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exit discharge

  1. Harrison Staab

    Exit Discharge from Interior Exit Stair Remoteness or Separation Distance Requirement?

    For a 5 story (not a high rise) Type III Group R-2 Apartment building fully sprinklered per NFPA 13 in sunny California (CBC 2019): Project has two Interior Exit Stairways connected by a 1-hr corridor exceeding the separation requirement of 1007.1.1 (>1/3 building diagonal per exception 2). Due...
  2. S

    Interior exit stairway and ramp separated from exit passageway by a horizontal assembly

    2015 1023.3.1 Extension. Where interior exit stairways and ramps are extended to an exit discharge or a public way by an exit passageway, the interior exit stairway and ramp shall be separated from the exit passageway by a fire barrier constructed in accordance with Section 707 or a horizontal...
  3. 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...
  4. C

    Exit Discharge

    I've designed an apartment building that has been separated into two buildings by a 2 hr. firewall. This will be used as a horizontal exit for occupants exiting from the left building to the right building. The code official reviewing plans is siting section IBC 2018 1022.1 regarding exit...
  5. C

    Elevated Buildings in flood zone and exit access and exit discharge

    First post - wanted to make a good one. I am trying to interpret a few things mainly including "Building" and "exit discharge". Quick code items = type II-B, full concrete construction, fully sprinklered, Business occupancy, 462 total occupants, 24,217 total SF (1st & 2nd floors), V-22 flood...
  6. R

    Exit Access Stair in Open Parking Garage - Exit Discharge

    Hello all, I'm working on a project that includes a 6 story open parking garage which is non-sprinklered. After my code research, I cannot find a definitive determination if I can have a stair that does not egress directly to the outside of the building. Per IBC 2018 section 1019.3, condition...
  7. M

    Discharge through a fire truck parking shed

    I'm working on a fire station plan that needs two exits one of those exits is discharge directly to an adjacent fire truck parking shed, I need to know can I consider this an exit discharge what part of the code that discuss my case? According to "IBC 2015" 1028.1 General. Exits shall...
  8. 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...
  9. S

    903.2.1.2 Group A-2 & 2nd floor

    The fire area with 2nd story exit terminates at the point of exit discharge, thus the 2nd floor fire area is located on a floor with the same level of exit discharge serving the 1st floor level of exit discharge. OR; Is this what the confusing IBC code actually means?: All new buildings (say...
    • sergoodo
    • Thread
    • 2015 ibc 2nd floor assembly 2nd story assembly 903.2.1.2 assembly assembly exit assembly fire area assembly occupant load assembly sprinkler requirement exit discharge fire area group a level of exit discharge sprinkler requirement
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Commercial Building Codes
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