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    Frontage Increase and Frontage Perimeter

    We have a building where the allowable area as determined by IBC 2018 equation 5-3 would exceed the allowable area for the ground floor depending on how the value of 'F' in equation 5-5 is determined. The building would be below the allowable area if the full frontage increase were permitted...
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    Building too large for Type of Construction

    As I was researching an existing building's Type of Construction. I think it is most likely a type II-B classification (I still need to do some site investigation to confirm) From photos it is steel structure with no fire proofing. If I reference the allowable sq/ft under Type II-B construction...
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    Calculating Allowable Heights, Areas, and Story Heights

    Wanted to share this piece about heights and areas.
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    Equation 5-2 (Area Increase) Per Tier?

    Is the calculated value from equation 5-2 showing TOTAL area of building (which would be divided by number of tiers to get the SF/tier), or is that the area per tier?
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