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  1. Enri Code

    Warehouse Loading Ramp Slope

    Or maybe... https://www.bigrighq.com/how-do-truck-drivers-use-the-bathroom-while-on-the-road/
  2. Enri Code

    Warehouse Loading Ramp Slope

    Of course, and accessible bathrooms can be made available for them outside of employee only areas such as the warehouse. On jobs we do, the bathroom for truckers and what could be a truckers lounge is always way up front making it unnecessary for truckers to have to go in and out of restricted...
  3. Enri Code

    Warehouse Loading Ramp Slope

    Grades or elevation differences as you explained it is typical. In most cases, truck drivers are not at all allowed access to the warehouse floor at all for a good number of reasons (e.g. union labor separation, liability, security, etc.). The people who go back and forth from warehouse floor...
  4. Enri Code

    Warehouse Loading Ramp Slope

    @RLGA I agree with you. Late coming in but just wanted to share that this is what we've done 90% of the time in these types of facilities in that it would just be a 1:8 slope ramp for warehouse access as a utility ramp with accessible ramp elsewhere which is usually up front. The times we...
  5. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Those would have been nice. I'm partial to their optical turnstiles myself which are not as physically imposing as the Circlelock and Tourlock but they do have tailgating detection and may be an easier retrofit but they probably won't do for your client as someone with decent parkour skills can...
  6. Enri Code

    Demanding fire chief with no authority

    I've always had it in my mind that acceptance of the IBC means acceptance of all the ICC codes. All the ICC codes from my understanding tie together with each other fully and not just on particular chapters or issues. Of course this is the case unless expressly being stated in a local mandate...
  7. Enri Code

    Demanding fire chief with no authority

    On the matter of insurance, my experience is that it is very important for the design professionals to engage with insurance provider through the owner. In fact, we always ask client to have us engage with their insurance provider as soon as possible. Just good practice. We don't really expect...
  8. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Yes, it is fair to not expect the inspector to blindly just agree regardless of past experiences of applicant. I also feel that it is fair at a minimum for the inspector to then explain why he doesn't agree and, especially in this case, why it was acceptable for him in the 20 other places he...
  9. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    This may be the ticket if acceptable to client. There won't be the circular flow but it doesn't cut off circulation completely. Not seeing the total floor plan, may not be an issue if they have some bypass corridors within areas.
  10. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Face meet palm... LOL
  11. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Wow. Yes, very frustrating. I've had the experience of living a good number of years in a major international hub and what you proposed and these options I shared are all pretty standard with most offices of multi-national companies. The main problem I see here is that the client does not see...
  12. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Thoughts: Option 1: Any way that controlled access can be done starting at ground floor lobby instead or at the elevator itself? Having people already properly badged and/or escorted at ground floor lobby reception will be more secure. The other layer of security would then be another key fob...
  13. Enri Code

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    This may be a situation that it may help for you to arrange to have the AHJ look at a similar set up elsewhere - ones you have installed elsewhere in the state as you said - so they can see how it works.
  14. Enri Code

    Demanding fire chief with no authority

    Someone needs to make T-shirts with these quotes on them. In all seriousness though, amazing motto and piece of advice. I see how this is applicable to a lot of people starting with me. I don't have a badge but did have the need to get my professional license pounded out of my head by years of...
  15. Enri Code

    ADA @ Platform Seating

    https://www.sfmoma.org/visit/accessibility/ Portable gallery stools and wheelchairs are available for visitors to use at SFMOMA on both lower and main levels. I wonder if that is how they meet the requirement. They are very diligent about ADA issues based on my observations when I was over...
  16. Enri Code

    ADA @ Platform Seating

    Interesting. SFMOMA's main floor is actually that second level. That's their main floor with ticketing, coat check, museum store, etc. I wonder if that's how they pulled it off.
  17. Enri Code

    ADA @ Platform Seating

    SFMOMA! What a wonderful museum. The picture shows the platform seating coming from Howard Street as I recall. The platforms actually faces a big lobby that can be multi-purpose with plenty of room. I don't recall seeing a clear designated spot for wheelchairs at the bottom of those platforms...
  18. Enri Code

    Lightwell Shaft with Fire Shutters

    As an aside, I am wondering why we moved away from having a dimensional criteria as part of what differentiates a shaft and atrium. We used to have it in the UBC but not anymore. Other countries still have it. I think in Australia - apart from other criteria - they only consider something an...
  19. Enri Code

    Lightwell Shaft with Fire Shutters

    I had thought the same but if he did that, it would go against what he is trying to achieve... which is to show that only 1st and 2nd floor has an atrium and that 3rd and 4th floor openings are shaft enclosure. It would be an acceptance that the "light well" that goes through 3rd and 4th floor...
  20. Enri Code

    Once upon a Time............

    @Glenn Thank you for sharing this. Maybe you can have this as a standalone post too that can be pinned as a resource.
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    Once upon a Time............

    Honor is a big deal for sure. Those ancient civilizations don't fool around. Code of Hammurabi is more intense: If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction sound, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, the builder...
  22. Enri Code

    Split-Pack AC for garage

    For sure that seems to be the case where building officials will choose to interpret and enforce the code in a way which considers the garage with AC as now conditioned and not exempt from energy code. . Interesting enough, I found that in some parts of the country, like in parts of Texas...
  23. Enri Code

    Lightwell Shaft with Fire Shutters

    Definitely give us an update on this when you can. I really like how you opened up the space and how you thought about getting light into the building. Good to know what to watch out for when doing something similar. Thanks for sharing.
  24. Enri Code

    Demanding fire chief with no authority

    And there's the possibility that the fire chief also knows his stuff... LOL... Really good to talk it out and just verify proper application if it is still an issue.
  25. Enri Code

    Demanding fire chief with no authority

    I would try to engage the fire chief in a dialogue to understand where he is coming from as a matter of clarifying what he is requiring but that is probably something best done by the owner or owner's representative (i.e. architect, etc.). Giving the benefit of the doubt... it may be a very...
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