Tropical Chevrolet, 11-23-22 UES No 341409 SPECIAL insp rept #003 - HCProject No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 341409
Date: November 23, 2022
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-003
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The Original of this Report was Signed and Impressed Sealed by the Above Registered Engineer in Accordance with Rule 21H-18.11, Chapter 471, Florida Statute
8050 NW 77th Street ꞏ Miami, FL 33166 ꞏ P: 305.249.8434 ꞏ F: 305.249.8479
Client: Lebolo Construction Management, Inc.
2100 Corporate Drive
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Project: Tropical Chevrolet Renovation/Expansion
8880 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami Shores, FL 33138
Agent: Humberto Carvajal CWI14060641 Date of Services:11/23/2022
Village of Miami Shores Building Permit No: CC-12-20-2951 (issued date 11/07/22, expires 05/08/23).
Scope of Field Services: Professional observation of completed structural elements (Special/Welding Inspector).
Reference Documents:
JSG structural drawings sheets S1.0 thru S-4.2 (15 pages), Bulleting 7 dated 07/21/2022, signed/sealed by Mark
Johnson FL-PE#51983, reviewed/approved for structural compliance by the Village of Miami Shores Bldg. Dept.
on 08/22, (permit set review by the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources on
05/16/2022).
Record of Field Observations:
Visual verification for the reinforcing steel placement at the following locations indicated below:
1. Continuous wall footings as per S2.0, S1.1 & S4.0/S4.2:
a) Cont. wall footing (with vertical dowels for CMU wall as per note 8) type WF26 along grids A between lines 8 thru
11 completed.
b) Cont. wall footing (with vertical dowels for CMU wall & openings as per note 8 & 9/S4.0 and concrete tie columns
type CC2 [x3]) type WF26 with integrated column pads type F40 (x2) along line 11 between grids A thru E.3
completed.
c) Cont. wall footing (with vertical dowels for CMU wall as per note 8) type WF26 along grids E.2 between lines 8 thru
11 completed.
d) Cont. wall footing (with verical dowels for CMU wall as per note 9) type WF20 along grids D.1 between lines 11
thru proposed line 12 completed.
e) Cont. wall footing (with vertical dowels for CMU wall as per note 9) type WF20 along proposed line 12 between
grids D.1 thru D.6 completed.
f) Cont. wall footing (with vertical dowels for CMU wall as per note 8) type WF26 along grids D.6 between lines 11
thru proposed line 12 completed.
2. Column pad footings as per S2.0, S1.1 & S4.0/S4.2:
a) Column footings type F66 at grid-lines B.8x9 & D.5x9 completed (*).
b) Column footings type F90 at grid-lines B.8x10 & D.5x10 completed (*).
The above mentioned reinforcing steel placement was found to be performed in substantial compliance with the reference
documents except (see below ↓↓↓ *)
(*) as per S1.1 “column / base plate schedule: the bottom hex nut shall be “tack welded secured”. SUNCOR did not include
a clarification/approval question for omission of the tack weld under dwg. Sheet AB1 “approver note”. As per approver note
#2 a plate washer was approved above the previously mentioned hex nut. This plate was found to be loose (floating) not
secured preventing displacement at the time of conc. placement. GC to provide clarification for the observed AS BUILT
conditions. For items 2g & 2h.
In place density tests were performed for the above mentioned locations and were found to meet or exceed the minimum
requirement of 98% compaction as per ASTM D1557.
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 341409
Date: November 23, 2022
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-003
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cc: 1 − Job Site; 1 − Client; 1
The Original of this Report was Signed and Impressed Sealed by the Above Registered Engineer in Accordance with Rule 21H-18.11, Chapter 471, Florida Statute
8050 NW 77th Street ꞏ Miami, FL 33166 ꞏ P: 305.249.8434 ꞏ F: 305.249.8479
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 341409
Date: November 23, 2022
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-003
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cc: 1 − Job Site; 1 − Client; 1
The Original of this Report was Signed and Impressed Sealed by the Above Registered Engineer in Accordance with Rule 21H-18.11, Chapter 471, Florida Statute
8050 NW 77th Street ꞏ Miami, FL 33166 ꞏ P: 305.249.8434 ꞏ F: 305.249.8479
Mr. Jim Jenco, Project Superintendents with Lebolo Construction, was notified of the aforementioned visual verification
results.
Reviewed by:
Universal Engineering Sciences
Certificate of Authorization No. 549
Carlos Naumann, P.E., S.I.
Florida Professional Engineer No. 18594
Florida Special Inspector No. 181