| Date |
Text |
| 2023-06-30 15:36:34 | WINDOWS AND FLOORING |
| | REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| | 561-805-6716 |
| | [email protected] |
| | CODE USED FOR REVIEW - 2020 FBC WITH WPB CHAPTER 1 |
| | AMENDMENT |
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| | CORRECTIONS NEEDED - |
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| | 1) THE WIND DESIGN ENGINEERING PROVIDED SHOWS THE |
| | BUILDING MEAN ROOF HEIGHT AT 80 FEET - THE BUILDINGS |
| | MEAN ROOF IS HIGHER THAN THAT - PLEASE CORRECT. FBC WPB |
| | 107.2.1 |
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| | 2) THE WIND DESIGN ENGINEERING PROVIDED SHOWS EXPOSURE |
| | "C" USED - THE BUILDING IS AN EXPOSURE "D" - PLEASE |
| | CORRECT. FBC 1609.4.2 |
| | |
| | 3) THE WIND DESIGN ENGINEERING PROVIDED FROM |
| | ENGINEERING EXPRESS DOES NOT SHOW AS DIGITALLY SIGNED |
| | IN ADOBE READER - SIGNED AND SEALED DRAWINGS IN |
| | PROJECTDOX NEED TO BE DIGITALLY/ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED |
| | TO BE USED IN ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW. (A |
| | CERTIFICATE-BASED DIGITAL SIGNATURE (OFTEN JUST CALLED |
| | A DIGITAL SIGNATURE) IS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF |
| | E-SIGNATURE). |
| | |
| | 4) FLOOR PLAN SHOWS END WINDOW TO BE IN A WIND ZONE 5 |
| | (PRODUCT APPROVAL WIND PRESSURES WILL NEED TO MEET OR |
| | EXCEED ZONE 5 WIND PRESSURES SHOWN ON THE PROVIDED WIND |
| | DESIGN ENGINEERING) - PLEASE SHOW THE BUILDING |
| | DIMENSIONS AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE EDGE OF THE WINDOW |
| | TO THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING TO VERIFY THE WIND ZONES. |
| | FBC WPB 107.2.1 |
| | |
| | 5) PLEASE PROVIDE A PRODUCT APPROVAL FOR THE FIXED |
| | GLASS WINDOWS. FBC WPB 107.1 |
| | |
| | 6) THE FOLLOWING ACUSTICAL TEST REPORTS ARE REQUIRED: |
| | FOR THE FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT. |
| | |
| | MANUFACTURER SPEC SHEETS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE DUE TO |
| | DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SPEC SHEETS/BROCHURES AND TEST |
| | REPORTS FOR SOME MANUFACTURERS (NOT NECESSARILY THE |
| | MANUFACTURER SELECTED; THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT) |
| | |
| | A. FBC 1207.2, 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.. |
| | PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. (A DROP CEILING |
| | SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY |
| | DESCRIPTION UNLESS THE UNIT MATCHES THE TESTED DROP |
| | CEILING DESCRIPTION) |
| | |
| | B. FBC 1207.3, 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. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. (A DROP |
| | CEILING SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR/CEILING |
| | ASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION UNLESS THE UNIT MATCHES THE TESTED |
| | DROP CEILING DESCRIPTION) |
| | |
| | C. FBC 603.1, ALLOWABLE MATERIALS IN NON COMBUSTIBLE |
| | BUILDINGS, SEE ITEM 2, EXCEPTION 2, ACOUSTICAL |
| | 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. SEE |
| | 803.1.1, PROVIDE TEST DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 |
| | OR UL 723. (DO NOT NEED THIS REPORT IF THE PADDING IS |
| | ATTACHED TO THE FLOORING) |
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