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I vote level 3. It sounds like 100% of the building area requires a roof
which would set the work area at 100%. Also one might argue that egress,
accessibility, & life safety would need to be addressed for 100% of the
building since new interior partitions are being constructed.


Christopher Banbury, PE
President
 
Ark Engineering, Inc.
PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603
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Phone: (352) 754-2424
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com [mailto:codetalk-
> bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Mark Cramer
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:16 PM
> To: 'CodeTalk'
> Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] FW: Florida Building
Commission(October
> Meeting Summary)
> 
> An existing 1 story SFR is extensively damaged in a fire, leaving only
the
> exterior block walls and one partition wall standing. Roof structure
is
> totally gone.
> 
> Is this a level 2 or level 3 alteration as defined in the Existing
> building
> code? Level 3 is defined there as follows:
> 
> ALTERATION-LEVEL 3
> 305.1  Scope.
> Level 3 alterations apply where the work area exceeds 50 percent of
the
> aggregate area of the building and made within any 12-month period.
> Exception: Work areas in which the alteration work is exclusively
> plumbing,
> mechanical or electrical shall not be included in the computation of
total
> area of all work areas.
> 
> 
> Mark Cramer
> Mark Cramer Inspection Services, Inc.
> 492 20th Ave.
> Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
> 727-595-4211
> http://www.BestTampaInspector.com
> 
> 
> 
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