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2011-02-24 15:03:08 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| PERMIT: 10120395 |
| ADD: 3031 OKEECHOBEE BLVD |
| CONT: POPPER & ASSOCIATES |
| TEL: (561)719-7136 |
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| FL BLD CODE= 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS |
| * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS |
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| 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3 |
| COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, |
| SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS |
| OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| 2ND REVIEW |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) SHEET A-100 PROVIDES THE CODE SUMMARY THE BUILDING |
| TYPE INDICATES IT TO BE A TYPE II-B UNSPRINKLERED. |
| PLEASE REVIEW THE CRITERIA FOR PLYWOOD SUB-SHEATHING. |
| 2007 FBC-B 603.1.1 |
| FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD SHALL BE PERMITTED IN: |
| 1.2 NONBEARING EXTERIOR WALLS WHERE NO FIRE RATING IS |
| REQUIRED. |
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| 2) 2007 FBC-B SECTION 1407 DEALS WITH MCM OR METAL |
| COMPOSITE MATERIALS. IN THIS CASE THE MINIMUM BUILDING |
| YPE IS UNKNOWN AND WILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED BUT THERE |
| ARE GENERAL CODE SECTIONS THAT WILL NEED FURTHER |
| DOCUMENTATION FOR CODE COMPLIANCE: |
| 2A) SUBMIT MANUFACTURES TESSTING FOR COMPONENTS AND |
| CLADDING AND ASSOCIATED PRESSURES. |
| 1407.4 STRUCTURAL DESIGN. MCM SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED |
| AND CONSTRUCTED TO RESIST WIND LOADS AS REQUIRED BY |
| CHAPTER 16 FOR COMPONENTS AND CLADDING. IN PART SOME OF |
| THE MCM PANELS WILL BE CONSIDERED ARCHITECTURAL |
| EMBELLISHMENTS AND IN PART SOME WILL BE CONSIDERED |
| COMPONENTS AND CLADDING, IN EITHER CASE SHEET S-1 |
| PROVIDES THE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA, BUT NOT THE POSITIVE |
| AND NEGATIVE PRESSURES FOR THE INTERIOR ZONES AND END |
| ZONES, PLEASE PROVIDE PRESSURES. |
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| 2B) 1407.5 APPROVAL. RESULTS OF APPROVED TESTS OR AN |
| ENGINEERING ANALYSIS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING |
| OFFICIAL TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| CHAPTER 16 FOR WIND LOADS. SINCE THE WIND PRESSURES |
| POSITIVE & NEGATIVE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED AS REQUESTED |
| THE TESTING REPORT SUBMITTED CAN NOT BE EVALUATED, IT |
| DOES APPEAR THAT THE PRESSURES ARE LOW!!! |
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| 2C) 1407.6 WEATHER RESISTANCE. MCM SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY |
| WITH SECTION 1403 AND SHALL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED |
| TO RESIST WIND AND RAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION |
| AND THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. THE |
| COMMEENTS AS FAR AS AN ARCHITECTURAL EMBELISHMENT IN |
| PART YES, IN PART THEY WILL NEED TO BE THOUGHT AS |
| COMPONENTS AND CLADDING , IN EITHER CASE THE PANELS |
| WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED FOR WIND AND THE POSITIVE AND |
| NEGATIVE PRESSURES FOR INTERIOR ZONES AND END ZONES. |
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| 2D) 1407.7 DURABILITY. MCM SYSTEMS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED |
| OF APPROVED MATERIALS THAT MAINTAIN THE PERFORMANCE |
| CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED IN SECTION 1407 FOR THE |
| DURATION OF USE. |
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| 3) 1407.9 SURFACE-BURNING CHARACTERISTICS. UNLESS |
| OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, MCM SHALL HAVE A FLAME SPREAD |
| INDEX OF 75 OR LESS AND A SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEX OF 450 |
| OR LESS WHEN TESTED AS AN ASSEMBLY IN THE MAXIMUM |
| THICKNESS INTENDED FOR USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E |
| 84. WITH PART OF MCM PANELS BEING CONSIDERED COMPONENTS |
| AND CLADDING THIS CODE SECTION IS STILL AN ISSUE, |
