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    Data/IT Closet Ceiling

    I'm attempting to determine if a Data/IT Closet in a Hospital is required to have a ceiling. The walls of the closet I'm concerned about do not go up to the structure above as is the case in most data/it closets I've seen. If a ceiling is required, I'd appreciate knowing in which code the...
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    CMS has adopted 2012 edition of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99

    A recent posting by the American Society for Healthcare Engineers states that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted the 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®, and the 2012 edition of NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code. These editions become effective July 5. You...
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    IBC 2012 Section 1013 Guards

    I'm having difficulty determining whether guards are required for a roof top healing garden. At the Owners request, a cable rail system is to be installed on the open side of the garden. There is a parapet (call it parapet 1) on the open side that separates the roof where the garden will be...
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    Separation between different types of construction

    Not in this instance. Both buildings are existing and the least fire-resistive type of construction (Type V) is not now allowed for healthcare building construction. In fact it may never have been allowed (building was constructed in 1969) but I don't have a copy of the code from that time...
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    Separation between different types of construction

    The 2000 edition of NFPA 101 contains the following: 8.2.1* Construction. Buildings or structures occupied or used in accordance with the individual occupancy chapters (Chapters 12 through 42) shall meet the minimum construction requirements of those chapters. NFPA 220, Standard on Types of...
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    Clean Utility Rooms as hazardous areas.

    A Clean Utility room can be found in either a hospital, or a clinic. "Clean Utility" has been replaced in the FGI Guidelines by "Clean Workroom" which is defined in the Guidelines as, 2.1-2.6.9.1 Clean workroom. If the room is used for preparing patient care items, it shall contain the...
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    Clean Utility Rooms as hazardous areas.

    Are Clean Utility rooms considered hazardous areas under NFPA 101 - 2000, sections 18.3.2 or 19.3.2?
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    Existing Firewall

    I’m reviewing firewall requirements for an existing hospital building. There is a 4-hour rated wall that was created as part of an addition where the addition abuts an existing building. The addition was done in 1981 under the 1979 UBC, and is noted as being of construction Type I. The...
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