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Plans for buildings of other than Group R. Division 3 and Group U Occupancies shall <br />indicate how required structural and fire resistive integrity will be maintained where <br />penetrations will be made for electrical, mechanical, plumbing and communication <br />conduits, pipes and similar systems. <br />Section 302A.4 -Architect or Engineer of Record <br />302A.4.1 General. When it is required that documents be prepared by an architect or <br />engineer, the Building and Safety Official may require the owner to engage and <br />designate on the building permit application an architect or engineer who shall act as <br />the architect or engineer of record. If the circumstances require, the owner may <br />designate a substitute architect or engineer of record who shall perform all the duties <br />required of the original architect or engineer of record. The Building and Safety Official <br />shall be notified in writing by the owner if the architect or engineer of record is changed <br />or is unable to continue to perform the duties. <br />The architect or engineer of record shall be responsible for reviewing and coordinating <br />all submittal documents prepared by others, including deferred submittal items, for <br />compatibility with the design of the building. <br />302A.4.2 Deferred submittals. For the purposes of this section, deferred submittals are <br />defined as those portions of the design which are not submitted at the time of the <br />application and which are to be submitted to the Building and Safety Official within a <br />specified period. <br />Deferral of any submittal items shall have prior approval of the Building and Safety <br />Official. The architect or engineer of record shall list the deferred submittals on the <br />plans and shall submit the deferred submittal documents for review by the Building and <br />Safety Official. <br />Submittal documents for deferred submittal items shall be submitted to the architect or <br />engineer of record who shall review them and forward them to the Building and Safety <br />Official with a notation indicating that the deferred submittal documents have been <br />reviewed and that they have been found to be in general conformance with the design <br />of the building. The deferred submittal items shall not be installed until their design and <br />submittal documents have been approved by the Building and Safety Official. <br />302A.5 Inspection and Observation Program. When special inspection is required by <br />Section 306A, the architect or engineer of record shall prepare an inspection program <br />which shall be submitted to the Building and Safety Official for approval prior to <br />issuance of the building permit. The inspection program shall designate the portions of <br />the work to have special inspection, the name or names of the individuals or firms who <br />are to perform the special inspections and indicate the duties of the special inspectors. <br />The special inspector shall be employed by the owner, the engineer or architect of <br />record, or an agent of the owner, but not the contractor or any other person responsible <br />for the work. <br />When structural observation is required by Section 307A, the inspection program shall <br />name the individuals or firms who are to perform structural observation and describe <br />the stages of construction at which structural observation is to occur. <br />24 <br />