Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13010504
Permit Number 13010504
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 11
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Date Text
2014-03-22 12:23:19 
 BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13010504
 SUBMITTAL: DATED 3/17/2014
 ADD: 631 EVERNIA
 CONT: KAUFMAN LYNN CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: (561)827-2078
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * 2010 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION
 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013.
  
  
 SUBMITTAL: 3/ 17/ 2014 FOR : FRAMED WALL ENGINEERING
 CALCULATIONS & SHOP DRAWINGS FOR THE SOUTHWEST ROOFTOP
 TOWER.
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: SAT. MARCH 22/ 2014
  
 ACTION: BUILDING PROVISO
 BUILDING APPROVED WITH EXCEPTION!
 THIS PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED PROVISIONALLY. FAILURE TO
 CORRECT THE LISTED DEFICIENCIES IN THIS PLAN PRIOR TO
 INSPECTION WILL RESULT IN FAILED INSPECTION(S) AND THE
 ASSESSMENT OF RE-INSPECTION FEE(S). REVISIONS REQUIRE
 ADDITIONAL REVIEWS WITH ASSOCIATED FEES.
  
 REVISIONS SUBMITTED UNDER 13071115 INTRODUCED STEEL
 FRAMING WALL MEMBERS ON SHEETS A-601 & A-609, THE PLANS
 DID NOT INDICATE AS TO THE TYPE OF WALL SHEATHING WAS
 TO BE INSTALLED.
 UNDER THIS SUBMITTAL STEEL SHOP DRAWINGS & STRUCTURAL
 CALCULATIONS SHEET 46 OF 49 THE CALCULATIONS INDICATE
 THE USE OF 1/2 CDX PLYWOOD FOR THE PROPOSED WALL
 SHEATHING. THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE USE OF FIRE
 RETARDANT TREATED PLYWOOD BEING INSTALLED. PLEASE SEE
 THE FOLLOWING CODE SECTIONS AND CONCERNS, AND
 CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE.
  
 2010 FBC-B 1406.2.2 TYPE I, II, III AND IV
 CONSTRUCTION.
 ON BUILDINGS OF TYPE I, II, III AND IV CONSTRUCTION,
 EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1405.5,
 OR OTHER EQUIVALENT COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL, COMPLYING
 WITH THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS:
 1. COMBUSTIBLE EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED
 10 PERCENT OF AN EXTERIOR WALL SURFACE AREA WHERE THE
 FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE IS 5 FEET (1524 MM) OR LESS.
 2. COMBUSTIBLE ARCHITECTURAL TRIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 40 FEET (12 192 MM) IN HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE.
 3. COMBUSTIBLE EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS CONSTRUCTED OF
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD COMPLYING WITH SECTION
 2303.2 FOR EXTERIOR INSTALLATION SHALL NOT BE LIMITED
 IN WALL SURFACE AREA WHERE THE FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE
 IS 5 FEET (1524 MM) OR LESS AND SHALL BE PERMITTED UP
 TO 60 FEET (18 288 MM) IN HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE REGARDLESS
 OF THE FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE.
  
 IN THIS APPLICATION WE ARE ABOVE 60'-0" IN HEIGHT.
  
  
 2010 FBC-B 1509.2.4 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.PENTHOUSES
 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH WALLS, FLOORS AND ROOF AS
 REQUIRED FOR THE BUILDING.
 EXCEPTIONS:1. ON BUILDINGS OF TYPE I CONSTRUCTION, THE
 EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOFS OF PENTHOUSES WITH A FIRE
 SEPARATION DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 5 FEET (1524 MM) AND
 LESS THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM) SHALL BE OF AT LEAST 1-HOUR
 FIRE RESISTANCE-RATED NONCOMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
 WALLS AND ROOFS WITH A FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE OF 20
 FEET (6096 MM) OR GREATER SHALL BE OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION. INTERIOR FRAMING AND WALLS SHALL BE OF
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
 2. ON BUILDINGS OF TYPE I CONSTRUCTION TWO STORIES
 ABOVE GRADE PLANE OR LESS AND TYPE II CONSTRUCTION, THE
 EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOFS OF PENTHOUSES WITH A FIRE
 SEPARATION DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 5 FEET (1524 MM) AND
 LESS THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM) SHALL BE OF AT LEAST 1-HOUR
 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD CONSTRUCTION. WALLS AND
 ROOFS WITH A FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE OF 20 FEET (6096
 MM) OR GREATER SHALL BE OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD CONSTRUCTION. INTERIOR
 FRAMING AND WALLS SHALL BE OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD CONSTRUCTION.
  
