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G E N E R A L C O N S T R U C T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S <br />DIVISION 5 - <br />DIVISION 6 - <br />DIVISION 4 - <br />32 <br />2 <br /> <br />N <br />. <br /> <br />H <br />A <br />R <br />B <br />O <br />R <br /> <br /> <br />B <br />L <br />V <br />D <br />. <br />SA <br />N <br />T <br />A <br /> <br />A <br />N <br />A <br />, <br /> <br />C <br />A <br /> <br />9 <br />2 <br />7 <br />0 <br />3 <br />SHEET NUMBER <br />2 0 2 4 0 1 0 <br />SHEET TITLE <br />PROJECT NUMBER <br />REVISIONS <br />NO.DATE NO.DATE <br />HANNOUCHE ARCHITECTS <br />EXPRESSLY RESERVES ITS COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT <br />AND OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS INHERENT IN <br />THESE PLANS. ALL DRAWINGS, ELECTRONIC FILES, <br />FIELD NOTES AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS <br />ARE INSTRUMENTS OF SERVICE AND ARE THE <br />PROPERTY OF HANNOUCHE ARCHITECTS. <br />ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE DRAWINGS, <br />ELECTRONIC FILES, FIELD NOTES AND ASSOCIATED <br />DOCUMENTS IS PROJECT SPECIFIC AND SHALL NOT <br />BE REPRODUCED, DISCLOSED, CHANGED, COPIED, <br />OR USED OTHERWISE IN ANY FORM OR MANNER <br />WHATSOEVER, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE <br />EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT <br />OF HANNOUCHE ARCHITECTS. <br />HANNOUCHE ARCHITECT c 2021 <br />HANNOUCHE <br />ARCHITECTS <br />949.261.2070 <br />SAMIR HANNOUCHE, ARCHITECT <br />20250 SW ACACIA ST. #145 NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 <br />May 9, 2025 <br />1 CORR <br />12/10/24 <br />BLDG <br />A CORR <br />3/18/25 <br />OCFA <br />2 CORR <br />4/09/25 <br />BLDG <br />DATE SIGNED2 <br />3 CORR <br />5/09/25 <br />BLDG <br />THERMAL AND MOISTURE PROTECTION <br />DIVISION 5 METALS <br />DIVISION 14 CONVEYING SYSTEMS <br />GENERAL DATA <br />ELECTRICAL <br />MECHANICAL <br />TO AS OWNER/CLIENT THROUGHOUT THESE <br />GENERAL CONSTRUCTION NOTES. <br />XXXXXXXXXXXXX, <br />DIVISION 1 - <br />DIVISION 15 <br />DIVISION 16 - <br />- <br />SHALL BE REFERRED <br />SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION <br />FURNISHINGS <br />EQUIPMENT <br />SPECIALTIES <br />FINISHES <br />DOORS AND WINDOWS <br />WOOD AND PLASTIC <br />DIVISION 10 <br />DIVISION 11 <br />DIVISION 12 <br />DIVISION 13 - <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />DIVISION 6 <br />DIVISION 7 <br />DIVISION 8 <br />DIVISION 9 - <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />MASONRY <br />CONCRETE <br />SITE WORK <br />GENERAL DATA <br />DIVISION 2 <br />DIVISION 3 <br />DIVISION 4 <br />DIVISION 1 <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />- <br />DIVISION INDEX GENERAL DATADIVISION 1 - <br />WOOD AND PLASTIC <br />WOOD AND PLASTIC <br />METALS <br />MASONRY DIVISION 6 - <br />(CONTINUED)(CONTINUED) <br />GCR-1 <br />GENERAL <br />CONSTRUCTION <br />REQUIREMENTS <br />SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION), AND ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL <br />ALL CONCRETE WORK (CAST-IN-PLACE) SHALL COMPLY AND CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS <br />REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES REGARDING MATERIAL <br />REQUIREMENTS (VAPOR BARRIER, CONCRETE, REINFORCING STEEL ETC.). <br />URAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES, AND SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIRE- <br />THE MINIMUM CONCRETE CLEAR COVERAGE OF REINFORCING STEEL SHALL BE PER THE STRUCT- <br />MENTS SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION). <br />REFER TO THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES REGARDING FOUN- <br />IF THE FOUNDATION DESIGN IS TO BE "POST-TENSION", THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OR POST- <br />TENSION ENGINEER SHALL PREPARE DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN <br />BUILDING