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Plan Submittal Requirements
- Project Description & Emphasis
- Component Outline
- Design Criteria List
- Site Plan
- Foundation Plans
- Floor Plan
- Framing Plans
- Exterior Elevations
- Building Sections & Wall Sections
- HVAC Systems
- Plumbing System
- Electrical System
- Specifications
- Addendum & Changes
Submittal of plans shall clearly describe the project with appropriate emphasis given to the following:
- Barrier-free accessibility
- Building codes compliance
- Definition of scope of work
- Life safety
- Structural integrity
Size and complexity of the project will determine the type and number of drawings.
The following is an example of a component outline for plan submittal:
- Cover Sheet
- Project identification
- Listing of design professionals
- Name of the design professional in charge (person in charge of project coordination). All communication should be directed through this individual.
- Building code edition project was designed to
- Fire sprinkler requirements (if any)
- Height and number of stories
- Location of property
- Occupancy group
- Occupant load
- Seismic zone
- Square footage/allowable area
- Type of construction
- Indicate proposed new structure and any existing buildings or structures, property lines with:
- Dimensions
- Streets
- Easements
- Setbacks
- Show water, sewer, electrical points of connection, proposed service and existing utilities on the site
- Show required parking, drainage, and grading information (with reference to finish floor and streets)
- Indicate drainage inflow and outflow locations and specify areas required to be maintained for drainage purposes
- Show north arrow
- Indicate foundation and footings. Indicate:
- Size
- Location
- Thickness
- Materials
- Strengths and reinforcing
- Show embedded anchoring, such as anchor bolts, hold-downs, and column base plates
- Provide geotechnical criteria and assumptions used for foundation design
- Indicate all floors including basement
- Show rooms with their intended use, overall dimensions and locations of structural elements and openings
- Show doors and windows
- Provide:
- Door and window schedules
- Fire assemblies
- Area occupancy separations
- Draft stops
- Indicate primary structural members and their size, methods of attachment, location and materials for floors and roofs
- Provide basic design criteria and material specifications
- Indicate all views
- Indicate vertical dimensions and heights
- Show openings and identify all materials
- Indicate materials of construction, non-rated and fire-rated assemblies and fire-rated penetrations
- Indicate dimensions of all heights
Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
- Indicate the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Include:
- Units
- Sizes
- Mounting details
- Air, water and refrigerant systems components and sizes
- Provide equipment schedules
- Provide basic design criteria
- Indicate:
- Fixtures
- Piping
- Slopes
- Materials and sizes
- Show points of connections to the:
- Septic tank
- Sewer systems
- Water lines and other applicable utilities
- Indicate:
- Electrical fixtures
- Wiring
- Conduit sizes and grounding
- Panel schedules
- Single line diagrams
- Fixture schedules
- Show point of connection to utility
- Show power loads in kilo-volt-ampere (kVA) for all load centers, switchboards, main distribution panels
- Provide basic design criteria
Either on the drawing or in booklet form further defines:
- Construction components
- Covering materials
- Finishes
- All pertinent equipment
It shall be the responsibility of the prime professional to notify the Building Official of changes throughout the course of the project that alter the scope, impact building code, and to provide appropriate documentation to the Building Official.