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    Commercial Kitchen Door Fire Rating

    I'm working with an architect on confirming the rating for a door leading into a commercial kitchen from a dining room. He specified a standard grade 0 hour rated door with standard glass. I didn't approve the specifications and sent notes back after plan review that said the door should have...
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    Unlimited Unprotected Openings in IIIB Building

    Hello Everyone, First time posting and looking for some input. I am doing a preliminary code analysis of an existing building to asses the possibility of a change of occupancy. I am pretty new to Type III construction (background in Type V) so please bear with me if this is a simple one...
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    Travel Distance interpolation?

    I have a large warehouse that meets travel distance increase per 1017.2.2, however, at the exit doors, the ceiling drops to 20'. Do I take the most restrictive 250' allowed TD for the entire space, or could I interpolate, say 75% of the TD is in the area that allows 400' of TD and 25% is in the...
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    Mixed Ceiling Types in one space

    Hey all I'm renting a space that is currently all drop ceiling. We are planning to take one space and remove the drop ceiling. The rest of the space will maintain the drop ceiling. Is there any code against having varying ceiling types in one space?
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    Plumbing fixture calculation

    Hello Everyone, I have a question about calculating plumbing fixture for Banquet hall (A-2) Occupancy. The building in question has a big banquet hall (315 Occupant) and 3 smaller halls (109, 140, 96 occupants) served through a common lobby which itself is very large around 2000 SF (417...
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    Firewall related

    Hello Everyone, I am trying to learn to code and have a very basic question related to IBC Table 506.2. I will take most restricted assembly A2 as my occupancy. As per table for A2 Occupancy and single story sprinkled building, Maximum permissible area is 38,000sf. If I use area modification...
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    Communicating doors in commercial building

    Hello from a newbie in this forum and , more or less, in the world of commercial building ownership. Found the website while researching an idea as it has an article about communicating doors in hotel rooms, signed up, scanned the welcome forum and I hope I am not jumping over my head by asking...
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