Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18111103
Permit Number 18111103
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-01-02 17:18:381ST REVIEW FBC-2017 MECHANICAL
 PERMIT #18111103
 1/2/18
  
 CODES IN EFFECT:
  
 FBC B- FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC M- FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FBC FG- FLORIDA FUEL GAS CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EX- FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FS- FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC- FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 1) A HAZARDOUS EXHAUST SYSTEM MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE
 MATERIALS TESTING LAB UNLESS THE EXCEPTION UNDER
 SECTION 510.2 FBC M IS MET. PLEASE REVIEW THE CODE
 SECTION AND EXCEPTION COPIED BELOW. EVIDENCE OF
 COMPLIANCE WILL REQUIRE A NARRATIVE THAT DESCRIBES THE
 PROCESSES THAT OCCUR IN THE LAB, A LIST OF MATERIALS TO
 BE TESTED, A LIST OF CHEMICALS USED IN THE TESTING
 PROCESS, AND THE QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS
 TO BE USED AND STORED IN THE LAB. SEE ALSO SECTION
 414.1.3 AND PROVIDE MSDS SHEETS FOR ALL MATERIALS AND
 CHEMICALS.
  
 510.2 WHERE REQUIRED.
 A HAZARDOUS EXHAUST SYSTEM SHALL BE REQUIRED WHEREVER
 OPERATIONS INVOLVING THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF
 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH EXHAUST
 SYSTEMS AND UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, HAVE THE
 POTENTIAL TO CREATE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  
 1.A FLAMMABLE VAPOR, GAS, FUME, MIST OR DUST IS PRESENT
 IN CONCENTRATIONS EXCEEDING 25 PERCENT OF THE LOWER
 FLAMMABILITY LIMIT OF THE SUBSTANCE FOR THE EXPECTED
 ROOM TEMPERATURE.
  
 2.A VAPOR, GAS, FUME, MIST OR DUST WITH A HEALTH-HAZARD
 RATING OF 4 IS PRESENT IN ANY CONCENTRATION.
  
 3.A VAPOR, GAS, FUME, MIST OR DUST WITH A HEALTH-HAZARD
 RATING OF 1, 2 OR 3 IS PRESENT IN CONCENTRATIONS
 EXCEEDING 1 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION
 OF THE SUBSTANCE FOR ACUTE INHALATION TOXICITY.
  
 EXCEPTION: LABORATORIES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 510.1,
 EXCEPT WHERE THE CONCENTRATIONS LISTED IN ITEM 1 ARE
 EXCEEDED OR A VAPOR, GAS, FUME, MIST OR DUST WITH A
 HEALTH-HAZARD RATING OF 1, 2, 3 OR 4 IS PRESENT IN
 CONCENTRATIONS EXCEEDING 1 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN LETHAL
 CONCENTRATION OF THE SUBSTANCE FOR ACUTE INHALATION
 TOXICITY.
  
 2) : REFER TO SECTION 809.2 FBC EX AND PROVIDE MINIMUM
 VENTILATION CALCULATIONS FOR ALL ROOMS AND SPACES PER
 TABLE 403.3.1.1 FBC M. PROVIDE A SCHEDULE THAT
 INDICATES THE REQUIRED AND PROVIDED CFMS OF OUTDOOR
 AIR. CONCERNING THE HOTEL TOUCHDOWN, LAN AND WORK
 ROOMS, PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT FUNCTIONS TAKE PLACE IN THE
 ROOMS AND HOW THE VENTILATION IS BEING SIZED.
  
 3) SHEET M-1: PROVIDE AN EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE FOR EF-2 IN
 THE LAB AND INDICATE HOW THE FAN WAS SIZED- PROVIDE AN
 EXHAUST VENTILATION CALCULATION AND A SEQUENCE OF
 OPERATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT EXHAUST AT A RATE OF 1.0
 CFMS PER SF. IS REQUIRED FOR A LAB IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 TABLE 403.3.1.1 FBC M.
  
 4) M-1: THE EXHAUST TERMINATION FOR THE HOOD IN THE LAB
 APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE REQUIRED MINIMUM 10' CLEARANCE
 TO THE ENTRY DOOR AND THE OVERHEAD DOOR- SEE SECTION
 501.3.1 FBC M AND SHOW COMPLIANCE.
  
 5) M-1: LAB EXHAUST HOOD: A) CLARIFY THE PURPOSE AND
 FUNCTION OF THE HOOD. WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT OCCURS
 UNDER THE HOOD AND WHAT FUMES, DUSTS, MISTS ETC. ARE
 BEING EXHAUSTED. B) PROVIDE AN EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE FOR
 THE HOOD AND SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. C)
 PROVIDE ENLARGED DIMENSIONED ELEVATION AND PLAN VIEWS
 OF THE HOOD THAT INDICATE REQUIRED INSTALLATION AND
 CLEARANCE HEIGHTS ETC.
  
 6) M-1: INDICATE HOW O/A IS BEING PROVIDED AND
 CONTROLLED FOR AHU'S 1, 2, & 3.
  
  
 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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