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| 2017-07-12 16:54:53 | 2014 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 17060979 |
| | ADD: 525 S. FLAGLER DR. 3RD FLOOR/ SUITE? |
| | CONT: L J SHEEHAN INC. |
| | TEL: 561-223-2750 |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: WED. JULY 12/ 2017 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) PLEASE CORRECT PLANS, SHEET A0.1.1. NOTE NUMBER 31 |
| | MAKES REFERENCE TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| | REGULATIONS. PLEASE UPDATE PLANS TO THE WEST PALM BEACH |
| | FIRE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. 107.2.1.3. ADDITIONAL |
| | INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | 2) SHEET ALS1.0 THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET INDICATES THE |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD BEING 123 TOTAL LOAD WHICH REQUIRES 2 |
| | EXITS. THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET REFERENCES THE FBC-B TABLE |
| | 1015.1. AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR 2 EXITS BUT THE PLAN |
| | ONLY SHOWS ONE STAIRWAY. OTHER NOTES IN THIS SET OF |
| | PLANS REFERENCES THIS TO BE A 38 STORY BUILDING. THE |
| | EXIT STAIRWELL WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO BE 2 HOUR FIRE |
| | RATED EXITS. PLEASE SHOW THE 2ND MEANS OF EXIT. |
| | |
| | 3) SHEET AD1.0 THE DEMO PLAN NOTE NUMBER 2 INDICATES |
| | THE EXTERIOR WINDOW AND DOORS ARE TO BE REMOVED. SHEET |
| | A1.0.1 SHOWS NEW EURO WALL DOOR SYSTEM AND A PAIR OF |
| | EXTERIOR SWING DOOR BEING REPLACED. SHEET A2.0.1. |
| | PROVIDES THE WIND DESIGN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE (VASD) |
| | FOR WALL ZONES 4 & 5, NOTE # 3 INDICATES WALL ZONE 5 IS |
| | TO BE 20 FEET WIDE, BUT THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO THIS |
| | TENANT SPACE IN THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP OF THE |
| | BUILDING? IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS UNIT IS IN ANY PORTION |
| | OF WALL ZONE # 5, WITH THE HIGH ASSOCIATED PRESSURES. |
| | 107.2.1.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO |
| | DETERMINE THE PRESSURES, ALSO THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT IS |
| | NOT GIVEN, THIS NEEDS TO BE KNOWN TO VERIFY THE |
| | NEGATIVE PRESSURES WHICH ARE TAKEN FROM THE ROOF. |
| | |
| | 4) SHEET A1.0.1 SHOW BOTH NEW EXTERIOR SWING DOORS AS |
| | WELL AS EURO WALL SYSTEM. TO DATE NO PRODUCT APPROVALS |
| | HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 |
| | FBC-B 1609.1.2 PROTECTION OF OPENINGS, 1609.6.4.4.1 |
| | COMPONENTS & CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY |
| | AFFAIRS, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, RULE 9N-3 |
| | NOV. 01/ 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR |
| | CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT |
| | APPROVALS: |
| | (31)(A) EXTERIOR DOORS |
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| | 5) PLEASE IDENTIFY ON THE PRODUCT APPROVAL BEFORE |
| | SUBMITTING TO DESIGNER OF RECORD AND BEFORE SUBMISSION |
| | TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. FOR ALL PRODUCTS WITH |
| | GLAZING, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE OPENING WIDTH & HEIGHT, |
| | TYPE OF GLAZING, MULLION INFORMATION IF REQUIRED, |
| | ATTACHMENTS AND ASSOCIATE PRESSURES FOR EACH OPENING |
| | SIZE. 2014 FBC-B 1405.13.1 INSTALLATION. WINDOWS AND |
| | DOORS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED |
| | MANUFACTURER?S INSTRUCTIONS. FASTENER SIZE AND SPACING |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED IN SUCH INSTRUCTIONS AND SHALL BE |
| | CALCULATED BASED ON MAXIMUM LOADS AND SPACING USED IN |
| | THE TESTS. |
| | 6) FBC 107.3.4.1 PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE PRODUCTS |
| | WHICH ARE REGULATED BY THE DCA RULE 9N-03 SHALL BE |
| | REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF |
| | RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL. |
| | FL 61G1-23.015 (2) THE ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR |
| | SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS, |
| | SHOP DRAWINGS ETC.. |
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| | 7A) 1710.5.1.1FBC-B EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND DOORS. |
| | (EXCEPTION) 2. DOOR ASSEMBLIES INSTALLED WHERE THE |
| | OVERHANG (OH) RATIO IS EQUAL TO OR MORE THAN 1 NEED NOT |
| | BE TESTED FOR WATER INFILTRATION. THE OVERHANG RATIO |
| | SHALL BE CALCULATED BY THE FOLLOWING EQUATION: |
| | OH RATIO = OH LENGTH/OH HEIGHT |
| | WHERE: |
| | OH LENGTH = THE HORIZONTAL MEASURE OF HOW FAR AN |
| | OVERHANG OVER A DOOR PROJECTS OUT FROM DOOR SURFACE. |
| | OH HEIGHT = THE VERTICAL MEASURE OF THE DISTANCE FROM |
| | THE DOOR SILL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERHANG OVER A |
| | DOOR. |
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| | 7B) THERE ARE 2 ISSUES, THE PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE A CUT |
