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Permit Number: F19-1218
Permit Type: Commercial Trade Permit - Alteration Fire
Address: 3101 PENLAND PKWY Anchorage
Location:
Work Description: 306 TOTAL DEVICES.  AE
Status: Closed
Project Name: NORTHWAY MALL
Review Type: Fire System
Result: Correction
Result Date: 11/19/2019 11:27:00 AM

Comments:

 Code SectionReview CommentStatus
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Permit is in the wrong contractors name currently in Yukon Fire Protections name, but they are only the design firm and programming firm.  Actual contractor is Northstar Fire Protection.  Change of Contractor form is required.  Go to http://www.muni.org/Departments/OCPD/development/BSD/Forms/contractortransfer.pdf to obtain the form.

2_
Sheet 1 Weather proof speaker strobe coverage is missing in rooms 111, 118, 139

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Sheet 1 SLC going from 2nd floor office to 1st floor is going to the wrong device address.   Clarify on the plans.

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Sheet 2 Hall next to A-08/Carrs is over 180 feet and requires a strobe in the middle of the hall.

5_
Sheet 2 Remove Elks Club fire alarm panel and related device.  Make part of the mall fire alarm system as be meeting agreement with Northstar Fire and Mall Owners.

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Sheet 2 Remove Old VA Space fire alarm panel and related device.  Make part of the mall fire alarm system as be meeting agreement with Northstar Fire and Mall Owners.  Note: VA horn strobes can remain until space is leased and then the space will required code compliant speaker strobe coverage....Bart Meinhardt AFD Fire Inspector.

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Sheet 2 - Remove pull station in the old VA space that are not required by code or change to addressable devices on the mall fire alarm system.

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Sheet 2 add speaker strobe in east service hall over 15 feet from door.

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Sheet 3 Provide notification in main entrance to mall.

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Sheet 3 - Fresh Look provide strobe cover in office and restroom.

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Sheet 3 - Mall storage M-07 add pull station missing at double doors on east wall.

12_
Sheet 4 add strobe coverage in suite E-4 Foot Locker by the dressing room and increase the 30 cd to 75cd on sales floor. 

13_
Sheet 4 suite F-2 take out of the scope of work for the project.

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Sheet 4 storage room behind G-8 increase strobe coverage to 30cd

15_
Sheet 5 remove G-29 and H-4 from scope of work with exception of installing the pull station in H-4

16_
Sheet 5 add notification to main entrance to mall

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Sheet 8 remove smoke detection from suite A-16 or make addressable on the mall system.

18_
Sheet 8 suite A-16 make pull station addressable on the mall system.

19_
All sheets:  Clearly identify next to each RTN which ones are out of service and decommissioned on each sheet of the plans.

20_
All sheets: Clearly identify all circuits by name when that leave one sheet and continue on to another sheet.  

21_
All sheets:  Clearly identify match lines on what pages match up.

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Cover Page: clearly state not in scope of work:  "Vacant tenant spaces will be upgraded to be code compliant when space is leased/occupied by tenant or for storage."

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Cover Page: clearly state not in scope of work:  "RTN units that are currently decommissioned or out of service will have code compliant duct detection installed when the unit is reactivated." 

24_
BPS panel battery calcs show required alarm 5 minutes but voice evac systems require 15 minutes.  Current appears correct, but verbiage is not correct on BPS1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

25_
Nac circuit load calculations, NAC 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 37, 38, 39, 45.  The device count listed on the sheet do not match the plans for quantity of devices and or the correct strobe setting.   NAC's 10, 11,  12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,41, 42, 43, were not checked.

26_
NAC voltage drops, evac voltage drops, evac load calcs, BPS battery calcs have not been checked.

27_
Need to ensure that each circuit has 20 percent spare capacity to cover future ADA requirements 2012 IFC 907.5.2.3.2

28_
Need to verify that the fire alarm system has capacity to cover vacant tenant spaced for SLC, NAC and EVAC needs.  Show on plans expected loads in voltage drop, battery calcs for NACs and EVAC circuits; original plans when the mall system start to being installed showed these load, current plans do not show loads.


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Plan review stopped, plans are incomplete.  Meeting scheduled with Northstar Fire and Yukon Fire on 11/22/2019 at 10 am.




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