Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 01101288
Permit Number 01101288
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2002-07-25 00:00:00THIS IS THE THIRD REQUEST FOR ATTACHMENT
 DETAILS FOR THE CAST STONE TO BE
 APPLIED TO THE BUILDING.THE ARCHITECT
 HAS REPRODUCED CODE TEXT ON SHEET A4.02
 (SBC 1403.2.6)THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC
 DESIGN INFORMATION.SEE SBC 104.2.1
 REGARDING THE PROHIBITION OF CITING THE
 CODE IN LIEU OF SPECIFIC DESIGN
 INFORMATION.THIS CAVEAT WAS NOTED ON
 PREVIOUS APPLICATION REJECTIONS ALSO.
  
 THIS IS THE THIRD REQUEST FOR
 INFORMATION ON THE SPRINKLER HEADS THAT
 WILL PROVIDE EQUIVALENT PROTECTION FOR
 FIRE RATED OPENING PROTECTIVES.
  
 SHEET SP8, PREPARED BY ALBERT SHUB, PE
 SHOWS A "WS VERTICAL CENTRAL" HEAD AT
 "EXTERIOR WALL & INTERIOR OF FIXED
 GLASS" AND "AT EXTERIOR WALL & INTERIOR
 OF SLIDING GLASS DOORS".
  
 THERE IS NOTHING MORE ON THE FIRE
 PROTECTION SYSTEM ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS
 THAT ADDRESSES THIS SPECIAL APPLICATION
 WINDOW SPRINKLER.
  
 THE CENTRAL, WS, 3-01, MODEL WS SPECIFIC
 APPLICATION WINDOW SPRINKLERS TYCO FIRE
 PRODUCTS, TECHNICAL DATA SHEET #6-2.0
 PRINTED 3/01 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING
 INFORMATION.
  
 UNDER GENERAL DESCRIPTION IT STATES THAT
 THE WS HEAD CAN BE USED AS INTERIOR
 PROTECTION OF GLAZING.IT GOES ON TO
 ALLOW THE USE OF THE HEAD AS AN "OPEN"
 SPRINKLER FOR EXTERIOR APPLICATIONS,
 AND USING THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF
 NFPA.THE ENGINEERED DESIGN DOCUMENTS
 DO NOT ADDRESS THIS.
  
 UNDER "WARNING" IN THE SAME CENTRAL TECH
 DATA IT SAYS THE HEAD MUST BE INSTALLED
 & MAINTAINED ISN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 DATA SHEET, NFPA, AND ANY OTHER
 APPLICABLE STANDARDS.CHAPTER 4-7,
 NFPA13-99 OUTSIDE SPRINKLERS, SOME OF
 THE CRITERIA IS FOR AN INDEPENDENT
 CONTROL VALVE, CORROSION RESISTANCE AND
 A PRESSURE GAUGE.THESE ARE NOT
 INDICATED ON THE ENGINEERED DESIGN
 DOCUMENTS.
  
 THE CENTRAL WS TECH DATA UNDER "DESIGN
 CRITERIA" DECLARES THE HEADS TO BE OPEN
 SPRINKLERS FOR OUTSIDE USE.
  
 SAME CENTRAL WS TECH DATA SHEET UNDER
 "AREA OF USE" IT STATES THAT THE WS MAY
 BE USED TO PROTECT NON-OPERABLE WINDOWS.
 THE ENGINEERED DESIGN DOCUMENTS PROPOSE
 THE USE OF THE HEADS ON SLIDING GLASS
 DOORS, (OPERABLE), FOR INTERIOR AND
 EXTERIOR.
  
 SAME CENTRAL DATA SHEET UNDER "MINIMUM
 CLEARANCE FROM FACE OF GLASS TO
 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS" FOR THE USE OF A
 36" PONY WALL OR SIMILAR METHOD.
 NOTHING SHOWN ON THE ENGINEERED DESIGN
 DOCUMENTS.
  
 SAME CENTRAL DATA SHEET UNDER
 RECOMMENDED HYDRAULIC REQUIREMENTS IS A
 SPECIFIC FORMULA THAT PROVIDES FOR AN
 INCREASED HYDRAULIC DEMAND TO BE
 ADDITIVE TO THE MOST DEMANDING
 HYDRAULIC DESIGN AREA.FURTHER THE
 OPEN EXTERIOR HEADS ARE CALCULATED AS A
 A DELUGE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA.
  
 NER-516, NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT FOR
 THIS PARTICULAR SPRINKLER HEAD, (A
 RECOGNIZED LISTING AGENCY) WAS SHARED
 WITH THE BUILDING DESIGNERS IN A
 MEETING PRIOR TO THE PREPARATION OF
 THESE DRAWINGS.THAT REPORT INVOKES
 THE CENTRAL DATA SHEET REFERENCED ABOVE.
  
  
 RULE 61G15-32.003 (4) COMMON
 REQUIREMENTS TO ALL FIRE PROTECTION
 ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENTS. OF THE FLORIDA ADOMINSTRATIVE
 CODE READS IN PART:WHEN CODES AND
 STANDARDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE OR
 APPLICABLE, AND SAID LAYOUT DOCUMENTS
 ARE TO BE BASED ON ENGINEERING
 JUDGMENT, ANY REASONS AND ASSUMPTIONS
 MADE TO DEVELOP THE FIRE PROTECTION
 CONCEPT SHALL BE IDENTIFIED ON THE FIRE
 PROTECTION SYSTEM ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENTS.
  
 THE REASONS AND ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE
 DIVERSION FROM THE LISTING OF THE
 SPRINKLER ARE NOT READILY APPARENT ON
 THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENTS.
  
 THIS IS THE THIRD REQUEST FOR
 CALCULATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF
 THE PRESSURIZED STAIRS.A PARTIAL
 STATEMENT APPEARS ON SHEET AC 10
 CONTAINS THE STATEMENT "STAIR SHALL BE
 PRESSURIZED TO 0.05" W.G. RELATIVE TO
 ATMOSPHERE, INCLUDING ANY STACK EFFECT
 FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING."
  
 THIS STATEMENT IS SUGGESTIVE OF SBC 412.
 11 (5) BUT DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH A
 DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THE DESIGN WAS
 ARRIVED AT. PLEASE PROVIDE CALCULATIONS
 DEMOSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH SBC 412.11
 (5)
  
 THE AC PLANS INDICATE FIRE DAMPERS FOR
 THE MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT PENETRATING
 THE FIRE RATED WALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE
 OF THE BUILDING.SBC 705.1.3.1
 REQUIRESLISTED DEVICES TO BE TESTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 80 AND FIRE
 DAMPERS ARE TESTED TO UL 555, PLEASE
 ENSURE WITH NOTES, SPECIFICATIONS OR
 DETAILS THAT SBC 705.1.3.1 WILL BE
 COMPLIED WITH FOR ALL PENETRATIONS
 WHERE APPLICABLE.
  
 FL STATUTE 553.8(2)(B) MANDATES THE
 IMPOSITION OF A FEE FOR PLANS THAT ARE
 REJECTED THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR THE
 SAME CODE VIOLATION.A PRINTED COPY IS
 ATTACHED FOR USE.


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