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I reported to the inspecting fire official an emergency lighting system  
that was non-functioning in a new commercial office building. his response was 
 they would catch it on the yearly inspection?
I suppose with hind sight I should have reported the inspector to a higher  
authority
 
 
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Today's Topics:

1. Reporting Violations (Eric  Kuritzky)


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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:35:02 -0500
From: Eric Kuritzky  <kuritzky at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [Florida Code Talk] Reporting  Violations
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Question for the group (although I have a sense of  the answer, but no back
up):

If an architect, engineer or licensed  CBO (not associated with a
municipality) is aware of a code violation due  to permitted and approved
modifications to a building, are they obligated  to report it? And if so, to
whom?  Chapter and verse  please.

Here is the scenario:
For various reasons not critical to  this discussion, the HVAC system of a
multi-story time-share building was  modified to improve the positive
pressure and fresh air supply.  This  modification was permitted, we 
believe.

The building has interior  corridors.  The conditioned , pressurized fresh
air is supplied  through the duct system of the central corridor, which in 
my
mind, makes it  a plenum.
Through the corridors, this pressurized air is intended to be  forced into
the units, pressurizing them as well.

This configuration  requires, I believe, modifications to the sensor and
alarm system in the  corridor ducts, including the elevator.

As designed/installed, the  pressurization of the corridor would also force
air, and smoke, into the  exist stairwells and elevator shaft, which are
static (no pressurized,  vented system for the stair wells).

Being pressurized, with 100% fresh  air, there is no return air for the
corridors on each floor.  No  return air, no way to monitor smoke/fire in 
the
system.

If there is  a fire, smoke in the corridors can be forced into the units,
into the  stairs, into the elevator shaft.

Assuming these observations are  correct, it would appear that in the 
process
of improving the HVAC created  a more critical life safety situation.

Input please.

Thank  you.

Eric




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