Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17121018
Permit Number 17121018
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-03-18 12:30:34CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC 2014
 5TH ED, CHAPTER 1.
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2014
 5TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2011 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1. LABELING OF MAINS IS NOT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT PLAN.
 THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERVICE TO THE FIRE PUMP, WHICH
 SHOULD BE LABELED AS AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE. THERE
 APPEARS TO BE AN EMERGENCY SERVICE TO THE GENERATOR
 ROOM, BUT THIS IS NOT LABLED AS AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE
 AS REQUIRED. PANEL E IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL ROOM IS NOT
 ONE OF THE MAINS FOR SERVICE #1, AS THIS PANEL IS FED
 FROM THE EMERGNECY SERVICE LOCATED IN THE GENERATOR
 ROOM. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS AS NEEDED FOR CLARTY. WPB FBC
 107.2.1; NEC 230.2, 230.72(B)
 2. PROVIDE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATION FOR EACH
 PANEL INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM THE POWER COMPANY
 STATING WHAT THE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT IS FOR
 THE SERVICE TO CONFIRM THE STATED AIC RATING OF THE
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND DOWNSTREAM PANELS IS ADEQUATE.
 NEC 110.9, 110.10
 3. PROVIDE NOTES TO INDICATE THE REQUIRED MARKING OF
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR ARC FLASH HAZARD WARNING AND
 AVAILABLE FAULT CURRENT PER CODE. NEC 110.16, 110.24
 4. PROVIDE RECEPTACLE CONTROL REQUIRED BY ASHREA 90.1:
 8.4.2. PER THIS REQUIREMENT, THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE
 AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED: 1) AT LEAST 50% OF ALL
 125-VOLT, 15 AND 20 AMP RECEPTACLES, IN ALL PRIVATE
 OFFICES, CONFERENCE ROOMS, ROOMS USED PRIMARILY FOR
 PRINTING AND/OR COPYING FUNCTIONS, BREAK ROOMS,
 CLASSROOMS, AND INDIVIDUAL WORKSTATIONS. 2) AT LEASE
 25% OF BRANCH CIRCUIT FEEDERS INSTALLED FOR MODULAR
 FURNITURE NOT SHOWN ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. FBC
 EC 405.7.1
 5. PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING CONTROLS STIPULATED
 IN THE FBC ENERGY CODE. MANY AREAS DO NOT SHOW THE
 AUTOMATIC CONTROL REQUIRED. FBC EC 405.2
 6. PROVIDE CHART OF INTERIOR LIGHTING POWER ALLOWANCES
 EXPRESSED IN WATTAGE PER THE FBC ENERGY CODE IN
 RELATION TO THE WATTAGE OF THE CONNECTED INTERIOR
 LIGHTING PROPOSED TO COMPLY WITH CODE. FBC EC 405.4.2
 7. PROVIDE VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATIONS AS REQUIRED TO
 MEET CODE. FBC EC C405.6.3
 8. PROVIDE BLOCK NOTE SHOWING COMPLIANCE FOR COMPLETION
 DOCUMENTS. FBC EC C405.6.4
 9. SHEET E-1.12 SHOWS THE ELECTRICAL ROOMS ON FLOORS 2
 THROUGH 6 FOR THE "EXTENDED SUITES" HAVING A MAIN RATED
 AS 1000 AMP, WHILE THE RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS THESE MAINS
 AS 600 AMP. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTIONS.
 IF THE MAINS ARE 800 AMPS OR ABOVE, PROVIDE THE PROPER
 DOOR SWING AND HARDWARE PER NEC 110.26. ADDITIONALLY,
 IT APPEARS THAT THE DIAGRAM FOR THE 3RD AND 4TH FLOOR
 WAS REPEATED AND THERE IS NO DIAGRAM FOR FLOORS 5 AND
 6. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS. WPB FBC 107.2.1
 10. NOTE ON RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS THE GENERATOR AS A
 SEPARATELY DERIVED SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE ATS IS SHOWN AS
 A 3 POLE SWITCH, WHICH WOULD NOT BE A SEPARATELY
 DERIVED SYSTEM. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND CORRECTIONS
 AS NEEDED. WPB FBC 107.2.1; NEC 250.30
 11. THE ATS IS THE GENERATOR ROOM APPEARS TO BE AN
 ADDITIONAL SERVICE FOR EMERGNECY SYSTEMS, BUT IS NOT
 LABELED AS SUCH. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS TO LABELING AND
 GROUNDING OF THIS SERVICE PER CODE. NEC 230.2, 250.24,
 250.28, 250.30, 250.32, 250.35, 250.50
 12. PLAN SUBMISSION INCLUDES TWO SHEETS MARKED E-1.09
 AND THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON THEM.
