Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22061524
Permit Number 22061524
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2022-08-26 07:49:21PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC SEVENTH EDITION (2020)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) SUBMIT A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WITH CALCULATIONS TO
 SHOW THAT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE CAN SAFELY SUPPORT THE
 PROPOSED EQUIPMENT FOR DEAD AND LIVE LOADS. FBC
 1603.1.8 SPECIAL LOADS
 SPECIAL LOADS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE DESIGN OF THE
 BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PORTIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO THE LOADS OF MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT,
 THAT ARE OF GREATER MAGNITUDE THAN THE LOADS DEFINED IN
 THE SPECIFIED FLOOR AND ROOF LOADS SHALL BE SPECIFIED
 BY THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND LOCATIONS.
 FBC 1604.4 ANALYSIS
 LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THEIR
 CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY METHODS OF
 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EQUILIBRIUM,
 GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY AND BOTH
 SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
  
 MEMBERS THAT TEND TO ACCUMULATE RESIDUAL DEFORMATIONS
 UNDER REPEATED SERVICE LOADS SHALL HAVE INCLUDED IN
 THEIR ANALYSIS THE ADDED ECCENTRICITIES EXPECTED TO
 OCCUR DURING THEIR SERVICE LIFE.
  
 ANY SYSTEM OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION TO BE USED SHALL
 BE BASED ON A RATIONAL ANALYSIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 WELL-ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS. SUCH ANALYSIS
 SHALL RESULT IN A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES A COMPLETE LOAD
 PATH CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING LOADS FROM THEIR POINT OF
 ORIGIN TO THE LOAD-RESISTING ELEMENTS.
  
 THE TOTAL LATERAL FORCE SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE
 VARIOUS VERTICAL ELEMENTS OF THE LATERAL
 FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM IN PROPORTION TO THEIR
 RIGIDITIES, CONSIDERING THE RIGIDITY OF THE HORIZONTAL
 BRACING SYSTEM OR DIAPHRAGM. RIGID ELEMENTS ASSUMED NOT
 TO BE A PART OF THE LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM ARE
 PERMITTED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO BUILDINGS PROVIDED
 THEIR EFFECT ON THE ACTION OF THE SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED
 AND PROVIDED FOR IN THE DESIGN. A DIAPHRAGM IS RIGID
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTION OF STORY SHEAR AND
 TORSIONAL MOMENT WHEN THE LATERAL DEFORMATION OF THE
 DIAPHRAGM IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO TWO TIMES THE
 AVERAGE STORY DRIFT. WHERE REQUIRED BY ASCE 7,
 PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE FOR THE INCREASED FORCES
 INDUCED ON RESISTING ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
 RESULTING FROM TORSION DUE TO ECCENTRICITY BETWEEN THE
 CENTER OF APPLICATION OF THE LATERAL FORCES AND THE
 CENTER OF RIGIDITY OF THE LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING
 SYSTEM.
  
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS, SECTION 1610 FOR LATERAL SOIL LOADS AND SECTION
 1613 FOR EARTHQUAKE LOAD
  
 2) PROVIDE THE WINDLOAD DESIGN DATA FOR THE PROPOSED
 ROOF TOP EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION. THE VULT WINDSPEED FOR
 THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH IS 170 MPH AND THE EXPOSURE
 CATEGORY IS C. FBC 1603.1.4
  
 3) PLEASE SUBMIT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH
 OF THE REVIEW COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
  
  
  
  
  


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