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    Approved locking in path of egress

    I am working on an office building in Vancouver where there is no direct stair access within the public elevator lobby or the service elevator lobby. This project is following NFPA101 2012 - which I interpreted to allow the elevator lobby to be electronically locked in the path of egress given a...
    • hardwaredetailer
    • Thread
    • code compliance egress electro-magnetic lock elevator lobby
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada
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    TAB Requirement???????

    Hello All, . I am a superintendent for a multifamily property. We just received notice days before our turnover that they requiring a test and balance for each individual unit. There are 77 units. 2018 IBC section 403.3.1.1 (and 403.3.1.5), that validation of your Mechanical Engineers design...
    • skull13
    • Thread
    • code compliance commercial building hvac test
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: United States
  3. Rraddish

    Questionable work by Contractor

    Long time listener, second time poster. I'm hoping to get some feedback on whether my observations are valid code concerns. The project is a large landscape redesign and build for a single family home. The problem involves a contractors work and the plans his structural engineer has...
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    [help] Problematic basement stairway, alternating tread stairs code compliance

    Hi all, I have a very tight stairway space leading from first floor to basement. I can't really do spiral stairway since the opening width is only 3 ft (not sure if I can use hinged floor hatch on the floor so it can be used as hallway when I don't go to basement. Example...
  5. jar546

    Body Cam on Enforcement Officer

    The police are getting all new updated body cams and we are inheriting their old ones to be used by code enforcement to record interactions with the public and contractors when they respond to complaints. We already had an issue that became a "he said, she said" and the enforcement officer in...
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