PERMIT. POST-TENSION DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS SHALL BE REVIEWED AND <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS <br />URAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. <br />ATED AND SECURELY HELD IN PLACE UNTIL CONCRETE HAS HARDENED. REFER TO STRUCT- <br />ALL HARDWARE (BOLTS, ANCHORS, STRAPS, ETC.) AND INSERTS SHALL BE ACCURATELY LOC- <br />TO REVIEW THE FOUNDATION PLANS AND FIELD LAYOUT TO CONFIRM FOUNDATION CONFORM- <br />ANCE TO FLOOR PLAN, PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION. ALL FORM WORK <br />SHALL BE SLOPED TO DRAIN AS INDICATED ON THE ARCHITECTURAL SLAB EDGE PLAN. <br />ALL EXTERIOR CONCRETE FLAT WORK SHALL HAVE A "BROOM FINISH" (SLIP-RESISTANT) UNLESS <br />THE CONCRETE SLAB OF THE BUILDING SHALL HAVE A "STEEL TROWEL" FINISH, AND <br />INGS. ALL FLAT WORK SHALL BE SLOPED TO DRAIN, ALLOWING NO "PUDDLING" TO OCCUR. <br />NOTED OTHERWISE ON THE CIVIL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT'S DRAW- <br />CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT <br />THE MATERIALS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF ALL MASONRY SHALL <br />FOR INTERIOR VENEER, MAY BE EXEMPTED IF APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. EXT- <br />ALL MASONRY VENEER AND ITS APPLICATION SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET <br />ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION FOR EXTERIOR VENEER, OR THE FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION <br />FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION), AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE <br />AND LOCAL CODES. WAINSCOTS NOT EXCEEDING 4 FEET IN HEIGHT MEASURED ABOVE THE <br />THAN 30 FEET IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE NONCOMBUSTIBLE FOUNDATION, UNLESS APPROVED BY <br />ERIOR VENEER SHALL NOT BE ATTACHED TO WOOD-FRAME CONSTRUCTION AT A POINT MORE <br />CATORS AND SHALL BE PERFORMED FOLLOWING ALL MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND <br />ALL NON-STRUCTURAL MANUFACTURED VENEER SHALL BE INSTALLED BY EXPERIENCED APPLI- <br />REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS REGARDING ALL STRUCT- <br />URAL INFORMATION AND ANY REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT. <br />LEAVE ALL MASONRY EDGES FREE AND CLEAN OF ANY MORTAR, AND WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE <br />THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. CARE SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE MASONRY CONTRACTOR, TO <br />ALL MASONRY SHALL BE INSTALLED LEVEL, TRUE, PLUMB, AND NEATLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH <br />UPON COMPLETION OF THE MASONRY WORK, THE MASONRY CONTRACTOR SHALL WASH AND <br />ALL REINFORCING BARS AT SPLICES WITHIN CONCRETE SHALL LAP PER THE STRUCTURAL ENG- <br />THE QUALITY, TESTING, DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND ERECTION OF STEEL SHAPES AND PLATES <br />USED STRUCTURALLY IN BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS <br />SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION) AND "AMERICAN SOCIETY <br />STRENGTH BOLTS, NUTS, AND SCREWS SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM A307, GRADE A. <br />STEEL PIPE COLUMNS SHALL CONFORM TO THE ASTM A53, GRADE B, TYPE E OR S. ORDINARY <br />FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS" (ASTM) A36, AS WELL AS ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND <br />ORNAMENTAL METAL SHALL BE AS DRAWN AND/OR DESCRIBED IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. <br />SHOP DRAWINGS PREPARED BY THE FABRICATOR SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ARCHITECT <br />REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS FOR ATTACHMENT AND <br />FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. ALL WELDED SURFACES SHALL BE GROUND SMOOTH PRIOR TO <br />EXCEPT THAT BARS SIZED NO. 4 AND SMALLER MAY BE GRADE 40. <br />STEEL REINFORCING BARS SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM A615. BARS SHALL BE GRADE 60 <br />SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE "AMERICAN <br />ALL WELDS SHALL BE GROUND SMOOTH AND ALL WELD SPLATTER REMOVED. ALL WELDS <br />REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS REGARDING ALL STRUCT- <br />URAL INFORMATION AND ANY REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT. <br />APPARENT DURING GRADING OR FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION. FINISH GRADES SHALL DRAIN <br />ALL FOOTINGS SHALL REST ON FIRM NATURAL SOIL OR APPROVED COMPACTED FILL. REFER <br />TO CURRENT GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND <br />AWAY FROM ALL BUILDING FOOTINGS. <br />FOOTINGS <br />ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS. <br />GUARDRAILS/ HANDRAILS <br />WELDING SOCIETY". <br />STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS <br />5.6 <br />5.5 <br />ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING <br />SHALL RESULT IN THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS, BEING HELD <br />DISCREPANCIES OR CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS/CALCULATIONS, AND THE <br />STRUCTURAL INFORMATION. THE CLIENT SHALL NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING OF ANY <br />ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING LUMBER GRADES, BEAM AND HEADER SIZES, FOOTING AND FOUN- <br />AND ROOF AND/OR FLOOR TRUSS DESIGN) AND ASSOCIATED CALCULATIONS, REGARDING <br />DATION INFORMATION, AND SHEAR REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL <br />TO REFER TO THE CURRENT STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS (INCLUDING, POST-TENSION SLAB DESIGN <br />ANY DISCREPANCIES OR CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CIVIL DRAWINGS, AND THE ARCHITECTURAL <br />ISSUES, INCLUDING GRADING AND POSITIONING OF STRUCTURE IN RELATIONSHIP TO PROPERTY <br />LINES, SETBACKS, EASEMENTS, ETC. THE CLIENT SHALL NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING OF <br />CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING SHALL RESULT IN THE <br />CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS, BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS <br />TO REFER TO THE CURRENT CIVIL DRAWINGS REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING SITE <br />THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED, AND SHALL VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF ALL GRADES, ELEVA- <br />THE CLIENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VISITING THE JOB SITE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF <br />TIONS, CONDITIONS, AND DIMENSIONS, TO ASSURE THE ORDERLY PROGRESS OF THE WORK. <br />CLEAN AND FREE OF ANY ACCUMULATED WASTE MATERIALS AND DEBRIS CAUSED BY THE <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT TO MAINTAIN THE PROJECT JOB SITE PREMISES <br />WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND <br />WORK. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, OR PORTION THEREOF, THE JOB SITE PREMISES <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT TO MAINTAIN THE PROJECT JOB SITE IN ACCORDANCE <br />ALONG WITH ANY SUBSEQUENT UPDATE ADDENDUMS, IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE CRITERIA <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT TO REFER TO THE CURRENT GEOTECHNICAL INFOR- <br />MATION (SOILS, COMPACTING, AND GEOTECHNICAL REPORTS AND ADDENDUMS), CONCERNING <br />ANY INFORMATION REGARDING SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE <br />CLIENT SHALL PROVIDE THE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION TO THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER(S) <br />DRAINAGE INFORMATION. THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS <br />DRAWINGS CONCERNING ALL EXCAVATION, FILL AND BACKFILL, AND GENERAL GRADING AND <br />INFORMATION, AND LOCAL GRADING ORDINANCES. REFER TO CURRENT CIVIL ENGINEER'S <br />ALL EARTHWORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CURRENT GEOTECHNICAL <br />SHALL NOTIFY THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER SHOULD ANY UNUSUAL CONDITION BECOME <br />SHALL BE LEFT CLEAN AND READY FOR OCCUPANCY. <br />NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. <br />SITE WORK <br />EARTHWORK <br />OSHA REGULATIONS. <br />SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION <br />DIVISION 2 - <br />RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH DISCREPANCIES OR CONFLICTS. <br />THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH DISCREPANCIES OR CONFLICTS. <br />JOB SITE CONDITIONS <br />MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING <br />CIVIL ENGINEERING <br />STRUCTURAL METAL <br />ORNAMENTAL METAL <br />PRIMING AND PAINTING. <br />CONNECTION INFORMATION. <br />WELDED WIRE FABRIC SHALL CONFORM TO ANSI/ASTM A185. <br />REINFORCING STEEL <br />WELDING5.4 <br />5.3 <br />5.2 <br />LOCAL CODES. <br />5.1 <br />STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS <br />GROUT OR MORTAR STAINS. <br />CLEAN ALL MASONRY. <br />WORKMANSHIP <br />CLEANUP4.6 <br />4.5 <br />REQUIREMENTS. <br />4.4 <br />HANNOUCHE ARCHITECTS ("ARCHITECT") SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR GUARANTEE <br />OF ANY DISCREPANCIES DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CONSTR- <br />PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, AND SHALL NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING <br />GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS SHALL VERIFY ALL CODE REQUIREMENTS <br />STANDARDS, ORDINANCES, LAWS AND/OR AMENDMENTS, HAVING JURISDICTION. THE CLIENT, <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE (CURRENT EDITION) CODES, RULES REGULATIONS, <br />THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS, SHALL PERFORM ALL WORK <br />TRACTOR, AND/OR SUB CONTRACTORS, OF THEIR CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO COM- <br />THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS AND <br />NO PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS SHALL RELIEVE THE CLIENT, GENERAL CON- <br />GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS SHALL TAKE ALL MEASURES TO MITIGATE, <br />SHIELD, OR PROTECT THE PROJECT FROM DEFECTIVE AND/OR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. <br />WRITING OF SUCH FACT. IF WORK IS PERFORMED AS DESCRIBED OR SHOWN IN THE DRAWINGS <br />THE PROJECT DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES ARE INTENDED TO SHOW AND DESCRIBE THE <br />GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT, AND ARE PROVIDED FOR GENERAL INFOR- <br />MATION ONLY. SPECIFICATIONS, PARTS AND DETAILS NOT FULLY DESCRIBED OR SHOWN ON <br />CLIENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD, FIRST CLASS PRACTICES. IF ANY <br />DRAWINGS OR GENERAL NOTES ARE FOUND TO BE UNCLEAR, UNSOUND, UNSAFE, OR NOT MOIST- <br />THE DRAWINGS OR GENERAL NOTES, SHALL BE PROVIDED, DETAILED AND EXECUTED BY THE <br />TURE-PROTECTED, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN <br />SUCH DOCUMENTATION SHALL INCLUDE ALL APPROVED CHANGE ORDERS, REVISION <br />BY THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTOR. THE CLIENT SHALL MAIN- <br />AND/OR GENERAL NOTES, IT SHALL BE ASSUMED THAT THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE WORK <br />TAIN A COMPLETE AND CURRENT SET OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AT THE PROJECT SITE, AND <br />SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE CLIENT PRIOR TO THE RE-COMMENCEMENT OF WORK AFFECTED <br />DISCOVERY OF ERROR OR OMISSION WHICH MAY OCCUR IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. UPON <br />NOTIFICATION, THE ARCHITECT SHALL PREPARE WRITTEN RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH <br />BY THE ERROR AND/OR OMISSION. FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING SHALL <br />RESULT IN THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS, BEING