17105.2-Cover Letter - Northampton MA Tenant BuildingAHARONIAN
& ASSOCIATES, INC.
A r c h i t e c t s
June 13, 2018
Mr. Louis Hasbrouck
Building Commissioner
City of Northampton
212 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01060
RE:Multi-Tenant Office/Retail Building
55 Damon rd
Northampton, MA 01060
Dear Mr. Hasbrouck,
Per your preliminary review of the plans dated April 27, 2018 for the above referenced project, we have included
supplementary information as follows. Below lists out the items you have asked us to address:
1)Occupancy Load and Use:
a)Tenant #3 will be a “Business” use group. The occupancy load will be 32, based on 3,198sf / 100 Gross.
b)We have assumed that Tenant #1 and Tenant #2 could be Mercantile or Business. The occupancy load of
these could be between 20-50 persons, and would depend on the individual tenant plans.
2)Referenced Building Code:
a)The Building Code referenced on A0.1 is the IBC 2015 with MA amendments. We plan to utilize the IEBC
2015 with MA amendments, instead. We have included an IEBC Narrative to support this as
documentation.
3)Demising wall to roof deck detail:
a)We have included SKA-1 to add this detail to the plans.
4)Roof drain locations:
a)These have been coordinated with the Civil Engineer. Plans have been resubmitted separately.
5)Photometric plans:
a)We have included a photometric plan of the entire site, with only the building lighting, as a supplement to
what was originally submitted for site lighting. This shows the extent of building lighting levels around the
building(s).
Please call with any questions you may have or if there is any additional information you may need.
Thank You,
Jackie Brousseau
Aharonian & Associates, Inc.
Architects
310 George Washington Highway Suite 100 Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917
T 401-232-5010 F 401-232-5080
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