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2018-12-08 14:56:39 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| SAMANTHA HILL / JOSEAN DUPREY |
| BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| [email protected], [email protected] |
| 561-805-6719 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| ? 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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