Date |
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2009-12-02 08:42:39 | 2007 FBC W/2009 REVISIONS |
| LEVEL 2 ALTERATION |
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| DENIED BY BUILDING |
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| 1) ITEM #3 FROM THE FIRST REVIEW HAS NOT BEEN |
| ADDRESSED. TWO EXITS ARE REQUIRED FROM THE SPACE PER |
| FBC 1015.1 AND THERE ARE TWO EXIT STAIRS ARE PROVIDED. |
| THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE THROUGH THE |
| RECEPTION AREA (SEE FBC 1014.2 EGRESS THROUGH |
| INTERVENING SPACES). THE PATH OF TRAVEL SHOULD BE |
| TOWARD EACH EXIT FROM CORRIDOR 164 AS THIS PROVIDES TWO |
| SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PATHS OF EGRESS TRAVEL TO THE TWO |
| EXITS AND REDUCES THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL LENGTH (100 |
| FT MAXIMUM IN SPRINKLERED BUILDING). PLEASE REVISE THE |
| EXIT LIGHT LOCATIONS ON SHEET A-3. CHANGE THE EXISTING |
| EXIT SIGNS AND ADD NEW ONES SUCH THAT THE OCCUPANTS ARE |
| DIRECTED TO THE TWO EXITS BY APPROVED SIGNS READILY |
| VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT ACCESS (SEE FBC |
| 1006.3 FOR ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS). |
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| 2) THE TRAVEL DISTANCE INDICATED ON THE LIFE SAFETY |
| PLAN WHICH STARTS IN CORRIDOR 164 IS NOT CORRECT. THE |
| TRAVEL DISTANCE IS FROM THE FARTHEST ACCESSIBLE POINT |
| TO THE ENCLOSED EXIT STAIRS. SEE FBC 1016.1. IN THIS |
| INSTANCE IT WOULD START FROM THE MOST REMOTE POINT OF |
| THE BALCONY OR THE MOST REMOTE POINT OF THE MOST REMOTE |
| ROOM IF THE BALCONY IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ROOMS. |
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| 3) THE EXISTING 20 MINUTE DOOR TO THE COMMON CORRIDOR |
| IS REQUIRED TO BE CHANGED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| EGRESS TRAVEL IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH FBC 1008.1.2. SEE |
| FBC EXISTING BUILDING 705.1 AND 705.2 (EXCEPTION 2). |
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| 4) PROVIDE STRUCTURAL DETAILS AND DRAWINGS FOR THE |
| PROPOSED ROOF TOP UNIT SCREEN ENCLOSURE SPECIFIED ON |
| SHEET A-4. SPECIFY ALL CONNECTIONS, ANCHORS, ETC. TO |
| RESIST WIND LOADS AS REQUIRED BY FBC 1604.9 AND 1605.1. |
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| ROBERT MCDOUGAL |
| BLDG. PLAN REVIEW |
| (561)805-6714 |
| [email protected] |