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• California Air Quality Management Districts for Construction and Emergency Generator Operations The California Environmental Quality Act The local jurisdiction is typically the lead agency in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process. The Registered Design Professional is responsible for ensuring that the project conforms to the requirements of CEQA. Minor renovations normally do not trigger CEQA compliance, but a major addition or remodel might. New buildings will require CEQA compliance, even if it is declared not to have an impact to the environment (a Negative Declaration). Specific requirements and regulations for CEQA can be found at http://ceres.ca.gov . The local jurisdiction is typically the lead agency in the CEQA process. OSHPD relies on the Registered Design Professional to coordinate the local requirements with the project, in particular, any zoning and/or unique building code requirements imposed by a local jurisdiction need to be coordinated with the local agency. With a new building project especially, the site work will fall under the jurisdiction of the local agency. However, OSHPD will claim jurisdiction over the site fire water line as well as other jointly reviewed features and will ensure that there is a code-compliant path of travel to the public way at the property line and compliance with accessible parking requirements. 3.2 General Best Practices for the Project Drawings Quality in Documentation Many architectural firms have documentation standards that are the mainstay of their practice, developed over many years of successful projects and improved upon as codes and technology have evolved. The guidelines offered in this section are not meant to suggest a better way of performing architectural documentation, but merely offer suggestions to individuals and firms that do not have the benefit of developing standards that many larger firms must do to ensure quality documents. The “customers” for the architectural documents are large and varied—clients, engineers and consultants, contractors and vendors, as well as building officials. Although some are knowledgeable on how to read and use construction documents, there are still those who will be unfamiliar with specific graphic conventions, or common ways that are unique to an individual practice. The best practice is to be sure the documents are as user friendly as possible. For every project, the goal is to prepare a set of documents that appears to have been prepared by a single entity. It is important that all disciplines (and outside consultants) adhere to the same set of basic graphic standards that guide the preparation of the architectural documents. Organizations like the AIA, CSI and National Institute of Building Sciences work jointly to create national standards for consistent documentation and data organization, to assist in communication and coordination across the design and construction industry. (See http://www.nationalcadstandard.org for more information.) (OSHPD Best Practices) Page 12 DRAFT FINAL, Sept. 2011
Another approach to creating better, more complete documents includes the development and use of checklists. These can be created specifically for a project, or developed for particular project types to help ensure consistency and completeness from project to project. OSHPD offers their own standard comments, developed by plan checkers, for the design professionals to utilize when developing their documents, or as a quality-control review prior to submitting documents for review. Once the documents for a project are deemed complete and coordinated by the Registered Design Professional, they are submitted to OSHPD along with an Application for Review. The office plan review process starts with triage. Upon receipt, each submittal is logged in and reviewed by OSHPD Architects, Electrical, Mechanical, & Structural engineers, and the Fire & Life Safety officer, to determine if the submittal is complete. If deemed a complete submittal, OSHPD will process the documents in one of three ways: • Normal construction projects requiring detailed reviews are “Taken In” and scheduled for review by each disciplines, as needed, with a specific target date set for return. • Small projects with limited scope and dollar cost may be reviewed as “Expedited” by the Rapid Review Unit. • Very small work scope projects that can be quickly reviewed within an hour, or two hours for structural, may be processed as an “Over-the-Counter” reviews. It is important to note that if the submittal is deemed incomplete, the documents submitted will be returned to the Registered Design Professional. It is highly encouraged by OSHPD that for projects with special concerns, conditions or complexity, the Registered Design Professional arrange for a pre-submittal meeting with the Office to consult about the Project’s new work scope and the design approach. This meeting is mandatory for projects of $20 million or more, and of great benefit to the Design Team, as well as the Owner, when the project or the existing conditions are difficult to make compliant, or known code issues exist. General Organization of the Project Drawings Although every project may require different organization of drawings based on size and complexity, it is commonly found that construction documents have a similar organization, as follows: • Cover Sheet • Project Title Sheet and General Information • Architectural Drawings o Plans for Fire and Life Safety Information o Plans for Accessibility Compliance o Site Plans o Architectural Floor Plans o Architectural Ceiling Plans o Building Elevations and Sections o Elevator and Stair Drawings (OSHPD Best Practices) Page 13 DRAFT FINAL, Sept. 2011
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