[TowerTalk] Tower Foundations, II

[hdmc38 at bellsouth.net]

You need a friend in the building department! It may go a little easier if you have a local contractor secure the permit instead of an owner builder.Someone they know and knows the process to secure a building permit.You may need an electrical permit also.Chapter 8 from the NEC has all kinds of requirements.Like the man said it's their game,you need to learn how to play it.Hope this helps.

                                73 Joe K4XZ
> 
> From: K7LXC at aol.com
> Date: 2007/02/14 Wed AM 07:45:20 EST
> To: towertalk at contesting.com,  brentbaum5323 at msn.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Foundations, II
> 
>  
> In a message dated 2/12/2007 4:01:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
> >  Zoning is clear, my small community here in Utah even has a  version of 
> the 
> PRB-1 on their books, in addition to county, state and  federal exemptions!
> 
> >  My stumbling block is the building  department; they want an engineer 
> certified drawing of the 3x3x4 (or 5 or  6) reinforced concrete block. The 
> real problem are the PE's, the least  expensive quote I have received so far 
> is $350, and that's if I do the  drawing and spec the rebar cage!!
> 
> 
>     $350 is pretty reasonable but I'm not sure how  you're going to spec the 
> rebar cage yourself unless you use the factory  specs. 
> 
> >  Suggestions, ideas, on how to persuade the building  department that most 
> of 
> the nationally published drawings are virtually  the same and reflect good 
> engineering practices?
> 
> 
> That's what their building regulations are for.  Their codes reflect 
> habitable buildings and they've probably never encountered  a tower application before 
> so you're expected to comply with everything, even  if common sense tells you 
> it's not really necessary. And a lot of times it  isn't. 
> 
> >  Are there good sources of generic drawings in addition to  the one in the 
> ARRL antenna book?
>  
>     The Rohn catalog is an excellent source of  factory specs and drawings 
> for guyed and self-supporting towers. Even if your  tower isn't a Rohn, you can 
> still make some educated inferences. 
>  
>     Most building departments require PE stamped  packages these days. It's a 
> cost of putting up a tower any more.  
> 
> >  Finally I know our building department will accept an  already "stamped" 
> drawing from another source, at least they did for my  house which is only 
> vaguely similar to the drawing they accepted, i.e.  it's rectangular and has 
> a basement.
>  
>     That might be helpful but it's still THEIR game  and rules. 
>  
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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JOE PATRICK
SENIOR PLUMBING/MECHANICAL
INSPECTOR CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH