Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15120060
Permit Number 15120060
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-12-09 11:29:02BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 15120060
 ADD: 701 NORTHPOINT # 400
 CONT: KAST CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: 561-689-2910
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 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.
  
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: WED. DEC. 09/2015
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) SHEET A0:
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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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