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    Studio Apartments EERO

    I am converting a first floor commercial space into R-2 apartments and due to the constraints of the space (long rectangular plan with exterior walls only on short ends), the only place for the Emergency Escape and Rescue Opening (EERO - IBC 2018 Section 1030) is directly adjacent to the single...
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    Exterior Stair at Garden Style Apartments

    I’m working on an R2, building type VB, 3 story, NFPA 13 sprinklered apartment building under the 2018 IBC w/ WA State amendments. It’s a garden style apartment with exterior stairs inset between the units. The breezeways/stairways are only present on one side of the building. I included 1...
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    Main water supply for a multi-story apartment, no chase?

    Hi all, Question: I just moved into a multi-story apartment building in Austin, TX and found out that when it was built 3 years ago they didn't route the main water supply through a chase where it would be protected. Instead, it was located in a high traffic area, the dead center of the wall...
  4. Luis Martinez

    ADA?... Apartment unit bathroom

    Right now we are working in an apartment project, 24 units, 2 floors (12 units each). My question is, since the bathrooms as existing are not ADA complaint, if we are to remodel them (moving shower, toilet, and sink) for them to have more of an open space. Would the city want them to become...
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    IBC 2015 R-2 Apartment Building - Interior Bedrooms

    Based on Ch 12 of IBC 2015, habitable spaces must be served by natural or mechanical ventilation as well as natural or artificial light. Technically, this would allow you to provide an interior bedroom that does not have a glazed opening in an exterior wall as long as the artificial light...
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