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    Fire Alarm Requirements for Day Care inside Church

    Hello, I am doing an upfit for a church that wants to expand. They are currently in 3000 sqft and are expanding into the unit next door and adding an additional 2400 sqft. Most of this will be a foyer and then also a children's church in the back and nursery. There is fixed seating, so the...
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    Fire Alarm Requirements in Existing Church

    Hiall, I’m working on a 4-floor church (basement + three floors) that had a main water line burst, which caused major structural damage. As part of the renovation, they’re adding an elevator and relocating the kitchen. I’m treating the basement as new space they're turning an old Sunday-school...
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    Architect required by code, project too small for any architect I've spoken to

    Dear all in the know, I feel like I am being forced in to a very silly problem that MUST have a very simple solution that I just can't find. Have a small 1-story commercial building in Dallas, zoned light commercial. Potential tenant for a suite of 1100 sqft is a 10 or 15 members church and...
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    Church Steeple and Cross

    Is the cross considered part of the church steeple? Trying to determine compliance with allowable height. Type VB building. 2012 IBC Section 504.3 allows roof structures of combustible construction to be 20 feet above the allowable building height (in this case allowable building height is 60...
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