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ibc 2018

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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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    Large digital display array considered a wall finish & required to comply with Section 803??

    2018 code - Virginia Existing Building Construction Type - IB Use Group - A-3 & Business non-separated mixed use The project consist of building a new metal stud wall w/ gyp board finish that will support a large digital display (array of smaller screens) approximately 23' wide x 21' tall. The...
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    Means of Egress Illumination

    The IBC states (1008.2): I have a question regarding the word "serving". I can interpret the above either as: Referring only to the portion of the MoE up to (but not including) a given room Referring to the entire MoE from an occupiable space, including portions of the room itself. Under...
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    1205 Yards and Courts distinction- partially bound on two sides.

    Situation: residential units at an inside corner of the building. Trying to meet glazed area requirements but have limited linear exterior dimension. Proposed solution: Notch in the exterior wall at the corner (~2' both sides)(see crude diagram below). This way, we can fit a larger glazing unit...
  5. nickedemus

    NJ IBC - Fire Rating Between Townhomes

    Hello there! We are doing CDs for new townhomes in NJ--occupancy R-5 in IBC. I'm having a difficult time figuring out what the fire rating should be at the tenant separation walls. I must be looking in the wrong place in the code. I've seen this go horribly wrong in the past, with a massive...
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    IBC 2018 1027.5 Exterior Exit Stairway Location

    Hi, I have an R-2 occupancy, Type VB construction, that is 2 stories. The second story is served by one open/exposed exterior exit stairway at a landing serving 4 individual dwelling units. The exterior stairway runs along the exterior wall of one of the units toward an open yard, and I...
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    IBC 2018 Horizontal Sliding Doors 1010.1.4.3

    I have a question regarding 2 sections of this code, related to horizontal sliding doors. This one is pretty straightforward: The force required to operate the door shall not exceed 30 pounds (133 N) to set the door in motion and 15 pounds (67 N) to close the door or open it to the minimum...
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