Building Review
Review No:1

1. Please indicate if the Medical Office will be licensed by the Department of Public Health.
2. Provide a site plan showing accessible parking and paths of travel on the site.
3. Please indicate occupancy type and occupant load for the area of work. Currently the plan shows occupancy types and occupant loads for the entire building.
4. Sheet A4 – Provide an exiting plan for the space to be improved.
5. Sheet A4 – Show accessible patient/customer counter areas that indicate height, width and clear access. The plan submitted shows counters at 42” in height. CBC 11B-904
6. Sheets M3 & E4 – This plan labels a clear exit area at the area called Billing. The area is labeled as 42” high counter area on Sheet A4. Resolve this conflict.
7. Sheet M3 - Provide a Mechanical plan by a licensed Mechanical Engineer or contractor. As there appears to be an alteration to the system it shall meet the requirements of the Green Building Code section 5.410.4 for the occupancy for testing and balancing of the system. Also Provide Energy form MCH-1-E and MCH-2-E which are required to be incorporated into a plan sheet.
8. Sheet M3 – The Mezzanine plan at the Nutritional Offices shows the supply and return air grilles being intersected by the new walls. Correct.
9. Sheets E4 & E5 - Provide a lighting plan that is designed by a licensed Electrical Engineer or contractor. Also provide Energy Code lighting forms NRCA- LT1-02-A, NRCA- LT1-03-A & NRCA- LT1-04-A which are required to be incorporated into a plan sheet.
10. Sheet P2 - The plumbing plan is required to be designed by a licensed mechanical Engineer or contractor.

Please contact Robin Woodman at 831-454-3249 or email robin.woodman@santacruzcounty.us with any questions you may have regarding these plan check comments. Please be advised that your second plan submittal will require a second plan check. If additional comments are required to be addressed for a third plan check, additional charges will be added to your permit fee at an hourly rate. Further comments may be forth coming upon additional review. Due to the incomplete nature of the plan submittal a complete review could not occur at this time.

Review No:2

1.      There is a 42” counter at the billing area shown on sheet A4.  Sheet M-3 specifies “clear exit area 6’ W x 5’ D at this location.  Please coordinate the plans.  If there is a counter area, provide a lowered section that is 36” wide minimum and does not exceed 34” above the finished floor.  [CBC 11B-227.1 and 11B-904]

 

2.       The project description includes work in only Suite D1 (the left side of Building D).  Please revise the plans to eliminate any new work in the other suite.  Revise the lighting compliance documents, as these included the whole building. 

 

3.      Please include the lighting types in the schedules on E-4 and E-5 to correspond with the maximum wattage used in the lighting form, NRCC-LT1-01-E, for energy compliance. 

 

4.      Please include air volumes for the supply and return registers such that a balanced system may be verified.  Note balancing tests are required per CMC 317.

 

5.      Please indicate all existing mechanical components on Sheet M-3 for this tenant space in Suite D1. 

 

6.      Please provide ventilation air to comply with the rates in CMC Table 402.1 on sheet M-3. 

 

 

Note:  For the referenced code information, go to http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Codes.aspx and/or http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/BuildingSafety/BuildingCodes.aspx  .

 

If you have any questions regarding these building plan check comments above, please contact Laura Brinson at 831-454-3151 or email laura.brinson@santacruzcounty.us .

 

Review No:3

1.      It has been stated that the lighting compliance sheets may not be provided for only one of the tenant spaces.  The latest plan set does not include a lighting plan for space D-2.  It is not possible to verify the lighting information in the energy forms without a lighting plan for both spaces.  Please provide a lighting plan for space D-2, while still keeping the note “no work in this area”.

 

2.       The lighting plan does not correspond with the lighting legend and energy documents.  For example, there is a lighting fixture type A-15 that is on the plans.  The legend shows a different fixture type for an “A” fixture.  The energy documents do not describe the fixture, but call for eight 100 watt fixtures, which appear to be the A-15 light at both spaces D-1 and D-2 (used older plan set version for plan checking to verify).   Please coordinate the plan, legend and energy documents.  The energy documents should include a description of the fixtures, as required in Table B, page 3 of 5 on the NRCC-LT1-03-E form. 

 

3.      Please include daylit areas on the plans and provide separate controls. 

 

4.      A revised sheet M-3 was not included in the latest set of plans to address the mechanical plan check comments 4 through 6 in the last plan check.  Please submit revised M-3 sheets.

 

 

Note:  For the referenced code information, go to http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Codes.aspx and/or http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/BuildingSafety/BuildingCodes.aspx  .

 

If you have any questions regarding these building plan check comments above, please contact Laura Brinson at 831-454-3151 or email laura.brinson@santacruzcounty.us .