Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21061303
Permit Number 21061303
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2021-12-01 08:34:01PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
 4TH REVIEW: FBC SEVENTH EDITION (2020)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) COMPLIED. THE SCOPE OF WORK AND PROVIDE AN INCREASE
 TO THE VALUATION FOR THE JOB. FBC 107.2.1
  
 3) NEW COMMENT. THE COVER SHEET STATES THAT THE
 WINDSPEED IS 170 MPH, THE EXPOSURE IS C AND THE MEAN
 ROOF HEIGHT IS 12' AND 18.37 SQFT OF GLASS EXPOSURE
 ZONE #5 IS USED FOR ALL WINDOWS. THE OPENING PRESSURES
 ON THE PLANS IS SPECIFIED AS +23.2, -32.5 PSF. THESE
 PRESSURES ARE TOO LOW. BASED ON FBC-R TABLE R301.2(2)
 FOR EXPOSURE B AND THE HEIGHT AND EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT
 REQUIRED BY FBC-R TABLE R301.2(3) FOR EXPOSURE C THE
 PRESSURES SHOULD BE +36.0, -47.1 PSF FOR A 20 SQFT
 OPENING AND A 15' MEAN ROOF HEIGHT. THIS WOULD BE THE
 WORST CASE FOR YOUR PROJECT. THE PROPOSED WINDOWS HAVE
 MAXIMUM DESIGN PRESSURES OF +55, -60 PSF, WHICH WILL BE
 ADEQUATE FOR THE REQUIRED PRESSURES. THE SMALLER THE
 OPENING IS, THE HIGHER THE PRESSURES WILL BE. IF YOU
 WISH TO USE THE WORST CASE YOU WOULD TYPICALLY USE THE
 SMALLEST OPENING SIZE WHICH IS 10 SQFT IN THE TABLES.
 PLEASE CORRECT THE PRESSURES ON THE PLANS. FBC 107.2.1
  
 4) THE REPAIR DETAIL AROUND WINDOWS DOES NOT SHOW THE
 VERTICAL REBAR AT THE SIDES OF THE WINDOWS EXTENDING
 ALL THE WAY TO THE FOUNDATION. FBC-R301.1 REQUIRES A
 COMPLETE LOAD PATH TO THE FOUNDATION. PLEASE REVISE THE
 DETAIL AND SPECIFY THE EMBED DEPTH.
  
 PLEASE SUBMIT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH OF
 THE REVIEW COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
  
  
  
  


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