Tropical Chevrolet, 03-10-23 UES No 348753 SPECIAL insp rept #017 (CMU walls @ existing & expansion of service bldg.) - GDZProject No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-017
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · 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: Gaetano Di Zio, E.I. Date of Services: 03/10/2023
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. 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.
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
2. Visual verification of the reinforcing steel placement at the following locations indicated below:
a) 8” thick interior CMU non-load bearing wall between grids “A” thru “J” and lines “1” thru “8”, single lift from elevation
approx. 0’-0” (existing slab on grade) to +8’-8” at the existing service building, as per S1.0, S1.1/Concrete Tie and
Bond Beam Schedule, S2.3 and 3/S4.2, completed.
b) 12” thick exterior CMU load bearing along grid “E.4” between lines “8” thru “11”, 1st lift from elevation approx. 0’-0”
to +12’-0” at the service building expansion, as per S1.0, S1.1/Concrete Tie and Bond Beam Schedule, S2.0, S2.2,
1/S3.2 and 1/S4.0, completed.
c) CIP concrete column mark CC2 (12"x24") at gridlines Cx5 and E.5x11, 1st lift from elevation 0'−0" (top of footing)
to +12'−0" at the service building expansion, as per S1.0, S1.1/Concrete Tie-Column Schedule, S2.0, S2.2, and
4/S4.0, completed.
The reinforcing steel placement at the locations mentioned above was found to be in substantial compliance with the
reference documents.
Mr. Jim Jenco, Project Superintendent with Lebolo Construction, was notified of the aforementioned visual verification
results.
Please see adjacent report pages for photographs and sheets S2.0 & S2.3.
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-017
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
Exterior CMU load bearing wall completed
CIP concrete columns completed
Project No.: 2110.2100049
Report No.: 348753
Date: March 10, 2023
STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION REPORT No. SPECIAL-017
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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 · Miami, FL 33166 · P: 305.249.8434 · F: 305.249.8479
Interior CMU non-load bearing wall completed
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