Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09090357
Permit Number 09090357
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2009-09-21 09:40:53REVIEW #: 1ST
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 FBC 2007 CODE FAMILY W/ 2009 SUPPLEMENT
 FBC CH.1 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
  
 1. PAGE M-1 SHOWS OUTSIDE AIR DUCTS ROUTED TO A RETURN
 AIR PLENUM AREA. BASED ON THE RECORD SET OF PLANS FROM
 ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THESE SPACES, THE PLENUM AREAS
 ABOVE THE CEILING CONSIST OF A SMALL DEFINED AREA
 BETWEEN THE HEAT PUMP CLOSETS AND THE EXISTING RETURN
 AIR GRILLS. THE FRESH AIR DUCTS ARE NOT SHOWN AS BEING
 ROUTED TO THESE AREAS. IS THE PLENUM SPACE FOR THESE
 AREAS BEING REDEFINED? PLEASE CLARIFY BY DEFINING THE
 AREA TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE NEW ABOVE CEILING PLENUM
 SPACE OR SHOW THE FRESH AIR DUCTS BEING ROUTED TO THE
 EXISTING PLENUM SPACES. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC-M
 601.4 FOR BALANCED RETURN, FBC-M 602.2.1 FOR MATERIALS
 EXPOSED IN A PLENUM AND FBC-M 601.5 WHICH PROHIBITS
 EXHAUST DUCTS UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE IN PLENUM SPACES.
  
 2. PAGE M-2 SHOWS RETURN AIR TRANSFER GRILLS WHICH
 APPEAR TO UTILIZE THE ABOVE CEILING SPACE AS A NEW
 RETURN AIR PLENUM. THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWS POSITIVE
 PRESSURE EXHAUST DUCT PASSING THROUGH THIS ABOVE
 CEILING SPACE. EXHAUST DUCTS UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE
 SHALL NOT PASS THROUGH A PLENUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 FBC-M 601.5. PLEASE DEFINE THIS PLENUM SPACE SHOWING
 THE EXHAUST DUCTS ISOLATED FROM THE PLENUM OR SHOW A
 TRANSFER DUCT BETWEEN RETURN GRILLS WHICH IS SIZED TO
 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FBC-M 601.4 FOR BALANCED
 RETURN.
  
 3. PAGE M-1 SHOWS WHAT APPEAR TO BE TWO NEW 18X18
 EXTERIOR WALL LOUVERS. PROVIDE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR
 THE PROPOSED LOUVERS, REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING
 BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD FOR THIS PROJECT IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH FBC-B 106.3.3.
  
 4. NEW DUCT SMOKE DETECTORS SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE
 BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC-M
 606.4.
  
 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
 RONALD J. REGUEIRO
 561.805.6719
 [email protected]


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