Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20121184
Permit Number 20121184
Review Stop THRESHOLD
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2021-05-03 10:42:50PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) THIS IS A THRESHOLD BUILDING AND YOU WILL BE
 PERFOMING STRUCTUAL WORK THAT AFFECTS THE BUILDING.
 PLEASE PROVIDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING THAT APPLY TO THIS
 PROJECT. THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR PACKAGE HAS FORMS THAT
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY THE OWNER OF
 THE BUILDING, THE CONTRACTOR, ANY DELEGATE INSPECTORS
 LICENSED UNDER FS 468. THE P.E. SPECIAL INSPECTOR IS
 REQUIRED TO SIGN AND SEAL THEIR FORM. THE NOTARIZED
 FORMS CAN BE COPIES, HOWEVER, THE ENGINEER IS REQUIRED
 TO DIGITALLY SIGN ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS OR
 SUBMIT PAPER DOCUMENTS WITH THEIR ORIGINAL HAND WRITTEN
 SIGNATURE AND SEAL. I WAS UNABLE TO SEE ON THE DBPR'S
 LICENSE WEBSITE THAT THE ENGINEER ON THE FORM THAT WAS
 SUBMITTED, MICHEAL A. PHILLIPS P.E. 68312, HAS A
 SPECIAL INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION. IT IS NOT INDICATED ON
 THE WEBSITE. PLEASE SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
  
 THRESHOLD BUILDING / FL S. S. 553.71(7) "THRESHOLD
 BUILDING" MEANING ANY BUILDING WHICH IS GREATER THAN
 (3) STORIES OR 50 FT. IN HEIGHT, OR WHICH HAS AN
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AS DEFINED IN THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WHICH EXCEEDS 5,000 SQ. FT. IN
 AREA AND AN OCCUPANT CONTENT OF GREATER THAN 500
 PERSONS.
  
 A) FBC (CITY AMENDMENTS)110.8.1 THRESHOLD INSPECTION
 PLAN. THE ENFORCING AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE A SPECIAL
 INSPECTOR TO PERFORM STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS ON A
 THRESHOLD BUILDING PURSUANT TO A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION
 PLAN PREPARED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. THE STRUCTURAL
 INSPECTION PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENFORCING
 AGENCY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THRESHOLD BUILDING. THE PURPOSE
 OF THE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PLAN IS TO PROVIDE
 SPECIFIC INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES SO THAT
 THE BUILDING CAN BE ADEQUATELY INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE PERMITTED DOCUMENTS.
  
 B) THRESHOLD INSPECTOR: WPB AMENDMENT 110.8.1 W.P.B.
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR THRESHOLD
 BUILDINGS A SPECIAL INSPECTOR AS REQUIRED BY 553.79(5)
 FLORIDA STATUTES TO THE MINIMUM INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY
 THIS CODE. THE THRESHOLD INSPECTION FORMS ARE REQUIRED
 TO BE FILED OUT BY ALL PARTIES WITH INTEREST, NOTARIZED
 AND RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE, AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED
 BEFORE PERMIT ISSUANCE WILL TAKE PLACE.
  
 C) THRESHOLD BLDG. REQUIRED STATEMENT: W.P.B. AMENDMENT
 110.8.4.4 ALL PLANS FOR THE BUILDING WHICH ARE REQUIRED
 TO BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER OF
 RECORD CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT, TO THE BEST OF THE
 ARCHITECT'S OR ENGINEER'S KNOWLEDGE, THE PLANS AND
 SPECIFICATIONS COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE MINIMUM
 BUILDING CODES AND THE APPLICABLE FIRE-SAFETY STANDARDS
 AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THIS SECTION AND CHAPTER 633 FLORIDA STATUTES.
  
 D) FOR THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR PLEASE PROVIDE A RESUME OF
 INSPECTION EXPERIENCE ON PREVIOUS PROJECT. THE RESUME
 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ALL CERTIFICATES AS SPECIFIED
 HEREIN. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR HIS DESIGNEE WILL
 REVIEW THE RESUME. AFTER THE RESUME IS REVIEWED, AN
 INTERVIEW WILL BE SCHEDULED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
 WILL AN INSPECTOR BE INTERVIEWED FOR WORK WITHOUT FIRST
 MEETING THE ABOVE CRITERIA.
  
 E) THE CONTRACTOR WILL PRODUCE A JOB SUMMARY OR HISTORY
 FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
  
 F) NOTE: FOR DIGITAL PLANS, AFTER PERMIT ISSUANCE,
 PLEASE E-MAIL THE PERMIT LIBRARIAN OF THE PERMIT BEING
 ISSUED, THE PERMIT LIBRARIAN WILL THEN E-MAIL YOU THE
 APPROVED AND BATCH STAMPED PLANS SO YOU MAY PRINT YOUR
 PLANS, TWO SETS OF PLANS WILL NEED TO BE PRINTED IN
 COLOR, (1) FOR THE THRESHOLD INSPECTOR, THE OTHER FOR
 THE MEP INSPECTORS OTHER PLANS YOU WISH TO PRINT MAYBE
 IN BLACK & WHITE.
  
 G) 110.8.4.3 ALL SHORING AND RESHORING PROCEDURES,
 PLANS AND DETAILS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY FOR RECORDKEEPING. EACH SHORING AND RESHORING
 INSTALLATION SHALL BE SUPERVISED, INSPECTED AND
 CERTIFIED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SHORING
 DOCUMENTS BY THE CONTRACTOR.
  
 H) PLEASE CALL THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH'S AUTOMATED
 TELEPHONE INSPECTIONS LINE (561) 805-6700 FOR ALL
 BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR AUDITING OF JOBSITE
 INSPECTIONS WITHOUT THIS THE PERMIT EXPIRES IN 6
 MONTHS, ABANDONMENT OF JOB, NO INSPECTION ACTIVITY.
  
 I) 110.8 THRESHOLD BUILDINGS, OPERATING GUIDELINES FOR
 THRESHOLD INSPECTORS #25. ASSURE THAT THE DESIGNER HAS
 REQUIRED ON THE PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS ONE MATERIAL,
 APPROVED FOR FIRE STOPPING PENETRATIONS, FOR WALLS AND
 CEILINGS.
  
 J) PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL
 BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A COPY OF THE CURRENT (OCTOBER
 2018) GUIDELINES AND POLICIES FOR PROJECTS CONCERNING
 THRESHOLD/SPECIAL INSPECTORS AND RESIDENT INSPECTORS.
  
  
  


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