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Clearance Sheet C2008-001715*002

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Preliminary reviews are one time reviews submitted prior to approval of a clearance sheet and site plan. Because of this, and the documentation and plans are usually insufficient and incomplete, a full review cannot be accomplished without the possibility of adding additional comments at time of future submittals.

 		 

1. Electrical Load Calculations
Per FBC-107.3.5 please provide electrical load calculations.  The plans are indicating an 800 amp service.  It is unclear if this is the existing service or new.  There does not appear to be any indication of existing or proposed electrical panels on the plans.  Please clarify the locations and what is existing or proposed.  Is the new equipment being fed by existing panels or are new panels proposed?  Please provide clarification.

 		 

2. Automatic Sprinkler System

Shop drawings shall be provided for any alteration to the existing sprinkler system which will be permitted separately from the main building.  This may be submitted by the sprinkler contractor at the time of sprinkler permitting.

Please be advised of the following for your information.

NFPA 13 Sprinkler Systems

FBC-Building 903.3.1.1 Where required, sprinklers shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 13.

 

Sprinkler System Monitoring and alarms.

FBC-Building 903.4

All valves controlling the water supply for automatic sprinkler systems, pumps, tanks, water levels and temperatures, critical air pressures and waterflow switches on all sprinkler systems shall be electrically supervised by  a listed fire alarm control unit.

FBC-Building 903.4.1

Alarm, supervisory and trouble signals shall be distinctly different and shall be automatically transmitted to an approved supervising station or, when a approved by the fire code official, shall sound an audible signal at a constantly attended location.

 

 		 

3. Mechanical Equipment for Assembly Occupancies

(FBC-Energy Conservation 503.2.2)

Buildings that contain assembly occupancies shall have equipment sized or controlled to prevent continuous space cooling or heating of such spaces with peak capacity equipment by the following options:

  1. Equipment is stage to include cooling or heating to the space and stages are controlled by an electronically controlled energy management system.
  2. 2. A separate cooling or heating system is utilized to provide cooling or heating to the assembly occupancy.
  3. A variable speed compressor is utilized to provide incremental cooling or heating of the assembly occupancy.

Please clarify how the above requirement will be met.

 		 
General Notes: Your re-submittal shall include two complete sets of plans. Please insert the revised pages into the plan sets, and pages removed from the stamped "Job copy" set, shall be marked as "old set" and shall be included in the re-submittal.
If old "Job copy" drawings, are not resubmitted there will be additional plan review fee charged due to the amount of time necessary to review entire drawing again.
ALL ITEMS changed or revised on plans and documents shall be identified by circling, clouding or identified by some other legible method. ADDITIONAL ITEMS MAY BE REQUIRED - DEPENDING ON INFORMATION AND CLARITY OF FINAL PLANS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.