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accessible means of egress

  1. M

    Brain Teaser: Fire Access Redundancy

    I’m researching fire‑access best practices and I’m hoping you can provide clarity on how remoteness should be measured. I’ve attached a diagram showing potential access points for reference. Point A: entrance to multifamily subdivision from primary road. Point B: entrance to MF subdivision from...
    • MPLey
    • Thread
    • access road redundancy accessible means of egress fire & life safety fire access road remoteness
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Fire Codes IBC / IRC
  2. P

    Elevator Standby Power for Accessible Means of Egress

    I am working on a 5-story condo in Florida (4 levels of type 3A residential over 1 level of parking). The typical floor is the standard double loaded corridor with stairs at either end and an elevator in the middle opening directly to the corridor (no elevator lobby). I am trying to see if...
  3. M

    Accessible Means of Egress requirements at Stairs

    Hello! In 11B.207 - Accessible Means of Egress in the California Building Code notes that Means of Egress shall comply with Chapter 10, Section 1009 and Section 11B-207. Exception 4 states that Doors that provide access only to interior or exterior stairways shall not be required to comply with...
  4. arwat23

    California Accessible Means of Egress for an Existing Building

    I'm working on a few interior TI projects where the means of egress is causing me and some of the designers here to butt heads. I and others on my team have different interpretation on two seemingly contradictory sections of code related to accessible means of egress. Can anyone provide their...
    • arwat23
    • Thread
    • accessibility code accessible means of egress california building code means of egress
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Accessibility Codes
  5. L

    1009.2.1: Does roof deck require elevator as Accessible means of egress?

    Here's the situation: We have a four-story Type IIIB condo building under the 2015 IBC. Elevator served, with two interior exit stairs. The top floor is the fourth story, which has two main types of spaces on it: 1. Enclosed residential spaces that are only the upper stories of multi-story...
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