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egress court

  1. rjjh

    Egress Courts and exterior wall ratings

    I have a hotel buuisiness/clubhouse with 2 enclosed exterior courtyards, the building is mixed use and non-separated. egress from the various structures in the complex run through the exterior courts to exits around the perimeter gates. but, there are a few pinch points (listed below) between...
  2. L

    Egress Into Open Air Courtyard from Second Floor

    I'm currently designing a restaurant that is landlocked on all 3 sides. It's only 25' in width, 66' in length, and we plan to build to the property line. This only allows for one accessible means of egress to exit out of the building into the public right of way. I'd like to put a basement and a...
  3. J

    Daycare Enclosed Playground

    Hi and thanks for your help and time with this. I have an operational daycare center in NJ with an enclosed fenced in courtyard which I am trying to use as the designated "playground" for the childcare center. I was told the area needed to have a direct path to the street in order to be...
  4. J

    Egress Court Question

    We are having a dispute with a building reviewer regarding an Egress Court (2015 IBC Section 1028.4.2). We have two stairs that exit our building (5-story R-2 over 2-story S-2 garage) on the same side of our property. The stairs are inset and exit 10'-8" away from the property line. The...
  5. M

    Exterior and interior Exits Discharge

    I'm working on 4 stories hotel with 3 exits discharge serving the 4 stories and one exit discharge serves one story the exits discharge for 4 stories are 3 stairs, one of those discharge directly to the exterior of the hotel while the others discharge inside the building, also the stair that...
  6. LGreene

    Fire Door Latching - During/After the Fire

    Sorry - 2 questions in one day that I need help with. I recently received a question about why doors with fire exit hardware don't open during the hose-stream portion of a fire test (or when hit by a hose stream in an actual fire). The reason is because the latching hardware basically fuses in...
  7. M

    Bridge/catwalk spanning over egress court allowed?

    Has anyone worked on a project where a bridge/catwalk (that serves as a hall on upper residential floors) was allowed to span across the side of an egress courtyard that abuts to a public right of way? I'm thinking this is not allowed since the bridge inhibits the court from being "open to the...
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