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    Condo Tenant Improvement IBC or IRC?

    We have a 63-unit condo building under construction. It was designed under the IBC 2018 and incorporates the required number of type A Dwelling Units and all other units were designed to be type B Dwelling Units per the ANSI 117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. There have been...
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    Common Rooftop and Egress in chicago

    We have a 15 unit residential building with a common elevator and 1 staircase leading to the rooftop. At the moment the penthouse floors each have an internal staircase in their unit leading to a doghouse and a private area of their roof. Question is could we use remainder of rooftop as common...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    Does the first of these Code sections conflict with the other two? For context, see below. Section 606.3: Access to valves. Access shall be provided to all full-open valves and shutoff valves. Section 405.6: Water-tight joints. Joints formed where fixtures come in contact with walls or...
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    Accessibility and Multi-building Condo Development

    Hello - We have a project where the owner wants to convert all of his units to condos. There are 9 duplexes on the development. I know that for fair housing (and I think IBC) only buildings with 4 or more units apply. BUT, I'm assuming that since all 18 units are part of the same development...
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    Condo conversion requirements?

    Hello everyone, Our client is looking at a typical, existing three-story, wood-framed, non-sprinklered, 24-unit apartment building, surrounded by an expanse of parking lot on all sides, that was originally constructed in the late 80's in central Florida. It has open, common hallways and...
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