| | SECTION THROUGH THE INTERIOR FINISH FLOOR, TRACK AND |
| | THE EXTERIOR FINISH FLOOR WITH NEW TILE. SHEET A2.01 |
| | DOOR & HARDWARE NOTE NUMBER 14 INDICATES ALL THRESHOLDS |
| | SHALL HAVE NO STEP GREATER THAN ? INCH PER A.D.A. |
| | REQUIREMENTS. WITH NOT SEEING THE PRODUCT APPROVAL FOR |
| | THE EURO WALL SYSTEM THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE |
| | BUT A LOT OF THESE DOOR SYSTEMS HAVE DISCLAIMERS LIKE, |
| | WHEN AN ADA/ FLUSH SILL IS USED, THESE DOORS ARE NOT |
| | APPROVED FOR THE USE WHERE WATER INFILTRATION |
| | RESISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 107.2.1.3 ADDITIONAL |
| | INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | 8) SHEET A2.01; |
| | 8A) THE 3 ENTRY DOORS 300, 321 & 328A ALL SHOW AS 45 |
| | MINUTE RATED DOORS IN THE DOOR SCHEDULE FOUND ON A2.01. |
| | NONE OF THE WALLS THE DOORS ARE INSTALLED SHOW AS RATED |
| | WALLS. SECTION 708.1 FIRE PARTITIONS NO LONGER REQUIRES |
| | A FIRE RATING AND TABLE 1018.1 FOR BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES |
| | AND A FIRE SPRINKLERED BUILDING DOES NOT REQUIRE RATED |
| | CORRIDORS. 107.2.1.3 PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL |
| | INFORMATION WHY THE DOORS ARE RATED? |
| | |
| | 8B) THE NEW DOOR IDENTIFIED AS 328A DOES NOT HAVE THE |
| | REQUIRED 18 INCHES ON THE LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR. |
| | PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 404.2.4 OF THE 2014 ACCESS. CODE |
| | AND FIGURE 404.2.1(A). |
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| | 8C) DOOR 328B BLOCKS THE EGRESS PATH, MUST COMPLY WITH |
| | FBC-B 1005.7 ENCROACHMENT. |
| | ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS WIDTH |
| | SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS |
| | SECTION. |
| | 1005.7.1 DOORS. DOORS, WHEN FULLY OPENED, SHALL NOT |
| | REDUCE THE REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN 7 INCHES (178 |
| | MM). DOORS IN ANY POSITION SHALL NOT REDUCE THE |
| | REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN ONE-HALF. |
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| | 8D) PLEASE PROVIDE AN OVERALL FLOOR PLAN FOR THIS |
| | FLOOR. IF THE WORK AREA IS OVER 50 % OF THE FLOOR PLATE |
| | THEN |
| | PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2014 EXISTING BUILDING |
| | CODE 803.2.2 SUPPLEMENTAL SHAFT AND FLOOR OPENING |
| | ENCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. WHERE THE WORK AREA ON ANY |
| | FLOOR EXCEEDS 50 PERCENT OF THAT FLOOR AREA, THE |
| | ENCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 803.2 SHALL APPLY TO |
| | VERTICAL OPENINGS OTHER THAN STAIRWAYS THROUGHOUT THE |
| | FLOOR. THE 2007 EXISTING COMMENTARY ON THE EXISTING |
| | BUILDING CODE SPEAKS ABOUT THE FIRST TIME THE CODE |
| | REQUIRES WORK OUTSIDE OF THE TENANT SPACE. SINCE THE |
| | DESIGNER OF RECORD IS ALREADY WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE |
| | TENANT SPACE THIS COMMENT IF OVER 50 % OF THE FLOOR |
| | PLATE IS BEING CONSIDERED THE WORK AREA THEN THIS |
| | COMMENT STANDS. |
| | THE PLANS DO NOT SHOW WHERE EITHER OF THE TENANT SPACES |
| | HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEANS OF EGRESS WITH NOT GOING |
| | THROUGH THE ELEVATOR LOBBY. 2014 FBC-B 713.14.1 AND |
| | EXCEPTIONS 1-7, PLEASE PROVIDE CODE COMPLIANCE. |
| | 9) SHEET A3.2 THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR, THE BOTTOM OF |
| | THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE IS NOT PROVIDED IN DETAIL 4, |
| | SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 ACCESS. CODE 603.3. |
| | |
| | SHEET A1.04 SHOWS THE USE OF PROFLEX MSC 90 AS A FLOOR |
| | UNDERLAYMENT, PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH; |
| | FOR TILE, STONE, MARBLE, VINYL AND WOOD FLOORING ALL |
| | NEED TO HAVE HAD THE SOUND UNDERLAYMENT TESTED FLOOR |
| | ASSEMBLIES TO THE FOLLOWING STANDARD FLAME SPREAD- |
| | FBC-B 2014 603.1. EXCEPTION 2. INSULATION INSTALLED |
| | BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND SOLID DECKING WITHOUT |
| | INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FLAME |
| | SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 200. |
| | |
| | FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS |
| | A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL |
| | MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A |
| | MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723. |
| | |
| | 10) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE |
| | REVISION & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES |
| | AS NECESSARY, COLLATE AND STAPLE INTO SETS OF PLANS. 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 BN, PX, CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES |
| | DEPARTMENT |
| | 401 CLEMATIS ST. |
| | WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402 |
| | TEL: 561-805-6715 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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