Does the CF1R have to be printed on a sheet of the plans?

Part 1 says the certificate is incorporated into the plans when the department requires plans. How it is added, as a sheet or an attachment, is for the department to say, so ask before you submit.

What if the department does not require plans?

For a residential alteration that needs field verification and has no plans, the certificate is approved before final inspection instead of before the permit.

Who decides if a change needs amended paperwork?

The department approves the amended plans and certificates. Any swap that may break compliance, such as different windows or a different heat pump, should be treated as one.

What Must the Plan Set Show for Title 24?

When the building department asks for plans, the certificate of compliance has to be incorporated into them, and the drawings have to match what it says. Where the CF1R must be registered, the copy in the set is the registered one. A later change that could break compliance needs amended plans and an amended certificate.

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The certificate goes into the set

Section 10-103(a)2A requires the applicable certificate of compliance to be incorporated into the building design plans whenever the department requires plans with the application. Where registration applies, the copy in the set must come from an ECC-Provider data registry and carry its registration number (CHEERS registration explains the registry). Departments differ on format, so the compliance manual tells builders to ask how theirs wants it submitted.

The drawings must agree with it

The plans have to conform to the features, materials, components and devices the CF1R names, and show anything else Part 6 says must appear on them (Section 10-103(a)2B). The compliance manual gives the reason: buyers of materials and the crew may rely only on the approved plans, so the plans must carry what the certificate promises. The project name and location on the certificate must match the set too. The common mismatches are worth reading before you submit.

Items the code names for the drawings

A residential duct design that earns a compliance credit must be on plans submitted to the department and posted at the site for the installers, the inspector and the ECC-Rater.
The manual suggests a draft lighting schedule with a house’s plan check. The final schedule goes to the owner at occupancy (Section 10-103(b)3).
The department may ask for extra detail on the ventilation system with the CF1R.
On commercial plans, Section 120.1(a)2 wants the outdoor air rate and the air-distribution design identified, and Section 130.1(c)6 wants control zones in offices over 250 square feet shown.

Commercial sets carry one extra note

Plans for nonresidential buildings, high-rise residential buildings and hotels and motels must state the acceptance requirements for each feature that has them. They must also carry a prominent note that record drawings go to the owner within 90 days after the department issues the permanent final occupancy permit.

When something changes

If a specification changes before final construction or installation so that the building may no longer comply, Section 10-103(a)2B requires amended plans, specifications and certificates to go back to the department for approval. The department may also ask for whatever produced the certificate, including the input file from the compliance software (Section 10-103(a)2C).

For the drawings your consultant needs before any of this, see which plans to send for a residential report. Without plans at all, what happens with no report covers the exceptions.

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