3001.10 Construction documents.
BC § 3001.10
Applications for elevator, escalator, moving walkway and stairway, dumbwaiter, and similar equipment shall contain construction documents that include the following: 1. The location of all machinery, switchboards, junction boxes, and reaction points, with loads indicated; 2. The details of all hoistway conditions including bracket spacing; 3. The estimated maximum vertical forces on the guide rails on application of the safety device; 4. In the case of freight elevators for class B or C loading, the horizontal forces on the guide-rail faces during loading and unloading; and the estimated maximum horizontal forces in a postwise direction on the guide-rail faces on application of the safety device; 5. The size and weight per foot of any rail reinforcements where provided; 6. Compliance with the accessibility features of this code; 7. The details of capability of the withstanding forces (impact) on door entrance assembly and retaining devices; 8. The withstanding hourly fire rating of the hoistway and the hoistway door assembly; 9. The impact loads imposed on machinery and sheave beams, supports and floors or foundations; 10. The impact load on buffer supports due to buffer engagement at the maximum permissible speed and load; 11. Where compensation tie down is applied, the load on the compensation tie down supports; and 12. The total static and dynamic loads from the governor, buffer and tension system.