HELD <br />FOR THE PROJECT. IF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR CONFLICTS ARISE REGARDING DIMENSIONAL <br />INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE <br />TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK OR FABRICATION OF MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS ORDERED <br />THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTORS, SHALL CHECK THE ACCURACY <br />OF ALL DIMENSIONS AND REQUIRED MATERIAL AND FINISH CLEARANCES, IN THE FIELD PRIOR <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING, PRIOR TO THE <br />VIDED AS THOUGH SET FORTH IN BOTH, AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AS OMISSION. <br />CONSEQUENTLY, ANY INFORMATION CALLED OUT IN ONE BUT NOT THE OTHER SHALL BE PRO- <br />WAIVED SUCH ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS AND THE COSTS OF RECTIFYING THEM. THE <br />RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS OF ANY ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS, AND SHALL HAVE <br />DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER. <br />COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OR FABRICATION OF MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, ANY <br />IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND/OR SUBCONTRACTOR <br />UCTION DOCUMENTS. UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE, BY THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE CLIENT, <br />MEMORANDUM, MODIFICATIONS, AND/OR ADDENDA TO SUCH WRITINGS. <br />CLIENT TO NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING OF SUCH FACT. <br />STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING <br />FIGURED DIMENSIONS <br />ERRORS AND OMISSIONS <br />DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES <br />PLETE THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. <br />CODE REQUIREMENTS <br />EDITION), AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL CODES. <br />CODE COMPLIANCE <br />MASONRY VENEER <br />THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. <br />MANUFACTURED (SIMULATED) STONE/BRICK VENEER4.3 <br />4.2 <br />4.1 <br />FOUNDATION DESIGN <br />DATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. <br />APPROVED BY THE PROJECT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. <br />SHALL CONFORM TO PLAN DIMENSIONS. <br />INEER'S DRAWINGS AND GENERAL NOTES. <br />FINISHING3.6 <br />WORKMANSHIP3.5 <br />3.4 <br />JECT. THE CLIENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND PAYING FOR ALL PERMITS, <br />SUCH IN THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO THIS PRO- <br />THE OWNER ("CLIENT") SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS THE PERSON OR ENTITY IDENTIFIED AS <br />FEES AND LICENSES, AND SHALL PERFORM ALL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION <br />OF THIS PROJECT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE "CONTRACT DOCUMENTS" WHICH CONSIST OF THE <br />ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, APPROVED CHANGE ORDERS, REVISION MEMORANDUM, <br />MODIFICATIONS, AND/OR ADDENDA TO SUCH WRITINGS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY <br />STATED IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, THE CLIENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDIN- <br />ATION AND COMPENSATION OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND SUBCONTRACTORS REQUIRED <br />TO FURNISH ALL LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND PERFORM ALL WORK NECESSARY, <br />INDICATED, REASONABLY INFERRED, OR REQUIRED BY ANY AND ALL CODES WITH JURIS- <br />DICATION, TO COMPLETE THEIR SCOPE OF WORK FOR A COMPLETE A PROPER FINISHED JOB. <br />GENERAL <br />AND STATE CODES, ORDINANCES, AND REQUIREMENTS. <br />DIVISION 3 - <br />CODE REQUIREMENTS <br />REINFORCING STEEL3.3 <br />MATERIALS3.2 <br />3.1 <br />CONCRETE <br />HAVE FIRE BLOCKS OF BATTS OR BLANKETS OF MATERIAL OR GLASS FIBER OR OTHER <br />WALLS HAVING