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What is NYC BC § 107.6?

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This section mandates that construction documents for all buildings include detailed architectural drawings that comply with various codes, including fire protection, energy conservation, and accessibility requirements. It specifies the necessary details for the exterior wall envelope and allows for deferred submittal of certain drawings. Applies to building owners preparing architectural plans for construction.

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107.6 Architectural plans.

BC § 107.6

Construction documents for all buildings shall provide detailed drawings of all architectural elements of the building showing compliance with the code, including but not limited to doors, windows and interior finish schedules, details necessary to substantiate all required fire-protection characteristics, details demonstrating compliance with the New York City Energy Conservation Code and details demonstrating compliance with all accessibility requirements of this code. Plans shall also provide details of the exterior wall envelope as required, including but not limited to flashing, insulation, vapor retarder, intersections with dissimilar materials, corners, end details, control joints, intersections at roof, eaves or parapets, means of drainage, water-resistive membrane and details around openings. Exception: Where a curtain wall system is to be employed containing elements that are normally detailed on shop or working drawings, approval of construction documents shall be conditioned upon deferred submittal of such shop or working drawings showing the approval of the registered design professional who prepared the architectural construction documents, or of a signed statement by such registered design professional that such drawings were prepared to his or her satisfaction. In such cases, submittal of construction documents showing compliance with the New York City Energy Conservation Code related to such curtain wall may also be deferred. Such deferred submittal of construction documents must demonstrate that the estimated annual energy use for the envelope in the energy analysis submitted as part of the initial filing is not exceeded. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2009/085.

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