Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020254
Permit Number 18020254
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2018-05-07 17:09:04MECHANICAL PLANS APPROVED WITH EXECEPTION AND PROVISOS.
 5/16/18
  
 AS OF 5/16/18 THE FOLLOWING LIST OF COMMENTS FROM THE
 3RD REVIEW WERE NOT ADDRESSED, HOWEVER DUE TO THE
 URGENT NEED TO HAVE THE PERMIT ISSUED, THE CURRENT
 MECHANICAL PLANS AND DOCUMENTS ARE APPROVED WITH
 EXCEPTION, AND THE REMAINING COMMENTS LISTED BELOW ARE
 DEEMED TO BE PROVISOS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
  
 3RD REVIEW FBC-2017 MECHANICAL, ENERGY CONSERVATION
 CODE
 PERMIT #18020254
 5/7/2018
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 THIS FOLLOW-UP (3RD) REVIEW IS BASED ON THE RESUBMITTED
 PLANS, DOCUMENTS, AND RESPONSE NARRATIVE BY THE
 ENGINEER OF RECORD.
 ALL PREVIOUS REVIEW COMMENTS NOT COMPLETELY RESOLVED
 ARE LISTED BELOW IN THEIR ORIGINAL NUMERICAL ORDER.
  
 2) THE BTUH CAPACITY OF THE BOILER AS SHOWN IN THE
 ENERGY CALCULATIONS DOES NOT MATCH THE CAPACITY IN THE
 SCHEDULE ON SHEET M-601.
  
 5) PLEASE INCLUDE IN THE SMOKE CONTROL OUTLINE A
 NARRATIVE THAT CLARIFIES THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION OF
 THE SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM DURING AN ALARM AND THAT
 ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS:
  
 A) WILL ALL PRESSURIZATION FANS ACTIVATE DURING AN
 ALARM?
 B) HOW WILL THE PRESSURIZATIONS IN THE STAIRWELL AND
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS MODULATE AND BE MONITORED? WILL THE
 SYSTEMS BE DIGITALLY CONTROLLED USING SENSORS AND A
 DIGITAL CONTROL PANEL? I AM NOT SEEING ANY CONTROLS IN
 THE FA DRAWINGS, OR ANY CONTROL DIAGRAMS FOR SMOKE
 CONTROL SEQUENCING.
 D) WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION FOR THE DOA UNITS
 DURING AN ALARM PERTAINING TO THE FLOOR OF INCIDENT AND
 THE UNINVOLVED FLOORS ABOVE AND BELOW?
 E) WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION FOR THE FIRE/SMOKE
 DAMPERS AT THE SHAFTS ON EACH FLOOR?
 F) WHAT SYSTEMS WILL BE CONNECTED TO STANDBY POWER?
 G) WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TIME OF THE FANS, DAMPERS,
 ETC.?
 H) WHAT WILL BE THE DURATION OF THE OPERATION?
 I) CLARIFY HOW SMOKE REMOVAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE
 NARRATIVE RESPONSE TO THIS COMMENT INDICATES REMOVAL BY
 NATURAL MEANS- OPERABLE WINDOWS IN ACCORDING WITH
 SECTION 403.4.7 ITEM #1. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLANS DO
 NOT PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR THE WINDOWS ON THE BUILDING
 PERIMETER WHICH IS NEEDED TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE.
 J) PROVIDE CONTROL DIAGRAMS ON THE PLANS SHOWING THE
 SEQUENCE OF OPERATION FOR THE SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM.
  
