21-100325-Project Narrative-01-29-2021-V1
January 29, 2021 Job No. 1886-001-016-011
Ms. Stacey Welsh, Planning Manager
City of Federal Way
33325 8th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
RE: File #21-100325-CO
Building Permit Submittal
Woodbridge Building “B”; 3120 S 344th St, Federal Way
Dear Stacey:
On behalf of Federal Way Campus, LLC, ESM Consulting Engineers, LLC is herein submitting
this letter and application materials for the Commercial Building Permit Application for
Woodbridge Building “B”.
The following plans are not included in this submittal and are either to be deferred or not
applicable at this time:
Plumbing plans – To be deferred until after the first round of comments are
received.
Mechanical plans - To be deferred until after the first round of comments are
received.
Racks - No racking is proposed under this permit. Any racking to be installed
will be designed during the tenant improvement phase.
Noise report on evaluation of facility design. The proposed building does not
currently have a user. Therefore, a noise report cannot be completed at this
time.
Frontage illumination plan – To be deferred until after the first round of
comments are received.
Bond value for improvements (to be submitted after first round of review
comments).
Frontage photometric calculations and plans.
Onsite Illumination plan – to be deferred.
As part of this Commercial Building Permit Application, we are including electronic copies of
the following materials. Hard copies can be provided if requested; however, due to the Covid-
19 state of emergency, all materials will be submitted electronically. All the documents will
include a tag at the end of the title which will pertain to each specific package they belong to.
1. Cover letter (this letter).
2. Response Letter to SEPA MDNS Conditions.
3. Commercial Building Permit Checklist.
Ms. Stacey Welsh
January 29, 2021
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4. Building Permit Application.
5. Certificate of water availability.
6. Certificate of sewer availability.
7. Water system hydraulic model report.
8. Structural Calculations.
9. Washington State Energy Code Compliance forms.
10. Critical Areas Report.
11. Geotechnical Report, including the Soils Report.
12. Pavement Analysis Report.
13. Updated Traffic Impact Analysis.
14. Traffic Pro-rata.
15. Pavement design.
16. Architectural plans, including:
Foundation plan
Parking Analysis
Floor plan
Framing plan
Building elevations
Building cross sections
Fire resistive elements
Barrier free access
Energy/ventilation
17. Civil plans including:
Landscape plan
Topographic and Boundary survey of existing conditions
Grading plan
Erosion control plan
Storm drainage plan
Frontage improvement plans
Details
Utility civil plans
18. Technical Information Report.
If there are any questions or a need for further clarification, please feel free to contact me at
(253) 838-6113 and we would be happy to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
ESM CONSULTING ENGINEERS, LLC
LAURA BARTENHAGEN, P.E., LEED AP
Principal
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