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2003-06-26 00:00:00 | SECOND PAID PLAN REVIEW, NOT A PERMIT |
| APPLICATION. |
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| COMMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO BOTH |
| BUILDING TYPES. |
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| THE TRESHOLD INSPECTION PLAN MUST BE |
| SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED WHEN SUBMITTED |
| FOR PERMIT APPLICATION.THE STATEMENT |
| CONTAINED IN FBC 105.13.4.4 MUST APPEAR |
| ON THE PERMIT PLANS. |
| |
| ADVISORY NOTE:THE U904 THREE HOUR FIRE |
| RATED MASONRY WALL SYSTEM REQUIRES |
| BLOCKS WITH UL CLASSIFICATION.THERE |
| ARE FEW IF ANY MANUFACTURERS IN THIS |
| AREA THAT PROVIDE UL CLASSIFICATION. |
| |
| SHEET S3.01 GENERAL NOTE #3 DECLARES |
| COMPONENT AND CLADDING PRESSURES OF |
| +37.1 AND -48.4.THE "ROOF FASTENING |
| ZONE" SHOWS 4' AND 5' FOR ZONE 3. |
| SHEET 3.02 DECLARES A "BASIC PRESSURE" |
| FROM TABLE 1606.2A AS P=38.5 PSF.THE |
| TABLE WITH THE COMPONENT AND CLADDING |
| PRESSURES FOR OPENINGS IN WALLS CALLS |
| OUT AN INTERIOR ZONE AND EDGE STRIP. |
| THIS TABLE HAS A COEFFICIENT OF 1.10 |
| AND LIST OF VALUES.THE ARCHITECT'S |
| RESPONSE LETTER DATED 5/28/03 STATED |
| THAT THE SIMPLIFIED WINDLOAD METHOD IN |
| FBC 1606.2 WAS TO BE USED. |
| |
| WHERE ARE THE PRESSURES IN GENERAL NOTE |
| # 3 TO BE APPLIED?HOW WERE THEY |
| DETERMINED? |
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| TABLE 1606.2A IS THE TABLE FOR THE MAIN |
| WIND FORCE RESISTING SYSTEM, NOT |
| COMPONENTS AND CLADDING.FBC 1606.2 |
| DOES NOT USE A "BASIC PRESSURE" SUCH AS |
| THAT DECLARED AS "P= 38 PSF."SEE FBC |
| 1606.2.2.1. |
| |
| WHERE IS THE DETERMINATION FOR THE ZONES |
| 1 THROUGH 5?SEE FBC 1606.2.3. |
| |
| AS AN EXAMPLE: SEE FBC TABLE 1606.2B, |
| UNDER HEADING "WALL" ZONE 5, EFFECTIVE |
| WIND AREA 20 SF, READ ACROSS TO COLUMN |
| NUMBERED 140 MPH, TO FIND 33.7 AND |
| -44.0.SEE FOOTNOTE 2 TO TABLE 1606.2B. |
| |
| GO TO TABLE 1606.2D, USING A MEAN ROOF |
| HEIGHT OF 50' FIND A COEFFICIENT OF |
| 1.16 TO BE USED FOR EXPOSURE B. |
| |
| 1.16 X -44.0 = -51.04.THIS DOES NOT |
| AGREE WITH THE NUMBERS IN THE TABLE ON |
| SHEET S3.02 OR THE GENERAL NOTE #3. |
| |
| WILL THERE BE ANY TESTS REQUIRED FOR THE |
| REINFORCED MASONRY?SECTION 04000 OF |
| THE CITED PROJECT MANUAL DOES NOT SPEAK |
| TO FREQUENCY OF GROUT TESTS, IF ANY, |
| PRISM TESTS, IF ANY OR EVEN |
| MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATION.THERE |
| ARENO QUALIFICATIONS FOR HEIGHTS OF |
| GROUT LIFT, CLEAN OUT, CORE SIZE OR ANY |
| SIGNIFICANT PORITION OF THE CRITERIA |
| CONTAINED IN ACI 530-99/ASCE 5-99/TMS |
| 402-99, AS NOTED IN FBC 2103.1. |
| |
| THE DRAFTSTOPPING ON SHEET A5.08 DOES |
| NOT APPEAR TO BE EFFECTIVELY PLACED. |
| PLEASE SEE FBC 2305.2.3 EXCEPTION #3 |
| FOR BEST APPLICATION. |
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| THE ENERGY CODE CALCULATIONS SHOULD BE |
| ON FORM 400.SEE FBC 13-400.0 AND |
| 13-101.2.1.ENSURE ALL SIGNATURES AS |
| REQUIRED ON THAT FORM ARE PROVIDED. |
| |
| SHEET A7.01 SHOWS A SLAB RECESS OF |
| 3/4",THE CITY HAS AMENDED THIS CODE |
| SECTION AND REQUIRES 1.5".PLEASE |
| REVISE AS NECESSARY. |