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  1. frankjr

    California MagLocked Showroom Door

    My building is an Auto Dealership in Anaheim, California. The showroom has 5 glass door exits that are all potential means of egress from the building. The showroom doors are always open/unlocked except after hours when the business is closed down at night and secured. Currently, we secure...
  2. LGreene

    Equipment/Artwork on Corridor Walls

    Where can I find the code requirements related to equipment mounted on a rated corridor wall - like an internet router or a component used as part of a wireless access control system to extend the communication between the locks and the panel? Does the equipment have to carry a specific listing...
  3. LGreene

    Number of Operations for ACCESS

    I really need some help with this one. I have been contacted about a new apartment building in California where each dwelling unit has an electronic lock on the door leading from the corridor to the apartment. For egress, turning the lever retracts both the latchbolt and deadbolt, so this goes...
  4. LGreene

    What's an access-controlled egress door?

    I know the answer to this question. The problem is trying to convince people of the answer. There is a section in NFPA 101 with this title, and there was a section in the IBC until the 2015 edition when it was changed to "Sensor Release of Electromagnetically Locked Egress Doors." I have been...
  5. LGreene

    UL 294 - Standard for Access Control

    I've seen quite a few requests from AHJs lately, asking to see the UL 294 listings for all of the electrified hardware installed on the project. The listing is not required by the model codes for every piece of electrified hardware, so I wrote a follow-up article to help clarify...
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