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2015-12-09 11:29:02 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| W. P. B. PERMIT: 15120060 |
| ADD: 701 NORTHPOINT # 400 |
| CONT: KAST CONSTRUCTION |
| TEL: 561-689-2910 |
| E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| ADMINISTRATION |
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| 2014 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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| 1ST REVIEW |
| DATE: WED. DEC. 09/2015 |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) SHEET A0: |
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| 1A) SHEET A0 UNDER THE HEADING THE HEADING OF OCUUPANT |
| LOAD FOR KAST OFFICES HAS A OCCUPANT LOAD OF 42 WITH |
| 2427 SQ. FT. PLEASE PROVIDE A BREAK DOWN OF THE SQ. FT. |
| IN THE TRAINING ROOM AND OCCUPANT LOAD OF THE TRAINING |
| ROOM (CLASSROOM) WITH THE OCCUPANT LOAD TAKEN AT 20 SQ. |
| FT PER 2014 FBC-B TABLE 1004.1.2 AND THE REMAINDER OF |
| THE OFFICE OCCUPANT LOAD TAKEN AT 100 SQ. FT. GROSS. I |
| BELIEVE THE OCCUPANT LOAD WILL INCREASE. |
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| 1B) SHEET A0 UNDER NOTE 13 AND THE 3 UNDERLAYMENT |
| SYSTEMS BELOW THERE WILL NEED TO BE A CONSIDERATION |
| THAT THE UNDERLAYMENST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN |
| 2014 FBC-B FBC-B-2014 720.2 CONCEALED INSTALLATION. |
| TYPE III- TYPE V CONSTRUCTION. |
| INSULATING MATERIALS, WHERE CONCEALED AS INSTALLED IN |
| BUILDINGS OF ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, SHALL HAVE A |
| FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 25 AND A |
| SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 450. |
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| BOAF INFORMAL INTERPRETATION |
| DATE: WED APR 29 2015 |
| REPORT: 7481 |
| CODE: BUILDING CODE YEAR: 2010 |
| SECTION: 719.2 |
| QUESTION: |
| IS IT THE INTENT OF 2010 FBC-B 719.2 TO INCLUDE FLOOR |
| INSULATION IN BUILDING TYPES III, IV & V. |
| COMMENT: |
| THE 2007 FBC-B COMMENTARY 719.1 WITHIN THE LAST |
| PARAGRAPH STATES THE ADDITION OF INSULATION HAS THE |
| POTENIAL TO EITHER ADD TO |
| OR REDUCE THE FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF AN ASSEMBLY. |
| THE REDUCTION OF RATINGS IS MORE OF A PROBLEM WHEN THE |
| INSULATION IS ADDES |
| INTO A HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY. NOTED FLOOR CEILING |
| ASSEMBLIES LIST THE TYPE OF INSULATION WITHIN THE |
| ASSEMBLY. THE QUESTION IS DOES |
| THE CODE SECTION 719.2 REQUIRE FLAME SPREAD AND SMOKE |
| DEVELOPMENT FOR BUILDING TYPES III, IV OR V? |
| ANSWER: |
| YES. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED COMMENTARY FOR |
| INFORMATION. |
| COMMENTARY: |
| FLOORING INSULATION, WHETHER IT BE THERMAL OR SOUND |
| INSULATION, PLACED IN A FLOOR (CONCEALED) WOULD BE |
| REQUIRED TO MEET THE FLAME |
| SPREAD REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 719.2. THERE ARE SOME |
| EXCEPTIONS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS CALLED OUT, HOWEVER, |
| IF IT IS A FIRE RATED |
| ASSEMBLY, THE FIRE TESTING OF THE ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE |
| TO INCLUDE THE MATERIALS USED. IN ADDITION, THE |
| MATERIALS WOULD HAVE TO |
| MEET THE STC REQUIREMENTS AT SECTION 1207. THERE ARE |
| MANY TYPE 3 & 5 BUILDINGS OUT THERE BEING BUILT. SOME |
| MAY HAVE WOOD |
| FLOOR SYSTEMS OTHERS CONCRETE, BUT THE REQUIREMENTS |
| FOUND IN 719.2 ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN FOR TYPE I |
| TYPE II CONSTRUCTION. |
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| 1C) SHEET A0 UNDER THE NOTE 13 THERE ARE 3 UNDERLAYMENT |
| SYSTEMS AND OR ALTERNATIVES. 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA |
| BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1 |
| INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. SUCH DRAWINGS |
| AND SPECIFICATIONS SHALL |
| CONTAIN INFORMATION, IN THE FORM OF NOTES OR OTHERWISE, |
| AS TO THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS, WHERE QUALITY IS |
| ESSENTIAL TO CONFORMITY WITH THE TECHNICAL CODES. SUCH |
| INFORMATION SHALL BE SPECIFIC, AND THE TECHNICAL CODES |
| SHALL NOT BE CITED AS A WHOLE OR IN PART, NOR SHALL THE |
| TERM "LEGAL" OR ITS EQUIVALENT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE |
| FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. |
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| 2) SHEET A3.1 THERE IS A EXISITNG DOOR IN A COORIDOR |
| NEXT TO ROOM IT CLOSET K-104, THIS DOOR DOES NOT HAVE |
| 18 INCHES ON THE LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR. 2014 |
| FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 404.2.4 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES. |
| THE CONTRACT VALUE OF $30,000 DOLLORS, 20 % OF THE |
| CONTRACT VALUE CAN BE SPENT ON ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES TO |
| MAKE THE BUILDING MORE ACCESSIBLE SEE 2014 |
| FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 202.4 & 202.4.1. |
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| 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION |
| & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS |
| NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL |
| REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE |
| REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION |
| PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO |
| EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED |
| COOPERATION. |
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| 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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