Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18120892
Permit Number 18120892
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-01-22 17:47:291ST REVIEW FBC-2017 MECHANICAL
 PERMIT #18120892
 1/22/19
  
 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) SHEETS M1.1 & M2.1: EXHAUST VENTILATION AT A RATE OF
 1.0 CFMS PER SF. IS REQUIRED FOR THE LAB ROOMS- TABLE
 403.3.1.1 FBC M. PLEASE PROVIDE THE CALCULATIONS AND
 THE REQUIRED EXHAUST SYSTEMS. THE ROOMS REQUIRING
 EXHAUST VENTILATION ARE THE EXISTING LAB, THE SOLID
 ROOM, AND THE MICROBIOLOGY ROOM. THE CURRENT PLAN SHOWS
 EXHAUST DUCTS IN THE LAB AND THE SOLID ROOM BUT NO
 CALCULATIONS OR FAN INFORMATION TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT CHEMICAL FUME HOODS REQUIRE LOCAL
 EXHAUST, BUT THE 1.0 CFM RATE IS REQUIRED FOR THE
 ENTIRE ROOM. IF CHEMICAL FUME HOODS ARE TO BE INSTALLED
 PLEASE PROVIDE EQUIPMENT SCHEDULES AND SHOW THE
 LOCATIONS OF THE HOODS.
  
 2) M1.1: REFER TO TABLE 403.3.1.1 FOOTNOTE G-
 RECIRCULATION OF AIR FROM THE LAB ROOMS IS PROHIBITED
 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 10% OF THE AIRSTREAM FROM THE
 SPACES IS PERMITTED TO BE RECIRCULATED. THE CURRENT
 PLAN SHOWS RECIRCULATED AIR FROM THE LABS INTO THE
 ADJACENT OFFICES AND HALLWAY.
  
 3) M1.1: CLARIFY HOW O/A IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE
 SPACES. THERE ARE TWO 22X14" DUCTS RETURNING AIR TO THE
 AIR HANDLERS VIA TWO 42X24" RETURN GRILLES THAT ARE
 SHOWN OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE SPACES. ARE THESE
 GRILLES MISLABELED?
  
 4) REFER TO SECTION 510.2 FBC M AND VERIFY COMPLIANCE:
 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.
  
 5) REFER TO SECTION 414.1.3 FBC B.AND PROVIDE THE
 MAXIMUM QUANTITIES OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO BE STORED,
 AND USED IN OPEN OR CLOSED SYSTEMS ETC. PLEASE SUBMIT
 MSDS SHEETS FOR EACH MATERIAL.
  
 6) PROVIDE WIND LOAD ENGINEERING FOR INSTALLATION OF
 THE AC CONDENSERS- SECTION 301.15.
  
 7) PROVIDE A LAB EQUIPMENT LAYOUT PLAN AND EQUIPMENT
 SCHEDULE- SECTION 107.2.1 WPB.
  
 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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