Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17120042
Permit Number 17120042
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-01-25 12:50:282ND REVIEW FBC-2014 MECHANICAL
 PERMIT #17120042
 1/25/18
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 1) COMMENTS #2, 3, 4, & 5 FROM THE 1ST REVIEW STILL
 EXIST. THE REVISED ENERGY AND AC CALCULATIONS WERE NOT
 SUBMITTED-, AND THE SYSTEM RISER DIAGRAM WAS NOT
 CORRECTED. SEE BELOW:
  
 (2) THE ENERGYGAUGE COMPLIANCE REPORT IS LISTING DATA
 FOR ZONES AND AHU IDENTIFICATIONS THAT DO NOT MATCH
 WITH THE PLANS- THERE ARE NO ZONES SHOWN ON THE PLANS,
 AND THE AHU'S SHOWN ON THE PLANS ARE LABELED 1-1, 1-2,
 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, AND 4-1.
  
 (3) THE AC CALCULATIONS ARE INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEMS
 SELECTED (AS SHOWN ON THE ENERGY CALCULATIONS ) ARE
 OVERSIZED- SEE SECTION C403.2.2 FBC-14 ENERGY
 CONSERVATION.
  
 (4) THE ENERGY REPORT IS MISSING COMPLIANCE DATA FOR
 THE CHILLER, THE 3-TON MINI SPLIT SYSTEM, AND THE
 PIPING SYSTEM.
  
 (5) M7.2: THE SYSTEM RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS TWO CHILLERS,
 TWO ERV'S, AND WFC SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE
 PLANS - PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
 2) REGARDING THE MAKEUP AIR TRANSFER DUCTS FROM THE
 CORRIDORS TO THE REST ROOMS, PLEASE SEE SECTION 601.2
 EXCEPTION 1 AND PROVIDE CALCULATIONS TO VERIFY
 COMPLIANCE.
  
 3) M0.1 & M6.3: THE EXHAUST AIR CALCULATION TABLE SHOWS
 A TOTAL OF 300 CFMS OF EXHAUST AIR PROVIDED, HOWEVER
 THE EF SCHEDULE SHOWS A TOTAL OF 2500 CFMS PROVIDED.
  
 4) COMMENT #7 FROM THE 1ST REVIEW STILL EXISTS. THE
 REVISED PLANS DO NOT CLARIFY IF ALL OF THE VAV'S
 SHARING THE COMMON RETURN AIR PLENUMS WILL SHUT DOWN IF
 A SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATES. PLEASE REVIEW THE EXCEPTION
 LISTED UNDER SECTION 606.2.2.
  
 606.2.2 COMMON SUPPLY AND RETURN AIR SYSTEMS.
 WHERE MULTIPLE AIR-HANDLING SYSTEMS SHARE COMMON SUPPLY
 OR RETURN AIR DUCTS OR PLENUMS WITH A COMBINED DESIGN
 CAPACITY GREATER THAN 2,000 CFM (0.9 M3/S), THE RETURN
 AIR SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH SMOKE DETECTORS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 606.2.1.
  
 EXCEPTION: INDIVIDUAL SMOKE DETECTORS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED FOR EACH FAN-POWERED TERMINAL UNIT, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH UNITS DO NOT HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL DESIGN
 CAPACITY GREATER THAN 2,000 CFM (0.9 M3/S) AND WILL BE
 SHUT DOWN BY ACTIVATION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  
 1. SMOKE DETECTORS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 606.2.1 AND
 606.2.3.
  
 2. AN APPROVED AREA SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM LOCATED IN
 THE RETURN AIR PLENUM SERVING SUCH UNITS.
  
 3. AN AREA SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM AS PRESCRIBED IN THE
 EXCEPTION TO SECTION 606.2.1.
  
 IN ALL CASES, THE SMOKE DETECTORS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTIONS 606.4 AND 606.4.1.
  
 5) THE SUBMITTALS FOR THE FIRE DAMPER AND FIRESTOPPING
 ARE VERY POOR COPIES THAT HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PRINT
 AND DIAGRAMS MISSING- PLEASE PROVIDE GOOD COPIES.
  
 6) REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR THE WIND LOAD ENGINEERING
 TO BA DEFERRED SUBMITTAL PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING:
  
 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
 DCA RULE 9N-03 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN
 WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL
 FOR JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL.
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT
 CORRECTED PLAN SHEETS INTO THE SETS, REMOVE THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS AND MARK VOID ON THEM, AND
 KEEP THEM WITH THE SUBMITTALS.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  


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