| Date |
Text |
| 2013-04-22 08:32:33 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 13020602 |
| | ADD: 2555 PALM BCH LAKES # 100 |
| | CONT: FISHER CONTRACTING |
| | TEL: (561)691-4716 |
| | 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| | * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS |
| | |
| | 2010 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. |
| | |
| | 2ND REVIEW |
| | DATE: 4/22/2013 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
| | |
| | 1) COMPLIED. |
| | |
| | 2) 2ND REQUEST, PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA FOR THE |
| | WATER CURTAIN IN THE MAIN LOBBY, WATER CURTAINS ARE TO |
| | BE INSTALLED IN AN ATRIUM MEETING ALL THE REQUIEMENTS |
| | OF AN ATRIUM WITH SMOKE CONTROL PER 2010 FBC-B909. |
| | EXIST BLDG CODE 704.2.1 FIRE PROTECTION SEE SECTION 403 |
| | OF THE FBC-B. 403.6 SMOKE REMOVAL SHALL BE PROVIDED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 909 FBC-B. SHEET A-1 INDICATES THAT THE |
| | COMMON WALL TO THE ATRIUM IS A GLASS CURTAIN WALL TYPE |
| | OF CONSTRUCTION WITH SPRINKLER HEADS ABOVE IN THE MAIN |
| | LOBBY, WE TAKE THE MEANING OF SPRINKLER HEADS IN THE |
| | MAIN LOBBY TO MEAN AT THE TOP OF THE ATRIUM. |
| | |
| | THE EXCEPTION TO THE ONE HOUR RATED FIRE BARRIER IS |
| | 404.6 EXCEPTION # 1. A GLASS WALL FORMING A SMOKE |
| | PARTITION WHERE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS ARE SPACED 6 FEET |
| | (1829 MM) OR LESS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE SEPARATION |
| | WALL, OR ON THE ROOM SIDE ONLY IF THERE IS NOT A |
| | WALKWAY ON THE ATRIUM SIDE, AND BETWEEN 4 INCHES AND 12 |
| | INCHES (102 MM AND 305 MM) AWAY FROM THE GLASS AND |
| | DESIGNED SO THAT THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE GLASS IS WET |
| | UPON ACTIVATION OF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITHOUT |
| | OBSTRUCTION. THE GLASS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN A GASKETED |
| | FRAME SO THAT THE FRAMING SYSTEM DEFLECTS WITHOUT |
| | BREAKING (LOADING) THE GLASS BEFORE THE SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM OPERATES. |
| | |
| | IS RAISES THE QUESTION WITH CURTAIN WALL CONSTRUCTION, |
| | IS THERE INTERMEDIATE HORIZONTAL MULLIONS THAT WOULD |
| | KEEP THE WATER FROM THE FIRE SPRINLERS FROM STAYING ON |
| | THE GLASS, OR IF THERE IS ORIZONTAL MULLIONS THEN THE |
| | FIRE CURTAIN IS IN-EFFECTIVE. |
| | |
| | 3) COMPLIED. |
| | |
| | JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
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| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
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