Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020254
Permit Number 18020254
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2018-05-08 16:31:34CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017
 6TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH ENGINEER AT
 MEETING ON 5-7-18.
  
 PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
 SATISFACTORILY ARE MARKED AS CORRECTED. PREVIOUS
 COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY
 HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES. ANY NEW
 COMMENTS WILL BE LISTED AFTER PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
  
 1. CORRECTED.
 2. CORRECTED.
 3. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS 3 MAINS. IT APPEARS MAIN # 1 AND
 2 ARE LOCATED IN MDB AND MAIN # 3 IS IN A SEPARATE
 LOCATION. SHOULD MDB BE LABELED MDP? THERE IS A NOTE
 THAT THIS EQUIPMENT IS RATED FOR 12000 AMPS, PROVIDE
 CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTION. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE
 FOR THIS PANEL. ALSO, I DO NOT SEE MAIN # 3 IN THE
 ELECTRICAL ROOM (ROOM 127). PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND
 NAMES FOR EACH MAIN. WHAT IS THE RATING OF MAIN #1?
 ALSO, FOR PANEL ?MDB?, THERE APPEARS TO ONLY BE 17?
 CLEARANCE FOR THIS? PROVIDE CORRECTIONS AND/OR
 CLARIFICATIONS AS NEEDED. FBC 107.2.1; NEC 110.26,
 695.3 (SOME ITEMS CORRECTED. BASED ON NEW RISER
 DIAGRAM, THERE WOULD BE 4 SERVICES TO THIS BUILDING.
 THERE IS A 2000 AMP SERVICE AT MDP, A 600 AMP SERVICE
 SHOWN ON RISER BUT NOT ON POWER PLAN, A SERVICE TO FIRE
 PUMP, AND A PROPOSED 200 AMP SERVICE FOR KITCHEN. EACH
 SERVICE NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITH LABELS THAT
 STATE WHICH SERVICE IT IS AND THE LOCATION OF OTHER
 SERVICES ON PROPERTY. EACH MAIN WITHIN EACH SERVICE
 SHOULD ALSO BE LABELED ACCORDINGLY. PANEL A ON ROOF IS
 SHOWS AS BEING FED FROM THE 600 AMP SERVICE, WHICH ONLY
 HAS 198 AMPS DEMAND, SO WHY DOES THE 200 AMP SERVICE
 NEED TO BE ADDED? PANEL A IS ALSO BEING SHOWN AS FED
 FROM MDP AS AN 800 AMP PANEL INSTEAD OF 600 AMP AND IT
 IS INCLUDED IN THE LOAD CALCULATION FOR PANEL MDP,
 WHICH IS AN OBVIOUS DISCREPANCY. WHILE ADDITIONAL
 SERVICES CAN BE ALLOWED, THERE NEEDS TO BE
 JUSTIFICATION. PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS.)(3RD REVIEW,
 PLAN CURRENTLY SHOWS MORE THAN 6 MAINS WHICH VIOLATES
 NEC 230.71. ENGINEER IS CONFIRMING THE LAYOUT OF MDP
 AND WILL RE-LABEL PLAN WITH ACCURATE COUNT OF MAINS.)
 4. CORRECTED.
 5. CORRECTED.
 6. PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR SERVICE, INCLUDE
 EXISTING AND NEW LOADS TO CONFIRM CAPACITY OF SERVICE
 IS ADEQUATE. SOME PANEL SCHEDULE SHOW DEMAND FACTORS
 FOR DWELLING UNITS. THE NEC DEFINES A DWELLING UNIT AS:
 ?A SINGLE UNIT, PROVIDING COMPLETE AND INDEPENDENT
 LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, INCLUDING
 PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LIVING, SLEEPING, COOKING, AND
 SANITATION.? THIS DEFINITION DOES NOT MATCH THIS
 FACILITY, SO THESE DEMAND FACTORS SHOULD NOT BE USED.
 ALSO, PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR BUS DUCT. NEC 100,
 215.2, 220, 408.30 (NEED FURTHER EXPLANATION OF LOAD ON
 SERVICE. THE FEEDERS AND OVERCURRENT PROTECTION SHOULD
 BE SIZED TO HANDLE 100% OF THE NON-CONTINUOUS LOAD PLUS
 125% OF THE CONTINUOUS LOAD. THE ONLY CONTINUOUS LOAD
