2900 GRAND AVE PAGODA VILLAGE 2025-07-28

Consulting Engineers September 10, 2013 Mr. Steve Miller Associate Engineer City of Everett, Public Works Department 3200 Cedar Street Everett, WA 98201 Subject: 2900 Grand Avenue, Pagoda Village Plan Check No. B1306-035 Comments Dear Mr. Miller: We have received your construction permit plan check comments for the above-mentioned project. The project involves a five-story wood-framed residential structure over a concrete structure for mixed-use and parking. KPFF is providing a response to the comments related to our structural drawings. Your comments are repeated in italics, and our responses follow. COMMENT AND RESPONSE • Comment 2: The proposed party wall detail 10/A9.04 indicates discontinuous floor sheathing. Please provide verification from the engineer that this will be acceptable. If so, fire blocking should be added. Response: Discontinuous floor sheathing is not acceptable from an engineering standpoint. The design intent is to provide a single continuous diaphragm made of nailed floor sheathing. Thus, all sheathing must be continuous under walls. This condition is indicated in the structural drawings at typical details on S5.02 as well as roof/floor diaphragm nailing schedule on Q/S5.05. Comment 3: The typical wall details of A9.04, including fire wall, should include the structural sheathing where applicable. Response: Detail Q/S5.02 has been added to provide structural information for the fire wall at the area separation. This clarifies that continuous sheathing is required across the area separation, in accordance with the design intent mentioned in our response to Comment 2 above. This detail has been called out at the area separation walls on plan sheets S2.09, S2.11, S2.13, S2.15, and S2.17. 1601 Fifth Avenue Suite 1600 Seattle, WA 98101 (206)622-5822 Fax(206)622-8130 Seattle Everett Tacoma Lacey Portland Eugene Sacramento Grass Valley San Francisco Walnut Creek Los Angeles Long Beach Pasadena Irvine San Diego Boise Phoenix St. Louis Chicago New York