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2021-12-14 09:34:21 | PLAN |
| REVIEW COMMENTS |
| 5TH REVIEW: FBC SEVENTH EDITION (2020) |
| ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| (561) 805-6714 |
| [email protected] |
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| DENIED BY BUILDING |
| PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| PREVIOUS COMMENTS NUMBERS 3 AND 4 WERE NOT RESOLVED. |
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| 1) COMPLIED. |
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| 2) COMPLIED. |
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| 3) NOT ADDRESSED. 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 |
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| 4) NOT ADDRESSED. 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. |
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| PLEASE SUBMIT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH OF |
| THE REVIEW COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. |
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