Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110857
Permit Number 17110857
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-12-01 08:57:271ST REVIEW FBC-2014 MECHANICAL /ENERGY CONSERVATION
 CODES
 PERMIT #17110857
 12/1/17
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS.
  
 1) SHEETS M1.1.1 & M1.2.1: WHAT STANDARD OR APPROVED
 CALCULATION PROCEDURE WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT
 OF COOLING PER SQUARE FOOT, AND THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR
 AC SYSTEM SIZES? PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION
 C403.2.1 FBC-14 ENERGY CONSERVATION.
  
 C403.2.1 CALCULATION OF HEATING AND COOLING LOADS.
 DESIGN LOADS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE ASHRAE/ACCA STANDARD 183 OR
 ACCA MANUAL N AND SHALL BE ATTACHED TO THE CODE
 COMPLIANCE FORM SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT
 WHEN THE BUILDING IS PERMITTED OR, IN THE EVENT THE
 MECHANICAL PERMIT IS OBTAINED AT A LATER TIME, THE
 SIZING CALCULATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE
 APPLICATION FOR THE MECHANICAL PERMIT. HEATING AND
 COOLING LOADS SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR LOAD
 REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ACHIEVED WHEN ENERGY RECOVERY
 SYSTEMS ARE UTILIZED IN THE HVAC SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE ASHRAE HVAC SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT HANDBOOK.
 ALTERNATIVELY, DESIGN LOADS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY AN
 APPROVED EQUIVALENT COMPUTATION PROCEDURE, USING THE
 DESIGN PARAMETERS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 3.
  
 EXCEPTION: WHERE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED BY A
 REGISTERED ENGINEER, THE ENGINEER HAS THE OPTION OF
 SUBMITTING A SIGNED AND SEALED SUMMARY SHEET TO THE
 BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN LIEU OF THE COMPLETE SIZING
 CALCULATION(S). SUCH SUMMARY SHEET SHALL INCLUDE THE
 FOLLOWING (BY ZONE):
  
 1. PROJECT NAME/OWNER
  
 2. PROJECT ADDRESS
  
 3. AREA IN SQUARE FEET
  
 4. SIZING METHOD USED
  
 5. OUTDOOR DRY BULB USE
  
 6. INDOOR DRY BULB
  
 7. OUTDOOR WET BULB USED
  
 8. GRAINS WATER (DIFFERENCE)
  
 9. TOTAL SENSIBLE GAIN
  
 10. TOTAL LATENT GAIN
  
 11. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  
 12. TOTAL COOLING REQUIRED WITH OUTSIDE AIR
  
 13. TOTAL HEATING REQUIRED WITH OUTSIDE AIR
  
 2) COMMISSIONING OF THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IS REQUIRED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION C408.2. PLEASE SUBMIT A
 COMMISSIONING PLAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION C408.2.1.
  
 3) A SMOKE DETECTOR IS REQUIRED IN THE RETURN AIR
 SYSTEMS OF THE 5-TON RTU-1 SYSTEM PER SECTION 606.2.1.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT AN EXEMPTION CAN BE APPLIED IF THE
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS INDICATE THE SYSTEM IS
 NOT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER 2000 CFMS OF SUPPLY AIR.
  
 4) PROVIDE A DETAIL FOR INSTALLATION OF THE FIRE/SMOKE
 DAMPERS AND SUBMIT PRODUCT DATA AND SPECIFICATIONS
 SHEETS.
  
 5) M5.01: NOTE 4 UNDER THE EQUIPMENT SUPPORT CURB
 DETAIL APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT THE CURB AND RTU
 INSTALLATION WILL BE DESIGNED BY A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
 IT ALSO REFERENCES DWG. S3.300 WHICH WAS NOT UPLOADED
 WITH THE PLANS SET. PLEASE PROVIDE SITE SPECIFIC
 ENGINEERING FOR INSTALLATION OF RTU-1 IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 1609 FBC-14 BUILDING.
  
 6) PROVIDE A LIST OF DEFERRED SUBMITTALS.
  
 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS
  
 1) DEFERRED SUBMITTAL: 107.3.4.2 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS
 ARE DEFINED AS THOSE PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE
 NOT SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF THE
 APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD. DEFERRAL
 OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST THE
 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR
 REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN
 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD
 THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE
 BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL
 ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED
 SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
 2) DEFERRED SUBMITTAL. 2010 FBC 107.3.4.1 PRODUCT
 APPROVALS. THOSE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE REGULATED BY THE
 FAC RULE 9N-03 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN
 WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL
 FOR JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  
  


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