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specifications and construction details for all work to be undertaken. (c) A letter from the facility holding the agency harmless for any changes that may occur to the project as a result of the final construction document review. (d) An infection control risk assessment (ICRA) and a life safety plan indicating temporary egress and detailed phasing plans indicating how the area(s) to be demolished or constructed is to be separated from all occupied areas shall be submitted when demolition or construction in and around occupied buildings is to be undertaken. Submissions that fail to provide an ICRA or depict the safety measures prescribed by the ICRA will not be approved. (3) Construction must commence within 12 months of receiving approval from the Office of Plans and Construction to begin construction. Once construction begins construction activities should be continuous until the completion of the project. Failure to commence construction within 12 months of plan approval or periods of construction inactivity exceeding 12 months following commencement of construction will result in termination of the project. Restarting a terminated project will require resubmission of the construction documents accompanied by a new plan review application and will be subject to all fees prescribed by Section 395.0163, F.S. Projects which have not received approval to begin construction will be considered abandoned following 12 months of inactivity and the project will be terminated. (4) When construction is planned, either for new buildings or additions, alterations or renovations to existing buildings, the plans and specifications shall be prepared and submitted to the Office of Plans and Construction for approval by the appropriate Florida-registered design professionals as required by the Florida Building Code, Chapters 471, and 481, F.S. All architecture or engineering firms not practicing as a sole proprietor shall also be registered as an architecture or engineering firm with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. (5) The initial submission of plans to the Office of Plans and Construction for any new project shall include a completed Application for Plan Review, AHCA Form 3500-0011, June 2014, incorporated by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference. asp?No=Ref-05456, and a valid Certificate of Need if required by the agency. This information shall accompany the initial submission. Projects requiring a Certificate of Need will not be approved to begin construction without a valid Certificate of Need. Applications for Plan Review are available from the Agency for Health Care Administration, Office of Plans and Construction, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #24, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, or at the web address at: http://ahca.myflorida.com/MCHQ/ HQALicensureForms/index.shtml (6) Plans and specifications submitted for review shall be subject to plan review fees prescribed by Section 395.0163, F.S. All fees shall be payable to the Agency for Health Care Administration and shall annotate the Office of Plans and Construction and the facility log number. Fees are not refundable.(7) Plans and specifications may be submitted for review at any of the three stages of development described in this rule. (8) For each stage of submission, a program or scope of work shall be submitted. It shall consist of a detailed written description of all contemplated work and any required phasing and shall identify the types of medical services to be provided. (9) For projects involving only equipment changes or system renovations, only Stage III, construction documents will be accepted. These documents shall include the following: a. Single-sheet floor plans depicting required fire and smoke compartmentation, all means of egress and all exit signs. If smoke compartmentation is required, depict and provide the dimension for the longest path of travel in each smoke compartment to the door(s) accessing the nearest adjoining smoke compartment, calculate the total area of the smoke compartment in square feet, and tabulate exit inches.1. If the project is an addition, or conversion of an existing building, fully developed life safety plans must be submitted.2. If the project is a renovation in an existing building, life safety plans of the floor being renovated and the required exit egress floor(s) must be submitted.3. When demolition or construction in and around occupied buildings will be undertaken, a life safety plan indicating temporary egress, and detailed phasing plans indicating how the area(s) to be demolished or constructed will be separated from all occupied areas must be submitted. (j) Mechanical Engineering Plans.1. Single-sheet floor plans with a one-line diagram of the ventilating system with relative pressures of each space. Provide a written description and drawings of the anticipated smoke control system, passive or active, and a sequence of operation correlated with the life safety plans.2. The general location of all fire and smoke dampers, all duct smoke detectors and fire stats.3. If the building is equipped with fire sprinklers, indicate the location of the sprinkler system risers and the point of connection for the fire sprinkler system. State the method of design for the existing and new fire sprinkler systems.4. The locations of all plumbing fixtures and other items of equipment requiring plumbing services and/or gas services.5. The locations of any fume, radiological or chemical hoods.The Stage III, construction documents shall be an extension of the Stage II, preliminary plan submission and shall provide a complete description of the contemplated construction. Construction documents shall be signed, sealed and dated and submitted for written approval to the Office of Plans and Construction by a Florida-registered architect and Florida-registered professional engineer. These documents shall consist of work related to civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, fire protection,1. Typical large-scale details of all typical interior and exterior walls and smoke walls, horizontal exits and exit passageways.2. Comprehensive ceiling plans that show all utilities, lighting fixtures, smoke detectors, ventilation devices, sprinkler head locations and fire-rated ceiling suspension member locations where applicable.3. Floor/ceiling and roof/ceiling assembly descriptions for all conditions.4. Details and other instructions to the contractor on the construction documents describing the techniques to be used to seal floor construction penetrations necessary to prevent smoke migration from floor to floor during a fire. (d) Structural engineering plans, schedules and details. (e) Mechanical engineering plans including fire and smoke control plans. Include all equipment that requires mechanical utilities. Provide a clear and concise narrative control sequence of operations for each item of mechanical equipment including but not limited to air conditioning, heating, ventilation, medical gas, plumbing, and fire protection and any interconnection of the equipment of the systems. Mechanical engineering drawings shall depict completely the systems to be utilized, whether new or existing, from the point of system origination to termination. Provide a tabular schedule giving the required air flow (as computed from the information contained on the ventilation rate table) in cubic feet per minute (cfm) for supply, return, exhaust, outdoor, and ventilation air for each space, as applicable, shown on the architectural documents. The schedule shall also contain the HVAC system design air flow rates and the resulting space relative pressures. The schedule or portion of