Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19031079
Permit Number 19031079
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2019-10-16 08:34:55PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 4TH REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 THE SUBMITTALS HAVE BEEN DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) ALL OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE RATIONAL ANALYSIS CALCULATIONS
 THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE 24" X 24" ES 1500 FIXED
 WINDOWS IN ZONE 5 ARE INCORRECT. RATIONAL ANALYSIS CAN
 NOT BE USED TO INCREASE THE WIND LOAD PRESSURES FOR A
 TESTED ASSEMBLY. THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PRESSURES OF
 +70, -90 PSF LISTED IN PRODUCT APPROVAL ARE BASED ON
 THE TESTING AND SAFETY FACTORS AS REQUIRED BY THE 2014
 FBC SECTION 1710.5.
  
 A) THE ENGINEERING THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE 2' X 2'
 WINDOW LOCATED IN WALL ZONE 4, DOES NOT RESOLVE THE
 ISSUE OF THE DESIGN PRESSURES FOR THE WINDOW BEING LESS
 THAN REQUIRED. NOA NO.17-1114.10 FOR THE ES 1500
 WINDOWS LISTS THE MAXIMUM DESIGN LOAD CAPACITY AS +70,
 -90 PSF. THE ENGINEER'S CALCULATIONS APPEAR TO SHOW THE
 REQUIRED PRESSURES AS +90.5 PSF, -150.82 PSF, WHICH
 APPEAR TO BE VULT PRESSURES. HE THEN STATES THE WINDOW
 PRESSURE ALLOWABLE AS 160 PSF IS GREATER THAN 150.82
 PSF. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE 160 PSF WAS DETERMINED.
  
 B) THE ENGINEER'S REPORT HAS A SIGNED AND SEALED COVER
 SHEET, HOWEVER, THE ATTACHED PAGES ARE NOT SIGNED AND
 SEALED. THE PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED AND IDENTIFIED ON
 THE COVER SHEET OR INDEX SHEET AS REQUIRED BY FAC
 61G15-23.002.
  
 C) THE WALL EXTERNAL PRESSURES ARE LOWER THAN THE ONES
 IN THE COMPONENTS AND CLADDING EXTERNAL PRESSURE LOADS
 IN THE CHART ON PLAN SHEET S0.4. THE PLANS OR THE
 CALCULATIONS WILL NEED TO BE REVISED SO THAT THE
 PRESSURES ARE THE SAME. FBC 107.2.1
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A
 RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE
 CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM.


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