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2002-07-25 00:00:00 | THIS 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. |