PARALLEL OR STAGGERED STUDS FOR SOUND TRANSMISSION CONTROL, SHALL <br />DRAFT STOPS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, <br />FLOOR AND CEILING <br />APPROVED FLEXIBLE MATERIALS. <br />1. SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS. <br />SMOKE-ACTUATED FIRE DAMPERS ARE INSTALLED AT THOSE LEVELS. <br />EXCEPTION: FIREBLOCKS MAY BE OMITTED AT FLOOR AND CEILING LEVELS WHEN APPROVED <br />ENDS OF WOOD GIRDERS ENTERING MASONRY OR CONCRETE WALLS, SHALL BE PROVIDED <br />WITH A 1/2 INCH AIR SPACE ON TOPS, SIDES, AND ENDS, UNLESS APPROVED WOOD OF NATU- <br />RAL RESISTANCE TO DECAY OR PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD IS USED. <br />NATURAL RESISTANCE TO DECAY. WHERE LOCATED ON CONCRETE SLABS PLACED ON EARTH, <br />6 INCHES TO EARTH, SHALL BE PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD OR APPROVED WOOD OF <br />WOOD SHALL BE PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD OR APPROVED WOOD OF NATURAL <br />ALL WOOD USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND LOCATED NEARER THAN <br />AND LOCATED ON CONCRETE HAVING A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 3 INCHES WITH AN IMPERVIOUS <br />RESISTANCE TO DECAY. WHERE NOT SUBJECT TO WATER SPLASH OR TO EXTERIOR MOISTURE, <br />MEMBRANE INSTALLED BETWEEN CONCRETE AND EARTH, THE WOOD MAY BE UNTREATED. <br />IN COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION, FIRE BLOCKING AND DRAFT STOPPING SHALL BE INSTALLED <br />TO CUT OFF ALL CONCEALED DRAFT OPENINGS (BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL) AND <br />SHALL FORM AN EFFECTIVE BARRIER BETWEEN FLOORS, BETWEEN A TOP STORY AND A ROOF <br />OR ATTIC SPACE, AND SHALL SUBDIVIDE ATTIC SPACES, CONCEALED ROOF SPACES, AND <br />FLOOR-CEILING ASSEMBLIES. THE INTEGRITY OF ALL FIRE BLOCKS AND DRAFT STOP SHALL <br />FIRE BLOCKING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: <br />1. IN CONCEALED SPACES OF STUD WALLS AND PARTITIONS, INCLUDING FURRED SPACES, AT <br />THE CEILING AND FLOOR LEVELS, AND AT 10 FOOT INTERVALS BOTH VERTICAL AND <br />2. AT ALL INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCEALED VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SPACES <br />SUCH AS OCCUR AT SOFFITS, DROP CEILINGS, AND COVE CEILINGS. <br />3. IN CONCEALED SPACES BETWEEN STAIR STRINGERS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE RUN <br />AND BETWEEN STUDS ALONG AND IN LINE WITH THE RUN OF STAIRS IF THE WALLS UNDER <br />THAT AFFORD A PASSAGE FOR FIRE AT CEILING AND FLOOR LEVELS, WITH NONCOMBUST- <br />4. IN OPENINGS AROUND VENTS, PIPES, DUCTS, CHIMNEYS, FIREPLACE, AND SIMILAR OPENINGS <br />5. AT OPENINGS BETWEEN ATTIC SPACES AND CHIMNEY CHASES FOR FACTORY-BUILT <br />6. WHERE WOOD SLEEPERS ARE USED FOR LAYING WOOD FLOORING ON MASONRY OR CONC- <br />RETE FIRE-RESISTIVE FLOORS, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FLOOR SLAB AND THE UNDERSIDE <br />OF THE WOOD FLOORING, SHALL BE FILLED WITH NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL OR FIRE <br />BLOCKED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THERE WILL BE NO OPEN SPACES UNDER THE FLOORING <br />THAT WILL EXCEED 100 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, AND SUCH SPACE SHALL BE FILLED <br />SOLIDLY UNDER ALL PERMANENT PARTITIONS SO THAT THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION <br />UNDER THE FLOORING BETWEEN ADJOINING ROOMS. <br />23/32 INCH WOOD STRUCTURAL PANEL WITH JOINTS BACKED BY 23/32 INCH WOOD STRUCT- <br />THICKNESSES OF 1 INCH NOMINAL LUMBER WITH BROKEN LAP JOINTS OR ONE THICKNESS OF <br />FIRE BLOCKING WHEN MADE OF WOOD, SHALL CONSIST OF 2 INCHES NOMINAL LUMBER OR TWO <br />URAL PANEL OR ONE THICKNESS OF 3/4 INCH TYPE 2-M PARTICLEBOARD WITH JOINTS <br />BACKED BY 3/4 INCH TYPE 2-M PARTICLEBOARD. <br />MANNER INTENDED FOR USE TO DEMONSTRATE ITS' ABILITY TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND TO <br />SHALL NOT BE USED AS A FIRE BLOCK UNLESS SPECIFICALLY TESTED