Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21020084
Permit Number 21020084
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2021-02-08 15:36:51WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 21020084
 ADD: 701 S. OLIVE AVE. SUITE: 908
 CONT: JD ROOFING & CONTRACTOR INC.
 TEL: 561-719-0725
 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: MON. FEB. 08/2021
 ACTION: DENIED
 1) THE FLOOR PLAN IS NOT SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD ANDRE H. THOMAS, P. E. # 80332.
 PLANS SUBMITTED DIGITALLY WILL NEED AN ELECTRONIC
 SIGNATURE.
 FL ADMIN CODE 61G15-23.002 ENGINEERS. EFFECTIVE DATE
 05/06/2009. (2)(A) EVERY SHEET OF PLANS AND PRINTS
 WHICH MUST BE SEALED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
 471, F.S., SHALL BE SEALED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE
 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE.
 61G15-23.005 PROCEDURES FOR SIGNING AND SEALING
 ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED PLANS (DIGITAL SIGNATURES),
 SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS.
  
 2) THE PLANS SHOW THE REMOVAL OF THE BACK-TUB WALL BUT
 DO NOT INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF BACKER BOARD IS TO BE
 INSTALLED NOR IS THERE TO BE TILE ON THE BACK WALL.
  
 2A) 2020 FBC-B 2509.2 BASE FOR TILE. MATERIALS USED AS
 A BASE FOR WALL TILE IN TUB AND SHOWER AREAS AND WALLS
 AND CEILING PANELS IN SHOWER AREAS SHALL BE OF
 MATERIALS LISTED IN TABLE 2509.2 AND INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER?S RECOMMENDATIONS. WATER
 RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD SHALL BE USED AS A BASE
 FOR TILE IN WATER CLOSET COMPARTMENT WALLS WHEN
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GA-216 OR ASTM C840 AND
 THE MANUFACTURE?S RECOMMENDATIONS.
  
 2B) 2020 FBC-B SHOWERS & TUBS 1210.3. SHOWER
 COMPARTMENTS AND BATHTUBS WITH INSTALLED SHOWER HEADS
 SHALL BE FINISHED WITH A NONABSORBENT SURFACE TO A
 HEIGHT NOT LESS THAN 72 INCHES ABOVE THE DRAIN INLET.
  
 3) FLOOR UNDERLAYMENT REPORTS (IIC & STC) SUBMITTED FOR
 ACOUSTICORK UNDERLAYMENT WITH CERAMIC TILE ON A 6-INCH
 PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB FLOOR WITH SUSPENDED 5/8-INCH
 GYPSUM CEILING WITH R-11 WITHIN THE PLENUM OF THE
 DROPPED CEILING.
 FLOOR INSULATION (FBC-B 2020) FOR TILE, STONE, MARBLE,
 VINYL AND WOOD FLOORING ALL NEED TO HAVE HAD THE SOUND
 UNDERLAYMENT TESTED FLOOR ASSEMBLIES TO THE FOLLOWING
 STANDARDS AND MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS LISTED UNDER EACH
 OF THE STANDARDS FOR A 6-INCH CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY/
 NO DROPPED CEILING:
 PLEASE PROVIDE ALL THREE TEST REPORTS SHOWING
 COMPLIANCE WITH:
  
 TYPE I AND II BUILDINGS
  
 3A) FBC-B 2020 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR
 BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA
 WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN IMPACT INSULATION
 CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD
 TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E-492.
  
 B) FBC-B 2020 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND. WALLS, PARTITIONS
 AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS
 FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL
 HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN
 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED) FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 90.
  
 C) FLAME SPREAD- FBC-B 2020 603.1. EXCEPTION 2.
 INSULATION INSTALLED BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND SOLID
 DECKING WITHOUT INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED
 TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 200.
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
 4) 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.
  
 PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS
 REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT
 REVIEW CYCLE.
  
 PLEASE NOTE WE ARE WORKING FROM HOME BECAUSE OF COVID
 19
 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, MY CELL NUMBER IS
 561-718-9724.
 WORKING HOURS ARE MON.- WED. 8:00 AM- NOON. PART-TIME/
 RETIRED.
  
 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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