
 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND. WALLS, PARTITIONS AND
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM
 EACH OTHER OR FROM PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A
 SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45
 IF FIELD TESTED) FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 90.
  
 3C) SEMI-COMPLIED. MANUFACTURER: BADGER CORK. BADGER
 CORK WAS BOUGHT OUT BY ACOUSTICORK, THE PARENT CO. IS
 AMORIM. YOU CAN?T MIX AND MATCH THE PRODUCTS FROM 2
 DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS.
 FLAME SPREAD- FBC-B 2020 603.1. EXCEPTION 2. INSULATION
 INSTALLED BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND SOLID DECKING
 WITHOUT INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 200.
  
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
 LVT & LPT LUXURY VINYL TILE. FLOOR FINISH
 CLASSIFICATION AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 804.2
 CLASSIFICATION AND 804.3 TESTING AND IDENTIFICATION OF
 THE 2020 FBC-B.
  
 4) 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.
  
  
 AUGUST 02ND/ 2021 ALL PLANS EXAMINERS WILL BE WORKING
 FROM CITY HALL.
 MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM
 PART-TIME/ RETIRED.
  
 IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH A PLANS EXAMINER BEFORE I GET
 BACK INTO THE OFFICE CALL
 (561)805-6700 AND ASK FOR THE PLANS EXAMINER ON-CALL.
 THANK YOU.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 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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