Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20030581
Permit Number 20030581
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-06-12 13:00:552017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 20030581
 ADD: 301 N. OLIVE AVE. 4TH FLOOR
 CONT: ROBLING ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: 561-649-6705
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE. 801.3 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW
 CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: TUESDAY MAY 5TH/ 2020
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) SHEET A-103 NOTE # 6 INDICATES A NEW ROOF TOP
 CONDENSING UNIT SEE MECHANICAL SHEETS. SHEET M-6NOTE #
 1 STATES THE NEW CONDENSING UNIT SHALL BE 180 MPH WIND
 RATED. SHEET M-7 NOTE # 3 STATES THAT THE UNIT
 ATTACHMENT TO CONCRETE PAD PER THE MANUFACTURERS
 SPECIFICATIONS, STAND SHALL HAVE A MIAMI-DADE NOA.
 SHEET M-7 NOTE # 4 STATES ENGINEERED TIE-DOWN
 INSTALLATION REQUIRED.
  
 1A) THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE HOW THE CONDENSING UNIT
 WILL BE ANCHORED TO THE CONDENSING STAND. FOR ALL ROOF
 TOP EQUIPMENT, CURBS, FANS OR A/C STANDS, AND OR VENTS,
 DETAILED ATTACHMENT TO THE ROOF FRAMING & DECK AS WELL
 AS FROM THE CURB OR ROOF STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
  
 2017 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
 1B) THE SHEET M-6 STATES THE WIND SPEED IS TO BE
 DESIGNED TO 180 MPH (VULT). 2017 FBC-B 1603.1.4 WIND
 DESIGN DATA. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATED TO WIND
 LOADS SHALL BE SHOWN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WIND LOADS
 GOVERN THE DESIGN OF THE LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM
 OF THE STRUCTURE:
 1B)(1.) ULTIMATE DESIGN WIND SPEED, VULT, (3-SECOND
 GUST), MILES PER HOUR AND NOMINAL DESIGN WIND SPEED,
 VASD, AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 1609.3.1.
 1B)(2.) RISK CATEGORY.
 1B)(3.) WIND EXPOSURE. APPLICABLE WIND DIRECTION IF
 MORE THAN ONE WIND EXPOSURE IS UTILIZED. TABLE
 1609.7.2. HEIGHT AND EXPOSURE. ASCE 7-10 TABLE 30.3.1.
 1B)(4.) APPLICABLE INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT.
 1B)(5.) DESIGN WIND PRESSURES TO BE USED FOR EXTERIOR
 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
 BY THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLE FOR
 THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE, PSF.
 1)(6) TABLE 1609.7(2) ADJUSTMENT FACTORS FOR HEIGHT &
 EXPOSURE. PROVIDE THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT FOR THE BUILDING
 FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURES. IS THERE A 3 FOOT PARAPET OR
 HIGHER ALL AROUND THE BUILDING? 1609.3.1 WIND SPEED
 CONVERSION VULT TO VASD.
 2) WELDED OR BOLTED CONNECTIONS. THE CONTRACTOR IS
 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WELD PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS &
 WELDER OPERATOR PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION RECORDS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCED STANDARDS AT TIME OF
 INSPECTION.
 2017 FBC-B 2204.1 WELDING
 1. WELD PROCEDURES SPECIFICATIONS
 2) QUALIFICATIONS OF WELDING PERSONAL
 2017 FBC-B 2204.2 BOLTING.
 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CALL KEN CONRAD CHIEF
 BUILDING INSPECTOR AT 561-805-6666.
  
 3) COMPONENTS & CLADDING. 2017 FBC-B 1609.6.4.4.1
 COMPONENTS & CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
 AFFAIRS, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, RULE 9N-3
 NOV. 01/ 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR
 CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT
 APPROVALS:
 (31)(G) PRE-ENGINEERED A/C STANDS
  
 4A) W. P. B. 107.3.4. PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE PRODUCTS
 WHICH ARE REGULATED BY FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RULE
 61G20 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR
 JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL.
 FL 61G1-23.015 (2) THE ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
 SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS,
 SHOP DRAWINGS ETC..
  
 4B) DELEGATED ENGINEERING. 61G15-30.003 ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION. FL 61G-15-30.006 (3) THE
 DELEGATED ENGINEER SHALL FORWARD THE DELEGATED
 ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS TO THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR
 REVIEW.
  
 5) THE ROOF TOP A/C STAND PRODUCT APPROVALS, TO BE
 REVIEWED BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE
 FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS CALCULATING THE AREA (SIDE VIEW)
 OF THE ROOF TOP COMPRESSORS, CONFIGURATION ON STAND,
 THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT OF THE STAND AND COMPRESSORS,
 WEIGHT, CIRCLED THE DESIGN PARAMETERS IN THE TABLES,
 ANCHORS AND UPLIFT VERSES MOMENT FOR THE UNIT TO THE
 STAND AND THE STAND TO THE ROOF. THE PRODUCT APPROVAL
 IS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD, APPROVED
 BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
  
 6) 2017 FBC-M 306.5 EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES ON ROOFS
 OR ELEVATED STRUCTURES. WHERE EQUIPMENT REQUIRING
 ACCESS OR APPLIANCES ARE LOCATED ON AN ELEVATED
 STRUCTURE OR THE ROOF OF A BUILDING SUCH THAT PERSONNEL
 WILL HAVE TO CLIMB HIGHER THAN 16 FEET (4877 MM) ABOVE
 GRADE TO ACCESS SUCH EQUIPMENT OR APPLIANCES, AN
 INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR MEANS OF ACCESS SHALL BE PROVIDED.
 SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT REQUIRE CLIMBING OVER
 OBSTRUCTIONS GREATER THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) IN HEIGHT
 OR WALKING ON ROOFS HAVING A SLOPE GREATER THAN 4 UNITS
 VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS HORIZONTAL (33-PERCENT SLOPE).
 SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF PORTABLE
 LADDERS. WHERE ACCESS INVOLVES CLIMBING OVER PARAPET
 WALLS, THE HEIGHT SHALL BE MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE
 PARAPET WALL.
  
 7) A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW
 COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION
 MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE
 THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR
 PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.
  
 A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PLANS COULD NOT HAPPEN SINCE
 THERE WAS A GREAT DEFICIENCY IN PLANS AND REQUIRED
 DOCUMENTATION. WITH THE NEXT PLAN REVIEW CYCLE THERE
 MAYBE ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMMENTS BECAUSE OF NEW PLANS
 AND INFORMATION LACKING UNDER THE PRIOR REVIEW.
  
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 BUILDING DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS ST. WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402
 TEL: 561-805-6717
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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