 PROVIDE CORRECTION. WPB FBC 107.2.1
 13. PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH NEC 240.87.
 14. THERE ARE SEVERAL PANELS THAT HAVE THE SAME
 IDENTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. EACH PANEL SHOULD
 HAVE A DISTINCT IDENTIFICATION FOR CLARITY. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION AND PANEL SCHEDULES TO CORRESPOND. NEC
 210.19, 215.2, 215.5, 408.4
 15. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION FOR EACH SERVICE
 AND THE CORRESPONDING MAINS TO MATCH THE INFORMATION
 PROVIDED ON THE RISER DIAGRAM. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES
 FOR THE LABELING OF MAINS AND THE LOADS THEY FEED. NEC
 220; WPB FBC 107.2.1
 16. LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED FOR "EXTENDED SUITES"
 STATES THAT IT IS BASED ON NEC 220.32, WHICH DOES NOT
 EXIST. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND CORRECTIONS. WPB FBC
 107.2.1
 17. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS THE GENERATOR FEEDING A GUTTER
 THAT THEN FEEDS TWO DISCONNECTS, ONE FOR FIRE PUMP, AND
 ONE FOR ATS THAT FEEDS PANEL E. THE DESIGN AS SHOWN IN
 NOT CODE COMPLIANT, AS FIRE PUMP WIRING IS REQUIRED TO
 REMAIN INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHER WIRING. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 659.6(A)(2), 445.18
 18. IF AN ADDITIONAL DISCONNECT FOR FIRE PUMP IS TO BE
 INSTALLED AS PERMITTED IN NEC 695.4, THIS DISCONNECT
 MUST BE SUPERVISED PER ONE OF THE METHODS STIPULATED IN
 THE CODE. PROVIDE DETAIL ON PLAN FOR METHOD OF
 SUPERVISION. NEC 695.4(B)(3)(E)
 19. BE ADVISED THAT FIRE ALARM, LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS,
 DAS, LIGHTNING PROTECTION, GENERATORS, COMMERCIAL HOOD
 SYSTEMS, SIGNS, SITE LIGHTING, AND SWIMMING POOLS
 (WHERE APPLICABLE) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF
 THIS PLAN REVIEW. PROVIDE A BLOCK NOTE INDICATING THE
 REQUIRED SEPARATE PERMITS AND DATA SPECIFICATION SHEET
 SUBMITTALS FOR ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS PRESENT. WPB FBC
 105.1, 107.2.1
 20. PROVIDE DETAILS OF EQIPMENT ENCLOSURES USED IN POOL
 ROOM FOR ANY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. NEC TABLE 110.28
 21. VENDING MACHINES REQUIRE READILY ACCESSIBLE GFCI
 PROTECTION. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 422.51
 22. SHEETS E.107, E.108, AND E.109, PROVIDE GFCI
 PROTECTION FOR ALL RECEPTACLES LOCATED IN BATHROOMS.
 NEC 210.8
 23. SHEETS CONTAINING DETAILS OF HOTEL ROOMS AND
 EXTENDED SUITES HAVE SEVERAL NOTES IN PARENTHESES THAT
 ARE NOT EXPLAINED OR DETAILED. PROVIDE CORRECTION. WPB
 FBC 107.2.1
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES
 INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE THE PREVIOUSLY
 REVIEWED SHEETS. ONE COPY OF THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED
 SHEETS SHOULD REMAIN IN PACKAGE AND BE MARKED OLD
 SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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