 5 CONTINUED) CONCERNING THE "EXIT VESTIBULE"
 VENTILATION, THE ENGINEER IS STATING IN THE NARRATIVE
 THAT THE "VESTIBULES" ARE NOT REQUIRED, HOWEVER THE
 "EXIT VESTIBULES" ARE SHOWING ON ALL THE RESIDENTIAL
 FLOORS AT STAIRS #235-935. PLEASE REFER TO SECTION
 909.20.3.3 FOR VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VESTIBULES.
 BASED ON THAT REQUIREMENT, IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT
 DEFINING THESE AREAS
  
 AS "VESTIBULES" MAY BE INCORRECT. FURTHER, I AM NOT
 SEEING ANY REFERENCES OR DEFINITIONS IN THE BUILDING
 CODE FOR "EXIT VESTIBULES".
  
 5 CONTINUED) SHEET M-106: CLARIFY WHY SMOKE DETECTORS
 ARE TO BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THE STAIRWELL FANS.
 WHICH CODE, STANDARD, OR ENGINEERING ANALYSIS DOES THIS
 REQUIREMENT COME FROM? PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REQUIREMENT
 IN SECTION 606.2.1 IS FOR AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS.
  
 5 CONTINUED) SHEET M-601: NOTE #9 SPECIFYING A SECOND
 DRIVE BELT HAS NOT BEEN ADDED TO THE NOTES UNDER EACH
 SMOKE CONTROL FAN. CLARIFY IS THE FANS WILL BE UL 705
 LISTED AND LABELED AS POWER VENTILATORS.
  
 5 CONTINUED) CLASS 1 MOTORIZED DAMPERS REQUIRED ON
 STAIRWAY AND ELEVATOR RELIEF VENTS, AND ON O/A AND
 EXHAUST DUCTS AT THE SHAFT PENETRATIONS- SECTION
 C403.2.4.3
  
 7) SHEET M-401: PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXHAUST CLEARANCE
 DISTANCES TO ADJOINING GRADE AND PROPERTY LINES PER
 SECTION 501.3.1(2).
  
 9) CONCERNING THE KEF INLINE FAN, PLEASE CLARIFY IF THE
 GREASE EXHAUST DUCT IS TO BE FIRE-WRAPPED. IF SO, THE
 FAN MUST BE IN A FIRE RATED ROOM EQUAL TO RATING OF THE
 WRAPPING- SECTION 506.5.1.2
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  
 1) MECHANICAL ROOM DOORS #241 & 349, 449, 549, 649,
 749, 849, & 949 MUST BE NON-COMBUSTIBLE- SECTION
 C403.2.9.2 & SECTION 602.2.1.
  
 2) M-601: MAKEUP AIR FOR THE HOOD CANNOT BE USED AS
 COMBUSTION AIR FOR THE COOKING APPLIANCES. THAT AIR IS
 SOLEY FOR REPLACEMENT OF EXHAUSTED AIR- SECTION 304.9.1
 PLEASE SEE SECTION 304.9.3: WHERE COMBUSTION AIR IS
 PROVIDED BY MECHANICAL VENTILATION, THE SYSTEM SHALL
 PROVIDE THE COMBUSTION AIR RATE IN ADDITION TO THE
 REQUIRED VENTILATION AIR. THE RATE SHALL BE 0.35 CFMS
 PER
  
 1000 BTUH.
  
 3) DEFERRED SUBMITTALS: 9) THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF
 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS FOR THE MECHANICAL PERMIT THAT WILL
 REQUIRE SHOP DRAWING APPROVAL BY THE ENGINEER OF
 RECORD:
  
 A) SMOKE CONTROL FANS.
 B) FIRE AND FIRE/SMOKE DAMPERS.
 C) BAROMETRIC DAMPERS
 D) DUCT SMOKE DETECTORS
 E) AC ROOF AND DUCT STANDS, WALL BRACKETS
 F) EXHAUST AND OUTSIDE AIR LOUVERS
 G) PIPING INSULATIONS
 H) ACCESS PANELS
 I) GENERATOR
 J) COMMERCIAL CLOTHES DRYERS
 K) COOKING APPLIANCES
 L) DUCT FIRE WRAPPING
 M) FIRESTOPPING AND FIRE CAULKING
  
 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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