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2016-03-07 16:03:42 | RESIDENTIAL (R3) ALTERATION, BUILDING REVIEW COMMENTS. |
| CODE: FBC, 5TH EDITION (2014). |
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| 1- PROVIDE ENERGY CALCULATIONS AS REQUIRED BY SEC. |
| R101.4.3 OF FBC-ENERGY CONSERVATION, 5TH EDITION |
| (2014). PLEASE COORDINATE INFORMATION ON THE ENERGY |
| CALCULATIONS AND PLANS TO AVOID CONFLICTS OR DELAYS. |
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| 2- THE WIND SPEED SPECIFIED ON PLANS ON THE ENGINEERING |
| NOTES BY THE TITLE BLOCK IS INCORRECT. CITY OF WEST |
| PALM BEACH WIND SPEED IS 170 MPH NOT 160. REVISE AS |
| REQUIRED. AND REVISE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS DESIGN |
| PRESSURES ACCORDINGLY. SEC. R301.2.1 OF |
| FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION (2014). |
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| 3- SCOPE OF WORK IS NOT CLEAR. PLANS TO CLEARLY SPECIFY |
| WHAT'S NEW AND WHAT'S EXISTING. CLEARLY IDENTIFY EACH |
| ROOM SHOWN ON PLANS. CLEARLY SPECIFY ALL EXTERIOR DOORS |
| AND WINDOWS TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, SPECIFY SIZE AND TYPE |
| OF EXISTING WINDOWS (SPECIALLY BEDROOM WINDOWS) AND |
| TYPE AND SIZE OF PROPOSED WINDOWS TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE |
| WITH THE EGRESS REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. 704 OF |
| FBC-EXISTING BUILDING, 5TH EDITION (2014). |
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| 4- A) EXISTING INTERIOR STAIR SECTION SHOWN ON SHEET |
| A-2 DOESN'T MATCH STAIRS SHOWN ON FLOOR PLANS. ALSO, |
| TREAD SIZE DIMENSION IS NOT CLEAR. SEE SEC. R311.7.5.2 |
| OF FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION (2014) FOR PROPER WAY |
| OF DIMENSIONING THE TREAD AND REVISE AS REQUIRED. |
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| B) SPECIFY FIREBLOCKING IN STAIRS AS REQUIRED BY SEC. |
| R302.11 OF FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION (2014). |
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| 5- STRUCTURAL NOTES ON SHEET A-2: |
| A) THE LIVE LOADS SPECIFIED ARE INCORRECT. SEE TABLE |
| R301.5 OF FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION (2014) AND |
| REVISE AS REQUIRED. |
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| B) UPDATE ALL THE SPECIFIED STANDARDS. SEE CHAPTER 45 |
| OF FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION (2014) FOR CURRENT YEAR |
| OF STANDARDS ADOPTED AND REVISE AS REQUIRED. |
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| C) REVISE THE WIND SPEED. SEE ITEM #2 ABOVE. |
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| 6- PROVIDE PRODUCT APPROVAL (2 COPIES) AS REQUIRED BY |
| FAC 61G20-3.002(33) FOR: |
| A) ROOF SHINGLES AS SPECIFIED ON PLANS. |
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| B) METAL RIDGE VENTS AS SPECIFIED ON SHEET A-3. |
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| C) WINDOW MULLIONS AS SHOWN ON PLANS. AND SPECIFY |
| MULLION SIZE TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE DESIGN |
| PRESSURES OF SEC. R301 OF FBC-RESIDENTIAL, 5TH EDITION |
| (2014). |
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| D) ALL SIMPSON STRUCTURAL CONNECTORS SPECIFIED ON |
| DETAILS SHOWN ON PLANS. |
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| E) "OUTSWING" EXTERIOR DOORS AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NOTE: |
| NOA 09-0608.15 SUBMITTED IS FOR "INSWING" DOORS AND IS |
| EXPIRED. NEED CORRECT AND CURRENT PRODUCT APPROVAL. |
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| F) FIXED WINDOWS. ACCORDING TO MIAMI-DADE WEBSITE THE |
| FILE STATUS OF NOA 10-1015.02 SUBMITTED IS IN THE |
| PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED. NEED TO PROVIDE CURRENT |
| PRODUCT APPROVAL. |
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| G) "OUTSWING" EXTERIOR DOORS AS SHOWN ON PLANS. |
| DRAWINGS FOR FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL FL14569-R5 |
| SUBMITTED ARE FOR "INSWING" DOORS. NEED OUTSWING DOORS. |
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| 7- ENGINEER OF RECORD TO REVIEW AND APPROVE IN WRITING |
| (NOT SIGNING AND SEALING) ALL PRODUCT APPROVALS AS |
| REQUIRED BY SEC. 107.3.4.1 CITY AMENDMENTS. |
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| ****PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH |
| COMMENT TO EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS. |
| ****PLEASE REMOVE ANY REVISED DRAWING. DON'T STAPLE OLD |
| DRAWINGS. SUBMIT OLD DRAWINGS FOR REFERENCE. |
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| IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT |
| JULIO GOMEZ |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| (561)805-6712 |
| [email protected] |