Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18110217
Permit Number 18110217
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-12-08 14:56:39****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL / JOSEAN DUPREY
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected], [email protected]
 561-805-6719
  
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 6TH EDITION (2017)
 FBC B = FBC BUILDING
 FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING
 FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY
 FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION
 FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL
  
 1. SCOPE NOT CLEAR, FBC 107. DESCRIPTION STATES:
 EXCAVATE BLACK, FILL TO SG, POUR CONC. REVISE PLAN TO
 CLARIFY WHAT "BLACK" IS (ASPHALT?), ALSO REVISE PLAN TO
 CLARIFY WHAT "SG" IS.
  
 2.PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PER FBC
 SECTION 1907 AND FBC R SECTION R506.2.4:
 A. CONCRETE SLAB THICKNESS
 B. CRACK CONTAINMENT METHOD
 C. CONCRETE STRENGTH TO BE USE
  
 ? SECTION1907
 MINIMUM SLAB PROVISIONS
 1907.1 GENERAL.
 THE THICKNESS OF CONCRETE FLOOR SLABS SUPPORTED
 DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 31/2
 INCHES (89 MM). A 6-MIL (0.006 INCH; 0.15 MM)
 POLYETHYLENE VAPOR RETARDER WITH JOINTS LAPPED NOT LESS
 THAN 6 INCHES (152 MM) SHALL BE PLACED BETWEEN THE BASE
 COURSE OR SUBGRADE AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB, OR
 OTHER APPROVED EQUIVALENT METHODS OR MATERIALS SHALL BE
 USED TO RETARD VAPOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE FLOOR
 SLAB.
 EXCEPTION: A VAPOR RETARDER IS NOT REQUIRED:
 1. 1.FOR DETACHED STRUCTURES ACCESSORY TO OCCUPANCIES
 IN GROUP R-3, SUCH AS GARAGES, UTILITY BUILDINGS OR
 OTHER UNHEATED FACILITIES.
 2. 2.FOR UNHEATED STORAGE ROOMS HAVING AN AREA OF LESS
 THAN 70 SQUARE FEET (6.5 M2) AND CARPORTS ATTACHED TO
 OCCUPANCIES IN GROUP R-3.
 3. 3.FOR BUILDINGS OF OTHER OCCUPANCIES WHERE MIGRATION
 OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE SLAB FROM BELOW WILL NOT BE
 DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTENDED OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING.
 4. 4.FOR DRIVEWAYS, WALKS, PATIOS AND OTHER FLATWORK
 THAT WILL NOT BE ENCLOSED AT A LATER DATE.
 5. 5.WHERE APPROVED BASED ON LOCAL SITE CONDITIONS.
  
 1907.2 CONTROL AND CONTRACTION JOINTS.
 CONCRETE SLABS-ON GROUND SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CONTROL
 AND CONTRACTION JOINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACI 360 OR
 OTHER APPROVED INDUSTRY STANDARDS. CONTROL AND
 CONTRACTION JOINTS SHALL BE DESIGNED BY AN ARCHITECT OR
 ENGINEER.
  
 EXCEPTION: ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
 RESIDENTIAL SECTION R506.2.4.
 IN ADDITION TO CONTROL AND CONTRACTION JOINTS, CONCRETE
 SLABS-ON-GROUND SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CRACK
 CONTAINMENT COMPLYING WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 6. 1.CONCRETE SLABS-ON-GROUND SHALL CONTAIN MICRO- OR
 MACRO-SYNTHETIC FIBER REINFORCEMENT. FIBER LENGTH SHALL
 BE 1/2 INCH TO 2.25 INCHES (13 TO 56 MM) IN LENGTH.
 DOSAGE AMOUNTS SHALL BE FROM 0.75 TO 3.0 POUNDS PER
 CUBIC YARD (0.45 TO 1.78 KG/M3) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 MANUFACTURER?S RECOMMENDATIONS. SYNTHETIC FIBERS SHALL
 COMPLY WITH ASTM C1116. THE MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER
 SHALL PROVIDE CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ASTM
 C1116 WHEN REQUESTED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL; OR,
 7. 2.CONCRETE SLABS-ON-GROUND CONTAINING 6 ? 6 W1.4 ?
 W1.4 WELDED WIRE REINFORCEMENT FABRIC LOCATED IN THE
 MIDDLE TO THE UPPER ONE-THIRD OF THE SLAB. WELDED WIRE
 REINFORCEMENT FABRIC SHALL BE SUPPORTED WITH APPROVED
 MATERIALS OR SUPPORTS AT SPACING OF 3 FEET (914 MM) OR
 LESS. WELDED PLAIN WIRE REINFORCEMENT FABRIC FOR
 CONCRETE SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM A1064/A1064M CARBONSTEEL
 WIRE AND WELDED WIRE REINFORCEMENT, PLAIN AND DEFORMED,
 FOR CONCRETE.
 EXCEPTION: WHERE RANDOM CRACKING IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE
 BUILDING OWNER, CONTRACTION JOINTS ARE NOT REQUIRED
 WHERE CRACK CONTAINMENT COMPLYING WITH ONE OF THE ABOVE
 METHODS IS PROVIDED.
  
 3. THIS WAS SUBMITTED AS AN OWNER/BUILDER. IT IS NOT
 CLEAR IF OWNER/BUILDER RIGHTS CAN BE TRANSFERRED AS THE
 FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO
 PERSONALLY APPEAR, SEE FS489.103. PROVIDE THE POWER OF
 ATTORNEY AND THIS MATTER WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
 BUILDING OFFICIAL AND/OR THE LAW DEPARTMENT. IT IS MY
 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT PERMITTED.
  
  


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