Tenant Improvements

Administrative Review Submittal Requirements

• Alert!! Depending on project scope, your application may require prior approval from Regional Flood Control District (RFCD).
• PDF file of construction drawings.
• Construction Documents clearly indicating the location, nature and extent of proposed work.
• PDF file of sealed structural calculations if design uses engineered systems.
• PDF file of soils report when footings are placed on fill.
• Plans for buildings over 3000 ft2  or with an occupant load of greater than 20 shall be prepared by an Arizona Licensed registrant. 

Cover Sheet

• Square footage for occupancy/use area(s).
• Code analysis containing code edition(s), height and area, occupancy, occupant load, building area, and travel distance to plumbing facilities.
• Plan index,  job title, and job address.
•  Type of construction, sprinkling system, area calculations, egress, etc.
• Design Criteria containing live and dead loads, wind load and exposure, seismic design data, allowable soil bearing pressure, concrete compressive strength, species and lumber grade, etc.
• Special inspections required and authorized by the design professionals.
• List adjacent occupancies and square footages within existing structure.

Site Plan (Drawn to scale)

• Setbacks of the proposed structure with respect to property lines and existing structures.
• Proposed tenant improvement, dashed and dimensioned.
• Show fire-rated separations where applicable.

Floor Plan

• Provide dimensioned plan view with all rooms labeled.
• Show all architectural, fire and life safety requirements.
• Show exiting analysis with occupant load calculation.
• Show accessible route throughout the building.
• Show proposed construction, complete dimensions, window and door hardware and   schedules, safety glazing and lateral supports.

Window and Door Installation Schedule (if added)

Section Views

• Provide dimensioned sections.
• Indicate wall finishes, heights of ceilings and drops, and fireplace details.
• Reference all framing and foundation details.

Reflected Ceiling Plan

• View of the ceiling as if looking down from above and showing light fixture locations, etc.

Plumbing Plan

• Indicate location, size, material , and developed length of all piping including drainage/waste/vent (DWV), water and gas.
• Indicate location and size of water heater, water heater TPR, and discharge pipe with termination point.
• Indicate locations of clean-outs, water shut off and pressure reducing valves.
• List site water pressure, and provide fixture schedules.
• Provide DWV isometrics.
• Indicate sewer or on-site disposal system.
• If sewer, show location and method of connection to public sewer.
• Provide fixture schedule with fixture units.
• Indicate location and demand of water meters and gas meters.

Mechanical Plan

• Provide plan view with all rooms labeled.
• Indicate heating and cooling units, capacity, location  demand or input, and duct material/insulation.
• Indicate size and location for furnace combustion air, flues, return/supply air ducts, dryer vents, exhaust fans, thermostats, condenser systems including drains.
• Show all Damper/Detector locations.

Kitchen Hoods—Type I or II (specify)

• Indicate type and location.
• Provide section of hood(s) and shaft(s).
• Must meet Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) safety criteria and requirements of International Building Codes (IBC), International Mechanical Codes (IMC), and International File Codes (IFC).

Electric Plan

• Provide plan view with all rooms labeled.
• Provide service/subpanel, receptacles, lights, circuits with circuit numbers, Ground Fault Interrupters, and emergency and exist lighting.
• Panel schedules with circuit numbers, overcurrent devices, conductor sizes, fault current analysis, and AIC rating.
• Single-line/three-line diagram showing grounding and bonding systems, etc.
• Service/subpanel load calculations, and service size.

Energy Conservation Code Compliance

• Determine your compliance path:  ASHRAE 90.1, IECC or COMcheck™
• Provide information and calculations according to the selected compliance path.
• For all compliance paths provide HVAC equipment sizing calculation summary sheets.

Fixture Plan

• Show proposed locations of shelves, check-out counters, registers, customer service counters, etc.

Demolition Plan

• Depending on project complexity - provide  plan showing removed or relocated items including, but not limited to, existing walls, doors, windows, plumbing fixtures, etc.

Accessibility Requirements according to IBC and ICC/ANSI A117.1

Hazardous Materials

• Submit the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), material and quantity list.