Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart
1.
Plans submitted to the commissioner of health.
Before construction is begun, plans and specifications
covering the construction of new buildings, additions to existing buildings, or
for major remodeling or alterations of existing buildings shall be submitted in
duplicate to the commissioner of health for its approval. These plans shall
show the general arrangement of the building, including a room schedule and
fixed equipment of each room, together with other pertinent information.
Separate drawings shall be prepared for each of the following branches of work:
architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical. They shall include or
contain the information in subparts
2 to
5.
Subp. 2.
Architectural drawings.
Architectural drawings must include:
A. approach plan showing all topography;
newly established levels and grades; existing structures on the site, if any;
new buildings and structures; roadways and walks;
B. plan of each floor and roof;
C. elevations of each facade;
D. sections through building;
E. scale and full size details as
necessary;
F. schedule of finishes;
and
G. large scale drawings of
typical and special rooms indicating all fixed equipment.
Subp. 3.
Structural drawings.
Structural drawings must meet the following requirements in
items A to E.
A. Plans of foundations,
floors, roofs, and all intermediate levels shall show a complete design with
sizes, sections, and the relative location of the various members. A schedule
of beams, girders, and columns shall be included.
B. Floor levels, column centers, and offsets
shall be dimensioned.
C. Special
openings and pipe sleeves shall be dimensioned or otherwise noted for easy
reference.
D. Details of all
special connections, assemblies, and expansion joints shall be given.
E. Notes on design data shall include the
name of the governing building code, values of assumed live loads, wind loads,
and soil-bearing pressures.
Subp.
4.
Mechanical drawings.
These drawings with specifications shall show the complete
installations and equipment as follows:
A. heating, piping, ventilation, and
air-conditioning:
(1) radiators and steam
heated equipment, such as sterilizers, warmers, and steam tables;
(2) heating mains and branches with pipe
sizes and provisions for expansions;
(3) diagram of heating risers with pipe
sizes;
(4) sizes, types, and
heating surfaces of boilers, furnaces, with firing equipment;
(5) pumps, tanks, boiler breeching, and
piping and boiler room accessories;
(6) exhaust and supply ventilating systems
with steam connections and piping. A supply and exhaust fan schedule shall be
shown; and
(7) air-conditioning
systems with refrigerators, water, and refrigerant piping and ducts;
B. plumbing, drainage, stand pipe
systems, and gas piping:
(1) size, location,
and elevation of: street sewer, house sewer, house drains, street water main,
and water service into the building;
(2) location and size of soil, waste, and
vent stacks with connections to house drains, fixtures, and
equipment;
(3) roof and surface
drainage systems;
(4) size and
location of hot, cold, and circulating mains, branches, and risers from the
service entrance and tanks;
(5)
riser diagram to show all plumbing stacks with vents, water risers, and fixture
connections;
(6) plumbing fixtures
and fixtures which require water and drain connections. A fixture schedule
shall be shown unless included in the specifications;
(7) standpipe and sprinkler system, if
required; and
(8) gas, oxygen, and
special connections;
C.
elevators and dumbwaiters. Shaft details and dimensions, size of car platform
and doors, travel, pit, and machine room; and
D. kitchens, laundry, laboratories, boiler
room, and mechanical equipment rooms shall be detailed at a satisfactory scale
to show the location, size, and connections of all fixed and movable
equipment.
Subp. 5.
Electrical drawings.
Drawings shall show all electrical wiring, outlets, and
equipment which require electrical connections as follows:
A. Electrical service entrance with service
switches, service feeders to the public service feeders, and characteristics of
the light and power current. Transformers and their connections, if located in
the building, shall be shown.
B.
Plan and diagram showing main switchboard, power panels, light panels, and
equipment. Feeder and conduit sizes shall be shown with schedule of feeder
breakers or switches.
C. Light
outlets, receptacles, switches, power outlets, and circuits.
D. Telephone layout showing service entrance,
telephone switchboard, strip boxes, telephone outlets, and branch conduits as
approved by the telephone company. Where public telephones are used for
intercommunication, equipment shall be provided as required by the telephone
company.
E. Nurses' call systems
with outlets for beds, duty stations, door signal lights, annunciators, and
wiring diagrams.
F. Doctors' call
and doctors' in-and-out systems with all equipment wiring, if
provided.
G. Fire alarm system with
stations, gongs, control board, and wiring diagrams.
H. Emergency lighting system with outlets,
transfer switch, source of supply, feeders, and circuits.
Subp. 6.
Additions to existing
buildings.
The procedures and requirements for working drawings and
specifications shall be followed and in addition the following information
shall be submitted:
A. plans and
details showing attachment of new construction to the existing structure and
mechanical systems as well as a plan of the functional layout of the existing
building designating bedrooms and service areas; and
B. type of construction of existing building
and number of stories.
Statutory Authority: MS s
144.55;
144.56