Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 06020812
Permit Number 06020812
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2006-06-17 00:00:00BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 *******DENIED*******
 ROBERT BROWN(561) 805 6652
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 REVISION FOR BELL CHAMBER UPLIFT TEST TO
 JUSTIFY A BASE SHEET FASTENER PATTERN
 DIFFERENT TO THE SUBMITTED PRODUCT
 APPROVAL.
  
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004
 FBC*= FLORIDA BUILD'G CODE (CITY AMEND)
 F.S.= FLORIDA (STATE) STATUTE
  
 1) FBC 1609.1WIND LOADS.THE HERNACKI
 ENGINEERING TEST REPORT LETTER DATED
 5/31/06 STATES THAT THE CALCULATED
 UPLIFT PRESSURES, WHICH MUST BE RESISTED
 BY THE ROOF COVERING APPLIED TO THIS
 BUILDING, ARE:
 ZONE 1 (FIELD) UPLIFT= 61.3 PSF
 ZONE 2 (EDGE) UPLIFT = 75.4 PSF
 ZONE 3 (CORNERS) UPLIFT = 75.4 PSF
  
 NO CALCULATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO
 JUSTIFY THOSE PRESSURES AND THEY ARE
 SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE PRESSURES
 CALCULATED BY CSM ENGINEERS AND
 SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AT THE TIME OF
 PERMIT ISSUANCE.SEE COMMENT 2, BELOW.
  
 2) FBC* 106.1WHO IS THE ENGINEER OF
 RECORD FOR THIS PROJECT?THERE ARE NOW
 TWO ENGINEERS STATING DIFFERENT REQUIRED
 UPLIFT PRESSURES FOR THE ROOF.CSM
 ENGINEERS, LLC WERE THE ENGINEERING FIRM
 THAT ORIGINALLY PROVIDED THE PRESSURES
 FOR PERMIT REVIEW.WE WILL CONTINUE TO
 REVIEW ALL SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS ON THE
 BASIS THAT CSM ENGINEERS IS THE ENGINEER
 OF RECORD AND THE ROOF PRESSURE
 CALCULATIONS SUBMITTED BY THAT ENGINEER
 ARE THE DESIGN CRITERIA THAT THE
 PRODUCT/INSTALLATION MUST MEET.
 HERNACKI ENGINEERING CAN REPORT ON THE
 THE UPLIFT RESISTANCE OF THE
 INSTALLATION BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE
 UPLIFT TESTS BUT ANY
 STATEMENTS/CALCULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
 FOR THE REQUIRED UPLIFT PRESSURES FOR
 THE BUILDING CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.IF
 THE APPLICANT, WEBSTER CONTRACTING,
 WANTS THIS OFFICE TO REVIEW BASED ON THE
 CALCULATIONS OF HERNACKI ENGINEERING,
 THEY BEING THE PERMIT APPLICANT MUST
 SUBMIT A NOTARIZED LETTER TO THAT
 EFFECT.THE LETTER WOULD HAVE TO STATE
 THAT CSM ENGINEERS ARE NO LONGER THE
 ENGINEER OF RECORD AND THAT
 RESPONSIBILITY NOW GOES TO HERNACKI
 ENGINEERING.
  
 3) FBC 1609.1WIND LOADS.THE HERNACKI
 ENGINEERING TEST REPORT LETTER DATED
 5/31/06 STATES THAT THE UPLIFT TESTS
 SHOW THAT THE INSTALLATION WITHSTANDS
 THE REQUIRED UPLIFT PRESSURES.PLEASE
 NOTE, THAT STATEMENT IS BASED ON
 'REQUIRED' UPLIFT PRESSURES THAT ARE
 SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THOSE
 CALCULATED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND
 THOSE THAT CAN BE DETERMINED FROM THE
 SIMPLIFIED METHOD IN FBC 1609.6.SEE
 COMMENT 2, ABOVE.DEVIATION FROM THE
 FASTENER REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRODUCT
 APPROVAL AND ENGINEER OF RECORD
 CALCLUATIONS HAS NOT BEEN JUSTIFIED.
 THE BASE SHEET FASTENING FOR ZONE 1
 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 FIRESTONE PRODUCT APPROVAL NOA#
 05-0830.10 SHEET 33 AND FASTENING FOR
 ZONES 2 AND 3 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH CSM ENGINEERS CALCULATION SHEET 2.
  
 **QUOTE PERMIT# ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE**
  
 END OF REVIEW COMMENTS
 THE CODE REFERENCES GIVE ADDITIONAL INFO
 TELEPHONE: (561) 805 6652ROBERT BROWN
 E-MAIL: [email protected]


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