From: Arlene
Stewart [mailto:azstewart@azsconsultinginc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 4:30 PM
To: Madani, Mo
Cc: Robin Vieira
Subject: Compliance Report vs Inspection
Checklist
Mo,
Thanks for the brief chat today. Please find following what I am seeing as a new provision
R405.4.2.1 Compliance report
for permit application.
A compliance report submitted
with the application for building permit shall include the following:
1. Building street address, or other building site identification.
2. A statement indicating that
the proposed design complies with Section R405.3.
3. An inspection checklist
documenting the building component characteristics of the proposed design as indicated in Table R405.5.2(1). The inspection checklist shall show results for
the proposed design with user inputs to the compliance software
to generate the results.
4. A site-specific energy
analysis report that is in compliance with Section R405.3.
So I’m focusing in on the specific “inspection checklist” lines, because I’m reading it as different. The previous section, R405.4.2 cites a compliance report that complies with both R405.3 and R405.5.2(1). But the next section cites both the compliance report AND an inspection checklist for the proposed design. So I’m thinking that is deliberate distinction.
Before I called you, I chatted with Rob Vieira about what I found. We talked about the need to avoid excessive paper, plus the statute about migrating to electronic permitting and the way that many building departments track inspections via tablets into a database. All those are good reasons to NOT have a whole other print out – BUT (and I hate those pesky BUTS) we do have a statutory requirement for executing what the code says. And the language does cite two different “things.” I wonder if a simple checkbox at the end of the Compliance Report line will meet the requirement, IF indeed there is a separate inspection requirement cited.
Let me know what you think and if this will go to the TAC for consideration.
-AZ
Arlene Zavocki Stewart
President, AZS Consulting Inc.
9200 NW 39th Ave, Suite 130-2
Gainesville, FL 32606
352-219-7770
azstewart@azsconsultinginc.com
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