IN THE FORM AND <br />FIREBLOCKS MAY ALSO BE OF GYPSUM BOARD, CEMENT FIBER BOARD, BATTS OR BLANKETS <br />ON MINERAL OR GLASS FIBER, OR OTHER APPROVED MATERIALS INSTALLED IN SUCH A <br />MANNER AS TO BE SECURELY RETAINED IN PLACE. LOOSE FILL INSULATION MATERIAL <br />RETARD THE SPREAD OF FIRE AND HOT GASES. <br />THE STAIRS ARE UNFINISHED. <br />CHIMNEYS. <br />IBLE MATERIALS. <br />FIRE BLOCKS AND DRAFT STOPS <br />BE MAINTAINED. <br />6.1.4 <br />HORIZONTAL. <br />THE STRENGTH AND RIGIDITY NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THEY ARE USED. <br />SILLS WHEN SPECIFICALLY APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. <br />TERMITE DAMAGE IS SLIGHT, ANY SPECIES OF WOOD PERMITTED BY THIS CODE MAY BE USED FOR <br />WHEN SPECIFICALLY APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. IN TERRITORIES WHERE HAZARD OF <br />IN TERRITORIES SUBJECT TO MODERATE HAZARD, WHERE TERMITE DAMAGE IS NOT FREQUENT AND <br />ALL MARKED OR BRANDED BY AN APPROVED AGENCY. FOUNDATION CEDAR OR NO.2 FOUND- <br />ATION REDWOOD MARKED OR BRANDED BY AN APPROVED AGENCY MAY BE USED FOR SILLS <br />ALL FRAMING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH ALL JOINTS TRUE, TIGHT, AND WELL NAILED OR <br />BOLTED, AS REQUIRED. ALL HORIZONTAL MEMBERS SUBJECT TO BENDING SHALL BE SET WITH <br />CROWN UP, AND SHALL NOT BE SPLICED BETWEEN BEARING. WHENEVER FEASIBLE, ALL <br />MEMBERS SHALL HAVE SOLID BEARING WITHOUT BEING SHIMMED. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR <br />ANGLES SHALL BE PROPERLY FRAMED TO RECEIVE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FINISH WORK. <br />STRUCTURES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE OR MASONRY IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH EARTH <br />ROUND OR RECTANGULAR POSTS, POLES, AND SAWN TIMBER COLUMNS SUPPORTING PERMANENT <br />CONTINUOUSLY BELOW THE GROUNDWATER LINE OR CONTINUOUSLY SUBMERGED IN FRESH WATER. <br />ALL WOOD EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND OR IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE EARTH AND USED FOR <br />THE SUPPORT OF PERMANENT STRUCTURES, SHALL BE PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD UNLESS <br />OR EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE OR MASONRY EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER, SHALL BE PRESERV- <br />ATIVELY TREATED WOOD. THE WOOD SHALL BE TREATED FOR GROUND CONTACT. <br />JOISTS, AND SUBFLOOR, SHALL BE PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD OR APPROVED WOOD OF <br />PERIPHERY OF THE BUILDING FOUNDATION, THE FLOOR ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING POSTS, GIRDERS, <br />TO EXPOSED GROUND IN CRAWL SPACES OR UNEXCAVATED AREAS LOCATED WITHIN THE <br />LOCATED CLOSER THAN 18 INCHES, OR WOOD GIRDERS ARE LOCATED CLOSER THAN 12 INCHES <br />WHEN WOOD JOISTS OR THE BOTTOM OF WOOD STRUCTURAL FLOORS WITHOUT JOISTS ARE <br />NATURAL RESISTANCE TO DECAY AS DEFINED IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT <br />WHEN THE ABOVE UNDER FLOOR CLEARANCES ARE REQUIRED, THE UNDER-FLOOR AREA SHALL <br />BE ACCESSIBLE. ACCESSIBLE UNDER-FLOOR AREAS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A MINIMUM 18- <br />INCH BY 24-INCH OPENING, UNOBSTRUCTED BY PIPES, DUCTS, AND SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION. ALL <br />UNDER-FLOOR ACCESS OPENINGS SHALL BE EFFECTIVELY SCREENED OR COVERED. PIPES, <br />DUCTS, AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY TO OR <br />ONRY FOUNDATIONS, SHALL BE PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD OR FOUNDATION REDWOOD, <br />WHICH ARE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH EARTH, AND SILLS THAT REST ON CONCRETE OR MAS- <br />ALL FOUNDATION PLATES OR SILLS AND SLEEPERS ON A CONCRETE OR MASONRY SLAB, <br />COLUMNS AND POSTS LOCATED ON CONCRETE OR MASONRY FLOORS OR DECKS EXPOSED TO <br />THE WEATHER, OR TO WATER SPLASH, OR IN BASEMENTS AND THAT SUPPORT PERMANENT <br />STRUCTURES, SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY CONCRETE PIERS OR METAL PEDESTALS PROJECTING <br />ATIVELY TREATED WOOD IS USED. THE PEDESTALS SHALL PROJECT AT LEAST 6 INCHES <br />ABOVE FLOORS UNLESS APPROVED WOOD OF NATURAL RESISTANCE TO DECAY OR PRESERV- <br />ABOVE EXPOSED EARTH AND AT LEAST 1 INCH ABOVE SUCH FLOORS. INDIVIDUAL CONCRETE <br />OR MASONRY PIERS SHALL PROJECT AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE EXPOSED GROUND UNLESS <br />TANCE TO DECAY OR PRESERVATIVELY TREATED WOOD IS USED. <br />THE COLUMNS OR POSTS THAT THEY SUPPORT, ARE OF APPROVED WOOD OF NATURAL RESIS- <br />REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS REGARDING LUMBER <br />GRADES, BEAM AND HEADER SIZES, SHEATHING, SHEAR REQUIREMENTS, FRAMING ANCHORS, <br />FASTENERS, ROUGH HARDWARE, AND ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL FRAMING <br />EDITION). <br />WITHIN UNDER-FLOOR AREAS. <br />INFORMATION. <br />6.1.3 DECAY AND TERMITE PROTECTION <br />BOARD SIDING (WHEN USED STRUCTURALLY), PILES AND POLES (AS REGULATED), SHALL CON- <br />TIMBER, END-JOINTED LUMBER, FIBERBOARD SHEATHING (WHEN USED STRUCTURALLY), HARD- <br />ALL LUMBER, WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS, PARTICLE BOARD, STRUCTURAL GLUE-LAMINATED <br />FORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION) <br />BY THE GRADE MARK OR CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION ISSUED BY AN APPROVED AGENCY. <br />CHAPTER 23, AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL CODES, AND SHALL BE SO IDENTIFIED <br />SHALL CONFORM TO ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICES AND TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET <br />PREPARATION, FABRICATION, AND INSTALLATION OF WOOD MEMBERS AND THEIR FASTENINGS, <br />FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CURRENT EDITION), AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND <br />LOCAL CODES. ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE FRAMED, ANCHORED, TIED, AND BRACED TO DEVELOP <br />ROUGH CARPENTRY <br />GENERAL <br />STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS6.1.2 <br />6.1.1 <br />6.1 <br />THE MOUNTING OF HANDRAILS SHALL BE SUCH THAT THE COMPLETED HANDRAIL AND SUPPORT- <br />ING STRUCTURE ARE CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING A LOAD OF AT LEAST 200 POUNDS (890 N) <br />APPLIED IN ANY DIRECTION AT ANY POINT ON THE RAIL. THESE LOADS SHALL NOT BE ASSUMED <br />INTERMEDIATE RAILS, PANEL FILLERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE CAPABLE OF WITH- <br />RIGHT ANGLES OVER THE ENTIRE TRIBUTARY AREA, INCLUDING OPENINGS AND SPACES BETWEEN <br />STANDING A LOAD OF 25 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT (1.2 kN/m ) APPLIED HORIZONTALLY AT <br />RAILS. REACTIONS DUE TO THIS LOADING NEED NOT BE COMBINED WITH THOSE OF IMPACT <br />OPEN GUARDRAILS/HANDRAILS SHALL HAVE INTERMEDIATE RAILS OR AN ORNAMENTAL <br />WHEN THERE IS USABLE SPACE ABOVE AND BELOW THE CONCEALED SPACE OF A FLOOR- <br />CEILING ASSEMBLY IN A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, DRAFT STOPS SHALL BE INSTALLED SO <br />DRAFT STOPPING SHALL DIVIDE THE CONCEALED SPACE INTO APPROXIMATELY EQUAL <br />THAT THE AREA OF THE CONCEALED SPACE DOES NOT EXCEED 1,000 SQUARE FEET. <br />SEPARATING INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM OTHER AREAS. <br />MORE THAN ONE DWELLING UNIT. SUCH DRAFT STOPS SHALL BE IN LINE WITH WALLS <br />DRAFT STOPS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN FLOOR-CEILING ASSEMBLIES OF BUILDINGS HAVING <br />2. TWO OR MORE DWELLING UNITS. <br />AREAS. <br />2.3 <br />GENERAL5.6.1 <br />2.2 <br />2.1 <br />1.9 <br />1.1 <br />1.6 <br />1.5 <br />1.4 <br />1.3 <br />1.2 <br />1.8 <br />1.7 <br />PATTERN SUCH THAT A SPHERE 4" DIAMETER CANNOT PASS THRU. <br />TO ACT CUMULATIVELY WITH THOSE OF 6.5.2. <br />INCREASES, SUCH AS CRANES. <br />BALCONY RAILINGS AND GUARDRAILS <br />5.6.3 HANDRAILS <br />5.6.2