Index for 12 page calculations? 2

[swooneyWOODSTRUCT]

Am I crazy for being a little pissed that a plans examiner issued a checksheet asking for an index for a calculation package with 12 pages? For a residential wood deck? Surely the city has better things to do with their time.

 

[Harbringer80]

Tell him, "Pages 1 through 12 are numbered as shown. Provide code reference requiring index or approve as is."

That being said even for my short calc package template I have an index.

 

[JAE]

What about:

INDEX TO CALCULATIONS

Page(s) --------------- Description
1-12 ------------------Structural Calculations

 

[XR250]

You have to submit calcs on a deck?
Other than when I was doing light gage steel, I have had to submit calcs maybe 10 times in 30 years.

 

[Aesur]

Sounds to me like they are just going through a list, looking for something to comment on. I would be pissed I had to waste my time, on the flip side, it's easy to do for 12 pages. I have turned in 5000+ page calculations before without an index (whoops) and had no issue and rarely include an index in any calculation package. Was this reviewer by chance a 3rd party the jurisdiction uses?

 

[Aesur]

You have to submit calcs on a deck?
Other than when I was doing light gage steel, I have had to submit calcs maybe 10 times in 30 years.

Everything we do out West requires calculations.

 

[271828]

Do you mean a page with a TOC? If so, then 2002 called and wants its submittal method back.

I could see them insisting on PDF bookmarks or hyperlinks for all but trivial packages.

 

[Ron247]

Move your calcs to a 48" drafting sheet, then you just need "Page 1-Deck Calculations for a Jerk".

 

[JStephen]

Make each separate line of the calculations a separate entry in the index, so you wind up with a 12-page index?

 

[goutam_freelance]

For a 12-page calculation, it looks like overkill. But for longer documents, one can use LaTeX, which prepares the TOC automatically.

 

[hawkaz]

As Aesur stated, nearly everything out west requires calcs. When you include computer printouts, 12 pages sounds about right.

As tempting as it is to be sarcastic to the reviewer, it's a lot easier (and will take less of your time) to just add the index and be done with it.

 

[RipPECity]

No good comes from fighting with a plan reviewer. If it is something easy to fix just grumble to a coworker and make the change.

 

[Harbringer80]

No good comes from fighting with a plan reviewer. If it is something easy to fix just grumble to a coworker and make the change.

I'd agree fighting is no good. However, pushing back on time consuming but insignificant comments, is another issue entirely, particularly if it's a jurisdiction you submit to frequently. The plan checkers personal preferences shouldn't dictate your design or submittal.

I frequently do this and manage to get through plan checks just fine.