| PROVIDE PRODUCT TESTING. |
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| 4) 1407.10 TYPE I, II, III AND IV CONSTRUCTION. WHERE |
| INSTALLED ON BUILDINGS OF TYPE I, II, III AND IV |
| CONSTRUCTION, MCM SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTIONS |
| 1407.10.1 THROUGH 1407.10.4, OR 1407.11. |
| TYPE II-B CONSTRUCTION DOES ALLOW FOR THE USE OF MCM |
| PANELS THAT WILL NEED TO MET 603.1.2 EXCEPTION 10. |
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| 5) PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE. 1407.10.2 THERMAL |
| BARRIERS. MCM SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE INTERIOR OF A |
| BUILDING BY AN APPROVED THERMAL BARRIER CONSISTING OF |
| 0.5-INCH (12.7 MM) GYPSUM WALLBOARD OR EQUIVALENT |
| THERMAL BARRIER MATERIAL THAT WILL LIMIT THE AVERAGE |
| TEMPERATURE RISE OF THE UNEXPOSED SURFACE TO NOT MORE |
| THAN 250DEGRESSF (121DEGRESSC) AFTER 15 MINUTES OF FIRE |
| EXPOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD |
| TIME-TEMPERATURE CURVE OF ASTM E 119. THE THERMAL |
| BARRIER SHALL BE INSTALLED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT |
| WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR NOT LESS THAN 15 MINUTES BASED |
| ON A TEST CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UL 1715. |
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| 1407.10.3 THERMAL BARRIER NOT REQUIRED. THE THERMAL |
| BARRIER SPECIFIED FOR MCM IN SECTION 1407.10.2 IS NOT |
| REQUIRED WHERE: |
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| 1. THE MCM SYSTEM IS SPECIFICALLY APPROVED BASED ON |
| TESTS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UL 1040 OR UL 1715. |
| SUCH TESTING SHALL BE PERFORMED WITH THE MCM IN THE |
| MAXIMUM THICKNESS INTENDED FOR USE. THE MCM SYSTEM |
| SHALL INCLUDE SEAMS, JOINTS AND OTHER TYPICAL DETAILS |
| USED IN THE INSTALLATION AND SHALL BE TESTED IN THE |
| MANNER INTENDED FOR USE. |
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| 6) COMPLIED. |
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| 7) COMPLIED. |
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| 8) PROVISO: |
| 1407.13 LABELING. MCM SHALL BE LABELED IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH SECTION 1703.5. |
| 1703.5 LABELING. WHERE MATERIALS OR ASSEMBLIES ARE |
| REQUIRED BY THIS CODE TO BE LABELED, SUCH MATERIALS AND |
| ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE LABELED BY AN APPROVED AGENCY IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1703. PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS |
| REQUIRED TO BE LABELED SHALL BE LABELED IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 1703.5.1 |
| THROUGH 1703.5.3. |
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| 1703.5.1 TESTING. AN APPROVED AGENCY SHALL TEST A |
| REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE PRODUCT OR MATERIAL BEING |
| LABELED TO THE RELEVANT STANDARD OR STANDARDS. THE |
| APPROVED AGENCY SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF THE TESTS |
| PERFORMED. THE RECORD SHALL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DETAIL |
| TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEST STANDARD. |
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| 1703.5.2 INSPECTION AND IDENTIFICATION. THE APPROVED |
| AGENCY SHALL PERIODICALLY PERFORM AN INSPECTION, WHICH |
| SHALL BE IN-PLANT IF NECESSARY, OF THE PRODUCT OR |
| MATERIAL THAT IS TO BE LABELED. THE INSPECTION SHALL |
| VERIFY THAT THE LABELED PRODUCT OR MATERIAL IS |
| REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRODUCT OR MATERIAL TESTED. |
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| 1703.5.3 LABEL INFORMATION. THE LABEL SHALL CONTAIN THE |
| MANUFACTURER'S OR DISTRIBUTOR'S IDENTIFICATION, MODEL |
| NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER OR DEFINITIVE INFORMATION |
| DESCRIBING THE PRODUCT OR MATERIAL'S PERFORMANCE |
| CHARACTERISTICS AND APPROVED AGENCY'S IDENTIFICATION. |
| JAMES A. WITMER C.B.O. |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
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