Commercial Construction in Burbank
Cedarline Design Build plans Burbank commercial buildings with primary and overflow roof drains, grade drainage and storm water sheets ready for plan check.
Two outlets serve each low-slope roof we plan for a Burbank commercial building, a primary drain for everyday rain and an overflow set a little higher in case debris blocks the first. From the roof edge, leaders carry that water down to grade, and the site plan shows where it goes next, whether a planter, a drywell or the street. The Burbank building division reads both paths during plan check, along with any storm water rules for the lot.
Overflow at the roof
Parapets turn a flat roof into a shallow basin, so the plumbing code expects a second way out when the main drain clogs. That can be a separate overflow drain piped on its own line, or scuppers cut through the parapet at a height the engineer sets. Overflow discharge should land where people will notice it, since water spilling from a scupper on a dry day means the primary drain needs clearing. Crickets behind rooftop units steer water around them toward a drain. The roof plan shows slopes, drain sizes and overflow heights so the roofer and the reviewer read the same numbers.
At grade and past the property line
Leaders that drop down a wall connect to underground piping or empty onto splash blocks aimed away from the foundation. Paving around the building falls away from every door, and the finished floor stays above the surrounding hardscape. Larger sites in Los Angeles County can trigger low impact development rules, which ask that runoff be held, filtered or soaked into the ground on site before any leaves for the street. Where that applies, a planter box or an infiltration trench appears on the civil sheet, sized by the engineer. We coordinate those sheets with the plumbing and roof plans so pipe sizes and outlets line up.
Commercial Construction in Burbank: common questions
The Burbank building division checks use and occupancy, exits, structure, accessibility and energy forms, and public works looks at grading and drainage on the civil sheets. Fire department review covers sprinklers and access where they apply. Ground is broken only after every correction is answered and the permit is issued.
Yes. We submit the set, track comments from each reviewer and send back revised sheets until the permit issues. During construction we schedule each inspection in order, from footings through final, and keep the approved drawings on site so the inspector can compare the work with what was signed.
Yes, and our first read follows the water. We trace how each roof area drains, check that overflow heights and leader sizes appear, and confirm the civil sheet accounts for that discharge. Anything missing goes to the architect as a written question, and the answer is folded into the set before we price.
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