 SHOWN IS FOR LIGHTING, THE LARGEST MOTOR LOAD IS NOT
 SHOWN ON ANY SCHEDULES. ADDITIONALLY, THE RISER DIAGRAM
 SHOWS A FUTURE POOL, BUT NO LOAD IS INCLUDED FOR THIS.
 PROVIDE CORRECTIONS. NEC 215.2, 215.3, 220.14(C),
 430.24)(3RD REVIEW - SOME DATA IS NOT TRANSFERRING
 CORRECTLY IN PANEL SCHEDULES. ENGINEER ADVISED THAT THE
 PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED AND AN ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION
 PROVIDED.)
 7. CORRECTED.
 8. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 9. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 10. EXPLANATION PROVIDED FOR CLEARANCE, WILL NEED TO BE
 CONFIRMED BY INSPECTOR.
 11. CORRECTED.
 12. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE FOR EACH PANEL INDICATING
 ANY NEW OR ALTERED CIRCUITS, THE WIRE AND BREAKER SIZE
 FOR THESE CIRCUITS, AND AFCI OR GFCI PROTECTION WHERE
 APPLICABLE TO COMPLY WITH CODE. IT APPEARS THAT SOME
 SCHEDULES ARE MISSING AND SOME HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS
 TBD. PROVIDE COMPLETED SCHEDULES. PANEL SCHEDULES
 SHOULD INCLUDE UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR CIRCUITS, SUCH AS
 ROOM NUMBERS OR LOCATIONS. GENERAL TERMS ARE NOT
 ACCEPTABLE. NEC 210.8, 210.12, 215.5, 408.4 (SOME
 PANELS STILL DO NOT HAVE CLEAR LOCATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT
 THAT IS USED IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION.)
 13. THE FOLLOWING PANELS ARE SHOWN WITH A 125 MAIN
 CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT HAVE A LOAD THAT EXCEEDS 125 AMP:
 PANEL EML, 4LA, 5LA, 6LA, 7LA, 8LA 9LA, 10LA. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 215.3 (THERE ARE STILL MANY PANELS THAT
 ARE NOT SHOWING THE CORRECT TYPE AND SIZE. PROVIDE
 CORRECTIONS.)
 14. CORRECTED.
 15. CORRECTED.
 16. IT APPEARS THE GENERATOR WILL BE OVERLOADED AS
 PANEL EMH SHOWS A LOAD OF 330.7 KVA BEFORE CORRECTIONS
 NOTED IN COMMENT # 14. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 701.4,
 695.3(D)(1) (3RD REVIEW - THE GENERATOR IS STILL SHOWN
 AS OVERLOADED. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS.)
 17. CORRECTED.
 18. CORRECTED.
 19. CORRECTED.
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 20. FIRE PUMP IS BEING SHOWN AS FED FROM MDP IN PANEL
 SCHEDULE. PROVIDE CORRECTION. ALSO, DID NOT SEE A LOAD
 FOR A JOCKEY PUMP ANYWHERE. WILL THERE BE A PRESSURE
 MAINTENANCE PUMP WITH THIS SYSTEM, AND WHERE IS IT FED
 FROM? FBC 107.2.1
 21. DURING MEETING WITH ENGINEER, THE FAULT CURRENT FOR
 THE MAINS WAS DISCUSSED. FAULT CALCULATIONS WILL NEED
 TO BE PROVIDED FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS OF THE SERVICE
 EQUIPMENT SO THAT PROPER SIZING OF EQUIPMENT CAN BE
 CONFIRMED, AS WELL AS PROPER LABELING. 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. IF FPL IS
 NOT ABLE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY FASHION, WE WILL ACCEPT
 THIS AS A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
 THAT ALL PANELS WILL NEED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE
 CALCULATED FAULT CURRENT. NEC 110.9, 110.10
 22. 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
  
 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 OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  
  


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