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  1. Arch_teach

    Occupancy calc of a university classroom?

    Hypothetical question for an academic project, seems to be a gray zone to clarify. I instruct an integrated design studio for professional architecture degree. Normally I'm clear on the code, but a question has come up I'm unclear on. Project is a classroom building on a college campus. The...
  2. LGreene

    Fire Hoses

    Hello and Happy New Year! I have a rule against making New Year's resolutions, but I am going to make an effort to proactively share more info here rather than just responding to questions as they come in on this forum that I've been sponsoring for the last few years. I really value all of...
  3. JimmyTreeX

    1 egress/2nd floor unit/2-4 Family Bldg

    Just double checking when it’s acceptable to only have one egress out of a 2nd floor unit (no sprinkler system)? Thank you.
  4. eyan50495

    Exit Discharge on Public Way

    A question came up today at my office about discharging a stair. This is NYS IBC and is a multifamily building. We are trying to determine if your stair can exit onto a public way. We are trying to determine what the code says not necessarily what is good practice. There is a road on our...
  5. eyan50495

    Egress: 2 Separate Rooms into 1

    Hi, we currently have 2 small workout recreation rooms that require 1 means of egress. Both rooms which are adjacent to one another have doors into a rated corridor. The client wants to add a door between these adjacent rooms for access between them. However, if we count both floor areas...
  6. K

    Panic Hardware

    I am working on a vestibule for a commercial space, Grou B occupancy. The second floor exits into this vestibule and has an occupancy load of 25. The first floor has an occupancy load of 42, but has 4 other exits besides the vestibule (5 total). Should I assume that the door into the vestibule...
  7. R

    Changing 2 exit corridor into 1 exit

    Hello Everyone, I have a client that is requesting to block off one of the exits with a pathology lab shown in the red border with the 1024 SF in the middle of it. I've checked the occupancy count and I believe i can get it to be under 49 occupants. (note there were previous modifications to...
  8. P

    Can an elevator be the only means of egress from a small residential below grade parking garage?

    The project is located in San Francisco, CA. It's a three story building with an underground parking garage for three dwelling units. Elevator access is available to all floors. The parking garage (Type U occ) is ~1975sf so the occupant load would be 10. This means that we only need one exit (as...
  9. P

    Egress through parking garage

    Working on a project we took over from another architect. I don't think the egress on the left works. There is no way to exit the garage once you have entered it from the stair and I don't know if the code would allow egress through a garage door. Does anyone know if that would be allowed or...
  10. P

    Basement and egress question

    Hello everyone, I would like opinions on the following: The plan it to finish the basement. This is a link to a 3D rendering of the plan/situation. link to dropbox file The issue: do I need to add a (larger) egress window? Currently there is one window that is not big enough to qualify as and...
  11. K

    Existing Exterior Door in Office

    I am working on an office renovation and recently discovered a door that was covered up. I believe the CEO would enjoy having this door from his office, but it is not required for egress. It is only 32" wide though and want to make sure this is wide enough? The occupant load is 15 and it is...
  12. K

    Panic Hardware

    I am working on a vestibule for a commercial building. The vestibule will serve two tenant spaces. One has an occupancy load of 25 and on has an occupancy load of 68. Both are group B occupancy types. There are individual doors coming into the vesitbule from each space, does this vestibule have...
  13. M

    Egress Through Non-rated Lobby

    Hello Folks. My team and I are in the preliminary design phase for a fire station in the suburb of Seattle area. The building has two stories which requires two interior exit stairways. The code is IBC 2018. Please see the Level 1 plan from the attached link. The most of the occupancy in the...
  14. A

    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...
  15. B

    Storage Room va Bedroom

    Hi all, I am planning on finishing a small room in my basement approximately 13’ x 13’. The plan right now is to use it as an aquarium room where I can store my aquariums. In the area where the room will be, there are no windows. One side of the room is against the slab with my garage above...
  16. eyan50495

    Egress through Intervening Spaces

    Hi, I have a commercial kitchen (F-1) in a basement. The kitchen appears to satisfy the exit remoteness, CPET and required # of exits. However I am a bit confused on NYS IBC 1016.2.2 This small office within the kitchen (for the kitchen managers) is an accessory to the kitchen (<10% of the...
  17. eyan50495

    Single Exit from Basement (Commercial - M)

    Hi All So the Building Dept has reviewed our Life Safety drawings and determined that we need a second means of egress from a basement. This is a Mercantile Occ. with a floor plate of 10,000 SF. The basement in question has 2 stairs, picture a box with one on the midpoint of the left side and...
  18. indyarchyguy

    Security via Maglock at Elevator Lobby?

    Here is the situation: 1. Existing Building - 4th Floor 2. New Tenant with HIGH SECURITY NEEDS 3. Elevator Lobby served by (3) elevator grouping 4. Fire stairs - Accessible via Office area - not through Elevator Lobby 5. 2012 IBC with Amendments I have provided a sketch of the area. I cannot...
  19. 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...
  20. L

    Need input on IBC 2018 1010.1.4.3 and locks as per 1010.1.9.4

    We have a grocery store as a client who has sliding front doors at the entrance. Typical operations is to unlock the doors with a key or a thumb turn which is located on the inside. Section 1010.1.4.3 allows for these doors in all types of applications but we typically see them on grocery...
  21. C

    Public Market Occupancy & Egress

    Hi, I'm wondering about the Occupancy and Egress for a project such as covered open air public market with a 2 story restaurant inside. Any comments appreciated! Thanks!
  22. B

    EERO distance from sill to grade?

    We are working with the 2015 ICC and NYS 2017 supplement. I was told the minimum distance from EERO to grade or landing below is 14 feet, and I can't seem to find this info anywhere. Does anyone know the answer? I am looking at a set of residential plans where the EERO is 16' to grade. Any...
  23. A

    Is a secondary egress required on an attic apartment?

    Hello all, I have a house in Denver categorized a "Conversion," so it had the upstairs converted way back when to an apartment. There is an existing non-code complying egress stair in the back of the house we call it the "hobbit hole." I want to know if I can get rid of it and use the primary...
  24. M

    Egress Swing Direction

    Hello, that's my first thread here and I'm sure it will not be the last one we have a new project that we are working on, it's an academic building located in Alamin Egypt, we have almost all rooms occupant load exceeds 50 which require more than egress door in the room, in addition, making the...
  25. P

    Egress Window for R-2 occupancy

    I have an existing motel project where they would like to replace the windows, but the existing sills are greater than 44" AFF which was acceptable when the structure was built. Would these be required to be lowered to meet current egress code if they are replaced? Thanks, I did a wide search...
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