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2009-12-16 11:18:25 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
| ****WILL PASS WITH PROVISO UPON REQUEST*** |
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| SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
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| FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 |
| FBC EB FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 EXISTING BUILDING |
| CODE |
| FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL |
| FBC* CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2007 |
| FAC FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE |
| FS FLORIDA STATUTE |
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| FROM PREVIOUS LIST: |
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| 1. THE GENERATOR INFORMATION STATES THAT THE ENCLOSURE |
| MEETS WIND LOAD ANALYSIS FOR ASCE7-88, WIND VELOCITY |
| 150. ASCE7-88 USED FASTEST MILE, WHICH CONVERTED TO 3 |
| SECOND GUST WOULD BE 130MPH. THE CITY OF WEST PALM |
| BEACH LIES ENTIRELY WITHIN THE 140MPH ZONE. ALSO, IT |
| APPEARS THAT THIS IS LOCATED IN EXPOSURE C (LARGE BODY |
| OF WATER TO THE EAST, SEE DEFINITION OF EXPOSURE C |
| REVISED IN FBC2007 AND ASCE7-05). |
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| INSTALLATION IS TO RESIST WIND LOADS (SLIDING, |
| OVERTURNING) FBC1609. PROVIDE INSTALLATION |
| SPECIFICATION TO COMPLY WITH FBC1609, AND DECLARE WIND |
| DESIGN CRITERIA PER FBC1603.1.4. |
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| 2ND REVIEW: |
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| THE SECOND PORTION OF THE COMMENT WAS ADDRESSED WITH |
| THE ENGINEERING FROM PAUL KING, PE. |
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| THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN |
| ADDRESSED. THE ENGINEERING PROVIDED CALCULATIONS FOR |
| THE ATTACHMENT OF THE GENERATOR TO THE SLAB, BUT THE |
| COMMENT IS THAT THE ENCLOSURE IS TO MEET WIND DESIGN |
| CRITERIA AND THE GENERATOR DOCUMENTATION DOES NOT SHOW |
| COMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUIREMENT. |
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| UPON REQUEST, THIS REVIEW CAN BE PASSED WITH PROVISO, |
| REVISION REQUIRED, AT CONTRACTOR'S RISK, SHOW |
| COMPLIANCE WITH 140MPH EXPOSURE C FOR GENERATOR |
| ENCLOSURE. |
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