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  1. Papio Bldg Dept

    Section R403.1.6, 2006 IRC

    Have you referenced ASCE 7?
  2. Papio Bldg Dept

    Occupancy for small conference/break rooms

    Tg947...how do you calculate a storage space occupant load in a B occupancy? E.g., 1/100 or 1/300?
  3. Papio Bldg Dept

    1014.2 Egress through intervening spaces.

    Nice catch, it seems to be around 1,000+sf judging by the dims provided. 2 MOE, 1/3 the diagonal, doors swinging out...me thinks they might need a second exterior door from break room or dedicate a corridor to comply.
  4. Papio Bldg Dept

    Accessible Sinks - what is required today

    ADA Standards Homepage
  5. Papio Bldg Dept

    Accessible Sinks - what is required today

    I would reference the 2010 ADA-SAD for new construction, rather than the 2002 Ed. you have linked. Is you jurisdiction still under 2002?
  6. Papio Bldg Dept

    First official newsletter sent

    It was great! Thanks again for all you have done here.
  7. Papio Bldg Dept

    1014.2 Egress through intervening spaces.

    I would consider it as an alternative design and require emergency lighting and signage in break room. I would also question the clear floor space at the door assuming it has a latch and lever. Perhaps a have wall at the exterior door approach for the distance of the clear width would be a...
  8. Papio Bldg Dept

    Adopting 2012 ICC Family - Amendments

    We are reviewing the 2012 ICC Family for adoption this coming spring. Has anyone else reviewed these codes for adoption yet? If so, are there any areas, IRC especially that are being considered for amendment? We are removing the requirement for the fire sprinkler system, per state law, is...
  9. Papio Bldg Dept

    Echo Park pizza parlor struggles to reopen

    this is typically how we work, until as you say that level of mutual respect has been burned. We have all the red tape tools at our disposal, but only dust them off on rare occasions. One GC told us that his guy was working on the stairs and we would need to go around to the walkout slider to...
  10. Papio Bldg Dept

    Echo Park pizza parlor struggles to reopen

    Is that because it's never the owner or GC's fault. Historically there are egregious errors on both sides of the construction/inspection fence, what you should really be taking issue with is people shouldering their share of the blame. I missed the part where the GC said not fixing the other...
  11. Papio Bldg Dept

    Modification for drinking fountain requirement.

    gt...just cracked open my new copy of the 2012 IPC commentary. 410.3 (Substitution) is a new section, and it noted in the commentary that the section was added to clarify the intent of the code as the following quotation indicates: "Although this section is new for the 2012 edition, it only...
  12. Papio Bldg Dept

    Accessible route and entrances

    I also recommend 1007.2 & 1024.6 which require access to the public right of way or an area for assisted rescue in accordance with 1007.8. Where exit stairs are involved 1007.3 may be applicable as well. Accessible entrances are covered in 1105 with some exceptions.
  13. Papio Bldg Dept

    Modification for drinking fountain requirement.

    I use 1109.5 (2006 IBC) for charging as stated earlier. Then I go to the 2003 ANSI/A117.1 1109.5 Drinking Fountains. Where drinking founatins are provided on an exterior site, on a floor or within a secured area, the drinking fountains shall be provided in accordance with Section 1109.5.1...
  14. Papio Bldg Dept

    access through intervening "spaces"

    Thanks lunatick. I am under the 2006 IBC currently. There is no fire separation required between B & S-1, so I am not requiring a corridor. The break room/employee lounge offers a direct path of travel through the room. Being that the space is going to be used as an intervening space for a...
  15. Papio Bldg Dept

    Deck Foundation Sizing Survey

    one thing we have seen, although not prescriptive is the use of engineering to include coefficient of friction in analysis for depths exceeding frost depth. This allowed one developer to use all 8 inch dia footings by making them 56 inches deep versus the 42 inch frost depth required. If I...
  16. Papio Bldg Dept

    Deck Foundation Sizing Survey

    8 inch diameter minimum here...only good for 500 PSF with 1500 soil bearing capacity. We sometimes allow for reductions of footing diameter depending on prescriptive soil analysis in the IRC...
  17. Papio Bldg Dept

    access through intervening "spaces"

    pretty small so not sure if this will work for an image but better than nothing i guess. maybe you can get a general idea from it.
  18. Papio Bldg Dept

    access through intervening "spaces"

    Is the S-1 more, equal or less hazardous than the B? If it was an S-2 compared to a B which would be more hazardous and therefore not comply with intervening space requirement? Currently, there are two exits for each space but they do not meet the 1/3rd diagonal rule, so then I was looking at...
  19. Papio Bldg Dept

    Tenant Finish Plan Review - Door Hardware

    In other words, nobody is really enforcing Section 1008.1.3 of the IBC? If it's existing, then whatever is there is grandfathered is a typical response I get from RDPs. We don't review hardware on shell buildings because we don't assign occupancy to them, but most of our shell specs call out a...
  20. Papio Bldg Dept

    Tenant Finish Plan Review - Door Hardware

    typically I want to know how the existing main door complies with door operations per Section 1008.1.3 of the IBC (2006). If there is a keyed lockset, which typically there is on retail shell, then there is a specific requirement of the code if they choose to leave it. They could always change...
  21. Papio Bldg Dept

    Tenant Finish Plan Review - Door Hardware

    I write comments that cite code section and general compliance issues and either status as approved with comment, pending or rejected depending on whether revisions or additional information is required.
  22. Papio Bldg Dept

    An average day

    Malvina Reynolds version of little boxes is still my favorite version.
  23. Papio Bldg Dept

    Tenant Finish Plan Review - Door Hardware

    kind of like an approval with specific comment addressing or noting compliance conditions? I am not reluctant to specifically comment on compliance concerns, but I am not going to make design decisions for anyone, especially an RDP. If the comment addresses a final occupancy inspection...
  24. Papio Bldg Dept

    access through intervening "spaces"

    I have a B (8k sf) and S-1 (6.5k sf) occupancy Tenant Finish permit in for review. Both Occupancies are separated by a service core/mezzanine, but neither spaces have two exits that meet the 1/3 diagonal rule. Am I off track by not allowing them egress through the other occupancy space or...
  25. Papio Bldg Dept

    Tenant Finish Plan Review - Door Hardware

    I am noticing a tendency to not include existing door hardware in construction documents for tenant finish/change of occupancy projects. In some cases they might reference a Specification or Project Manual that was never provided at submittal, but mostly it isn't even provided there either...
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