Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21040833
Permit Number 21040833
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-05-17 15:20:34WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 21040833
 ADD: 400 N, FLAGLER DR. SUITES: 1903 / 1904
 CONT: RICHARD MCDONALD CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.
 TEL: 561-795-4055
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2020 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: MON. MAY 17TH/ 2021
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) 2ND REQUEST. IT APPEARS THAT WORK IS BEING COMPLETED
 IN 2 UNITS 1903 & 1094. THE PROPOSED TENANT SPACES
 TRANSGRESS LEGAL BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN THE CONDOMINIUM
 UNITS WHICH WILL NEED TO BE COMBINED TO FORM 'THE
 SITE'. A 'UNITY OF TITLE' SHALL BE RECORDED AT THE
 COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SUBMIT A COPY OF THE RECORDED 'UNITY
 OF TITLE' DOCUMENT SO THAT FBC TABLE 601 BOUNDARY LINE
 REQUIREMENTS MAY BE DEEMED NOT APPLICABLE.
 SEE WEBSITE FOR APPLICATION:
 HTTP://WWW.WPB.ORG/ENGINEERING/ENG_FORMS.PHP
 "APPLICATION FOR UNITY OF TITLE"
 HTTP://WWW.WPB.ORG/ENGINEERING/UPLOADS/2010-10-12-14-45
 -38-UNITYOFTITLE3.PDF
 VINCENT J NOEL
 SURVEYOR/REAL ESTATE SUPERVISOR
 ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401
 PHONE: 494-1040 EXT: 1096
 FAX: 494-1116
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2) SHEET A1.1.1: COMPLIED.
  
 3) SHEET A1.1.2. UNDER THE HEADING FLOOR FINISHES LIST
 PORCELAIN TILE AS THE FLOOR FINISH. THE UNDERLAYMENT
 INDICATED IS PROFLEX MSC-90) PROFLEX MEGA-SOUND
 CONTROL). THE IIC AND STC RATINGS WERE SHOWN WITH
 TESTING ON A 8 INCH SLAB. THE TEST REPORTS SUBMITTED
 ARE FOR PROFLEX MSC WITH AN 8-INCH SLAB. THE SLAB
 THICKNESS FOR THIS BUILDING IS NOT KNOWN, THAT IS WHY
 WE REQUEST ALL TESTING REPORTS BE ON A 6-INCH SLAB. TO
 DATE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS PRODUCT TESTED FOR 6-INCH
 CONCRETE SLABS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PROFLEX DOES MAKE
 A UNDERLAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN TESTED ON A 6 INCH
 CONCRETE SLAB. THE CITY IS IN RECEIPT OF THIS PRODUCT
 AND IS IN F DRIVE, PRODUCT TESTING IS NOT REQUIRED
 SINCE WE HAVE IT ON FILE. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE NOTED ON
 THE PLANS JUST AS ANY OTHER PRODUCT THAT HAS SUBMITTED
 REPORTS AND RECORDED ON F DRIVE.
 PROFLEX SUPER SIM 90
 IIC 50
 STC 52
 FLAME 0
 SMOKE 0
  
 1ST ROUND OF COMMENTS. SHEET A1.1.2 FLOOR FINISH
 SCHEDULE INDICATES THE FLOOR FINISH IS CURRENTLY TBD/
 TO BE DETERMINED. UNTIL THE FLOOR FINISHES ARE KNOWN WE
 CANNOT SPECULATE ON IF THE UNDERLAYMENT WAS TESTED WITH
 THAT FINISH MATERIAL FOR ANY OF THE REQUIRED 3 TESTS,
 IIC, STC AND FLAME SPREAD. PLEASE NOTE THE CITY IS IN
 RECEIPT OF THE PROFLEX PRODUCT RCU 500/ 6-INCH SLAB/
 FOR USE WITH QUARRY TILE.
  
 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 FOR TYPE I AND OR
 TYPE II BUILDINGS SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH:
  
 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.
  
 3B) 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.
  
 3C) 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) COMPLIED.
 5) 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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