  
 ANOTHER ISSUE WILL BE ADJUSTMENT FACTORS IN WOOD
 STRUCTURAL PANELS FOR THE FIRE RETARDANT TREATMENT OF
 THE PLYWOOD. SEE 2010 2303.2.5 STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS.
 DESIGN VALUES FOR UNTREATED LUMBER AND WOOD STRUCTURAL
 PANELS, AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 2303.1, SHALL BE
 ADJUSTED FOR FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD. ADJUSTMENTS
 TO DESIGN VALUES SHALL BE BASED ON AN APPROVED METHOD
 OF INVESTIGATION THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE
 EFFECTS OF THE ANTICIPATED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY TO
 WHICH THE FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD WILL BE
 SUBJECTED, THE TYPE OF TREATMENT AND REDRYING
 PROCEDURES
  
 2303.2.5.1 WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS.
 THE EFFECT OF TREATMENT AND THE METHOD OF REDRYING
 AFTER TREATMENT, AND EXPOSURE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND
 HIGH HUMIDITIES ON THE FLEXURE PROPERTIES OF
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED SOFTWOOD PLYWOOD SHALL BE
 DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D 5516. THE TEST
 DATA DEVELOPED BY ASTM D 5516 SHALL BE USED TO DEVELOP
 ADJUSTMENT FACTORS, MAXIMUM LOADS AND SPANS, OR BOTH,
 FOR UNTREATED PLYWOOD DESIGN VALUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ASTM D 6305. EACH MANUFACTURER SHALL PUBLISH THE
 ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM LOADS AND SPANS FOR SERVICE AS FLOOR
 AND ROOF SHEATHING FOR ITS TREATMENT.
  
  
 WHEN USING FIRE RETARDEANT TREATED PLYWOOD THERE IS A
 CORROSIVE EFFECT THAT IS CAUSED BY THE SALT SOLUTIONS
 IMPREGNATED INTO THE WOOD ON THE FASTENERS, PLEASE
 PROVIDE HOW THE METAL FRAMING MEMBERS WIL BE PROTECTED
 AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 FBC-B 2304.9.5
 FASTENERS AND CONNECTORS IN CONTACT WITH
 PRESERVATIVE-TREATED AND FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD.
 FASTENERS AND CONNECTORS IN CONTACT WITH
 PRESERVATIVE-TREATED AND FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD
 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 2304.9.5.1 THROUGH
 2304.9.5.4. THE COATING WEIGHTS FOR ZINC-COATED
 FASTENERS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM A 153.
  
 2304.9.5.1 FASTENERS AND CONNECTORS FOR
 PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD.
 FASTENERS IN CONTACT WITH PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD
 SHALL BE OF HOT-DIPPED ZINC-COATED GALVANIZED STEEL,
 STAINLESS STEEL, SILICON BRONZE OR COPPER. FASTENERS
 OTHER THAN NAILS, TIMBER RIVETS, WOOD SCREWS AND LAG
 SCREWS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE OF MECHANICALLY
 DEPOSITED ZINC-COATED STEEL WITH COATING WEIGHTS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM B 695, CLASS 55 MINIMUM.
 CONNECTORS THAT ARE USED IN EXTERIOR APPLICATIONS AND
 IN CONTACT WITH PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD SHALL HAVE
 COATING TYPES AND WEIGHTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 TREATED WOOD OR CONNECTOR MANUFACTURER?S
 RECOMMENDATIONS. IN THE ABSENCE OF MANUFACTURER?S
 RECOMMENDATIONS, A MINIMUM OF ASTM A 653, TYPE G185
 ZINC-COATED GALVANIZED STEEL, OR EQUIVALENT, SHALL BE
 USED.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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