Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22050209
Permit Number 22050209
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-08-29 08:58:25****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 7TH EDITION (2020)
 FBC B = FBC BUILDING
 FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING
 FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY
 FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION
 FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL
  
 COMMENT FROM PREVIOUS LIST:
  
 1. FBC B 1609, PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FASTENING STRUCTURAL
 DETAILS. SHEET 5 STATES EQUIPMENT WILL BE ATTACHED "PER
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS". STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
 FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS IS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY
 A LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, FS471, FS481.
  
 2ND REVIEW:
  
 A LETTER PREPARED BY ELIEZER DIAZ, PE WAS SUBMITTED
 WHICH STATES THAT FBC B 1609 IS NOT APPLICABLE, THAT
 TIA-222 IS REQUIRED, THEN REFERS TO FBC B3101.1/3108.1.
  
 FBC B 1609 SPECIFIES WIND DESIGN CRITERIA. TIA-222 IS
 EXCEPTION 5, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ACCEPTABLE. HOWEVER
 ASCE 7-16 AND TIA-222 ARE BOTH INCLUDED ON SHEET T1, SO
 ENGINEER'S STATEMENT IS NOT CLEAR. FBC B 1609.1.1
 STATES THAT WIND LOADS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ASCE
 7-16, ENGINEER STATES THAT THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE, BUT
 IT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. TO CLARIFY DESIGN INTENT
 PLEASE EITHER CLARIFY WITH A REVISED LETTER, REMOVE
 OBJECTION TO FBC B 1609 (WHICH REFERS TO ASCE7-16) FROM
 THE LETTER, OR REMOVE ASCE 7-16 FROM SHEET T1.
  
 ALSO STATED IN THE SAME LETTER IS THAT "BY VIRTUE OF
 THE ENGINEER OF RECORD SPECIFYING THESE CMOPONENTS,
 WHICH INCLUDE THESE BRACKETS AS PART OF THEIR ASSEMBLY,
 ALL SUB COMPONENTS OF THE ASSEMBLY ARE HENCE SPECIFIED
 . . ."
  
 SORRY IF I MISSED THE SPECIFICATION IN THE DETAIL IN
 THE LETTER, OR IN THE PLAN, BUT THE COMMENT WAS RELATED
 TO ANCHORING OF THE EQUIPMENT TO THE SUBSTRATE. I AGREE
 THAT, BY ENGINEER SPECIFYING EQUIPMENT AND BY ENGINEER
 STATING THE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA, COMPLIANCE FOR THE
 EQUIPMENT IS IMPLIED. HOWEVER SINCE SUBSTRATE MAY BE
 DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, IT APPEARS THAT THE
 FASTENING OF THE EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THE
 PROJECT AND SPECIFIED BY THE ENGINEER.
  
 PLEASE EITHER HIGHLIGHT OR OTHERWISE INDICATE ON THE
 PLANS SUBMITTED, OR WITH A CLARIFICATION LETTER, OR
 PROVIDE THIS DETAIL FOR ANCHORING OF ALL EQUIPMENT.
  
 2. NEW COMMENT - THE ENGINEERING CALCS ARE NOT
 DIGITALLY SIGNED. PLEASE UPLOAD A DIGITALLY SIGNED
 DOCUMENT (6WP1157C=VB PASSING SA-EXCALIBUR -
 8-3-21.PDF).
  
  
  
  
  
  


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