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  1. Builder Bob

    2nd Floor of Police Training Building Accessible

    Title II ADA - Government buildings have few if any exceptions for requiring accessibility.
  2. Builder Bob

    Lightwell Shaft with Fire Shutters

    questionable? I believe smoke seals would be required along with annual inspection of shutters. What method of activation is going to be used for the shutters? Why not install glazing in frames required by the code along with fire sprinkler protection and eliminate the maintenance nightmare...
  3. Builder Bob

    Fire station sleeping area

    R-2 - most like a live/work style arrangement - EERO are required and ADA is required - Visitors come to the station for tours, fire prevention, and families - If a smaller community, often used a a community hall............ If the building is ADA Title 2 government building - very few...
  4. Builder Bob

    Remodel - permit before or after demo?

    Check with local AHJ, We often issues a demo permit while plans were under review.....
  5. Builder Bob

    Areas Above Interior Office Spaces

    Chapter 16 Structural Design - Use a professional Engineer or use trusses - save a bunch of money due to restrictive spans required by prescriptive codes - Also check State Law, some states require an Architect for modifications to buildings of a certain occupancy type or Size - SC is 5,000 SF...
  6. Builder Bob

    Fire Wall or Two separate Adjacent Buildings?

    Lots of room, Can a pedestrian walkway connect and limit the fire wall construction to a narrow segment? This is from the plan provided, not sure of site obstacles or S& R Overhead door locations.
  7. Builder Bob

    Fire Wall or Two separate Adjacent Buildings?

    Need Photographs or a more detailed plan - This isn't a party wall where a property line runs thru the lot is it?
  8. Builder Bob

    Section 510 Emergency Responder Radio Coverage IFC

    Plans, Sequence of operation, types of monitoring, type of power supply, Emergency or battery power back up, and tie in into fire alarm system and cut sheets of equipment should be provided. It should be monitored, activated when fire alarm system activates - resets with fire alarm system reset.
  9. Builder Bob

    Grouted Penetrations

    NOTE: Seismic design criteria may not allow certain sizes of piping or Fire Sprinkler lines to be grouted period....... WE are a seismic Design Category D and Grout is not frangible. Sheet rock is -
  10. Builder Bob

    Expired Permit

    New process where I came from, New plan review fee, new permit fee.
  11. Builder Bob

    Accessibility with change of use

    Look in section 305 for accessibility - it is required for all options in the IEBC.
  12. Builder Bob

    Orange Foam in Commercial Buildings

    Interesting to note, when Dow Rigid Foam is used for an Air Barrier, it requires a foam to be used to seal around penetrations - while it may not used for fire stopping in a three hour fire wall, a penetration on the exterior of a non combustible wall may be sealed with this to maintain the air...
  13. Builder Bob

    Fire Pole in egress stair exit enclosure

    How about an adult day care... this is what most firehouses are like
  14. Builder Bob

    Fire Pole in egress stair exit enclosure

    The fire pole usually sits in the middle of a round opening 48" diameter with a guard that limits access to one side of the fire pole hole. I fondly remember the days of sliding down the pole to go to fire calls. Two things that new rookies need to know - never jump onto the fire pole if you...
  15. Builder Bob

    I'm going to try this omelette

    Looks good.
  16. Builder Bob

    Information Technology rooms

    NO - To many things have to occur for a clean agent room to operate correctly - HVAC shutdown, doors closed, electrical service disconnected, blah, blah, blah.... If the system fails to perform correctly, or the doors are blocked open... the fire sprinkler system will still operate. If the...
  17. Builder Bob

    GA-600 Area Separation Fire Walls

    Big difference between fire walls and party walls,,,,,
  18. Builder Bob

    Door clearance at landing - push side

    It is non-compliant - 1.) either the door has to not be on the accessible route with signage directing people to the nearest accessible entrance , 2.) The door has to be relocated, or 3.) an alternate means to operate the door has to be provided. Those are the only code compliant options.
  19. Builder Bob

    Area Modification and Fire Barriers

    BE SURE TO CHECK WITH STATE AGENCIES - SC requires all public schools to be of non-combustible construction.
  20. Builder Bob

    Door clearance at landing - push side

    The door is code compliant if the door approach is from the hinge side; However the " recess " makes it non-complaint because the door does not provide adequate floor clearance for forward approach- 52 Inches required. (46" is provided. Notice closure and latch are not mentioned. - No...
  21. Builder Bob

    OK, Who has a plan of action for the COVID-19?

    Boston MAss shut down construction on Monday - Talks of stopping construction in New Jersey, California, with North Carolina and South Carolina Contemplating it - We tend to be about 6 days behind what happens in Mass/ New York
  22. Builder Bob

    NFPA 17A Air Test

    Laboratory grading of the air is required to qualify for dry air - Class e Air quality is required by air compressors for filling scuba bottle, Class D air quality is allowed for Firefighter SCBA - just because you have an air dryer on your compressor does not mean it is clean air - My 30 year...
  23. Builder Bob

    Construction type

    Assuming correctly grouted joints, reinforcement, and no holes polked thru - the problem we have is seismic, and until 2001 in SC, masonry was not constructed with seismic provisions - thus does not qualify.
  24. Builder Bob

    F-1 use with plastics??

    Burning plastics are extremely dangerous and toxic, one of the main problems is the liquid plastic (lava) river that flows from these - May not be a code requirement per sec, but ensuring that yard drains and such are protected from a potential fire may be greatly appreciated.
  25. Builder Bob

    Gyp Board Extending 6" above T-Bar Clg - Code?

    general construction practice -
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