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means of egress

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    California Accessible Means of Egress for an Existing Building

    I'm working on a few interior TI projects where the means of egress is causing me and some of the designers here to butt heads. I and others on my team have different interpretation on two seemingly contradictory sections of code related to accessible means of egress. Can anyone provide their...
    • arwat23
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    Arched doors and clear opening requirements

    I have a 36x80 arched doorway with the top of arch at 80". The door is the only point of egress out of a small office with Occ. load of 2. It proposed to be a pocket door. Is the "arch" of an arched opening allowed to encroach on the clear opening requirement? Does the line of the arch need to...
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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...
  4. dworrell

    1009.10 Directional Signage

    Hello, How are you satisfying 1009.10 signage requirement? To indicate the location of all other means of egress and which are accessible I would assume a floorplan is needed? Are these required at all elevator landings? 1009.10 Directional signage. Directional signage indicating the location...
  5. Y

    2 Exits Required - Both Need to Be Under 300'?

    Where two exits are required and the max common path of travel is met, does each travel distance to the two exits need to be under 300'? Or does only one travel distance need to be under 300'?
  6. J

    Spiral stair on back yard deck - help please!

    Hi all, thanks for reading. I'm in NYC, currently renovating my home, have a metal grate deck on a second floor on the backyard and I'm building a spiral stair to the first floor so I can get down to the garden without having to go through the bottom floor (it will be rented to a tenant). The...
  7. R

    IBC 1010.1.8 Door arrangement

    Space between two doors in a series shall be 48 inches (1219 mm) minimum plus the width of a door swinging into the space. Does this apply to electrical rooms, telecommunication rooms and mech rooms?
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    Covered Mezzanine Egress?

    We are adding a mezzanine to a library, which is part of a one story school building. The school really wants to glaze the mezzanine wall (rather than having just a railing overlooking the library), so in order to do this, we have to add another means of egress to the mezzanine, which will take...
  9. RANDOM

    Means of Egress - Housing Project

    -IBC 2015 I have a residential housing project in a 3 story building. To provide a correct means of egress, I was wondering if to calculate the occupancy load per each level I should consider 200 (Residential) OLF or 50 OLF (Dormitory). As for now, the project has two stairways that allow...
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