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    A bridge between the same building

    That's it i think thank you for you help
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    A bridge between the same building

    The bridge also is not a horizontal exit it just a bridge connects two geometry of a building
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    A bridge between the same building

    It is just an entrance to the building, it doesn't meant to be an egress stair.
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    A bridge between the same building

    This is the main building entrance through the elevator and stair and the bridge is not meant to be a horizontal exit neither the stair is considered an exit
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    A bridge between the same building

    actually that is what i did
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    A bridge between the same building

    I need help regarding the project I work on, I'm using IBC 2018, It is a labour accommodation Ground + 2 floors with occupancy classification R2 sn total occupant load for the building 894 and 298 per floor the building is protected through Automatic Sprinkler System and have 2 exits per floor...
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    ELABORATION OF SECTION 722 CALCULATED FIRE RESISTANCE

    Thank you, I did but it's hard to me without someone guides me through
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    ELABORATION OF SECTION 722 CALCULATED FIRE RESISTANCE

    Need help in understanding IBC 2018 Section 722 and its plenty of tables attached, is there any video that breaks down the whole chapter bit by bit, also feels lost o_O when I open it and I want to calculate the fire resistance for CMU walls and plaster intuitively. Appreciate your help.
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    Exterior Stair 10 ft. rule of thumb

    Greetings, 1- I work on a residential building (Dormitories) G+2 with three means of egress as illustrated below, the building consists of two branches and has the main stair in the middle that could be used as an egress stair, the problem begins with 10 ft. rule as you can see in the...
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    Fire Barrier vs Fire Partion for Exit Corridor

    How about if the corridor walls were fire-rated, it may be the beginning exit itself.
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    Career Development regarding codes and standards

    Thanks a lot for your help, Most of our work comes from Saudi Arabia and they have SBC the metric version of IBC
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    Career Development regarding codes and standards

    Thank you for your support
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    Career Development regarding codes and standards

    Greetings everyone, I'm an architect from Egypt, I need to know what type of code courses that will help me to develop my skills and my career path regarding Building codes and Life safety codes. I use IBC 2015 and NFPA 101 daily at the design development stage, I make Tender and construction...
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    YES
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    the truck bay is not a building it's just a shed and the right box is the administration of the fire station and the left box is the storage
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    the right box is 570 m2 the left box is 256 m2 the intermediate shed is 550 m2
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    the right and left boxes are separate buildings, I only have a problem at the right building, occupancy classification is business with OL 120
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    also, I can't upload any image as it refuses to accept the link, so I have attached the like' if anybody knows how to upload kindly reply
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    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    I'm working on a fire station plan that needs two exits one of those exits is discharge directly to an adjacent fire truck parking shed, I need to know can I consider this an exit discharge what part of the code that discuss my case? According to "IBC 2015" 1028.1 General. Exits shall...
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    Exterior and interior Exits Discharge

    Yes the whole building is protected throughout an automatic sprinkle system and we have a fire elevator also and yes the stairs are enclosed and protected by 2 hours fire rating enclosure
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    Exterior and interior Exits Discharge

    https://imgur.com/1H7yH4x The Hotel located in Saudi Arabia and we are using SBC(Saudi Building Code) and it's exactly like IBC. I'm wondering if the stair which has been clouded with red can be considered as directly discharged to the exterior since it is too close to outside.
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    Exterior and interior Exits Discharge

    I'm working on 4 stories hotel with 3 exits discharge serving the 4 stories and one exit discharge serves one story the exits discharge for 4 stories are 3 stairs, one of those discharge directly to the exterior of the hotel while the others discharge inside the building, also the stair that...
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    Egress Swing Direction

    I use multiple codes to calculate occupant load as it must comply with the Egyptian code, as I said, occupant load exceeds 50 in almost all spaces which require 2 doors swinging out
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    Egress Swing Direction

    I've seen this also and I'm considering it.
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    Egress Swing Direction

    They are, But they should swing the opposite direction.
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