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  1. admiralArchArch

    NFPA 101 Chapter 43 Rehabs and Sprinkler Requirements.

    I could use some help interrupting 43.6.4.2 with respect to reconstruction. Paraphrased below: My interpretation is this is not a blanket statement requiring for sprinklers in all occupancies no matter what, but if your occupancy type has a specific requirement for automatic fire sprinklers...
  2. D

    IBC 'Nonseparated Occupancies' and NFPA 101 'Mixed Occupancies'

    Hi All, Long time viewer, first time poster. I'm working on a small commercial project and running into a disagreement with the Fire Marshall regarding required Fire Separations in a multiple occupancy building. I mostly do residential work so appreciate everyone's experience on this. From...
  3. C

    Stair landings and office politics

    Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. I'd love to get anyone's take/advice on how you'd handle a situation with code compliance. I'm new to an office and was asked to help do some field reports for a project far along in CA. I was specifically asked to check the stairs and found one to...
  4. J

    NFPA 101 - Grab Bars

    Our company was just pinged for grab bars at EVERY restroom. The plans that we built to, and are accustom to, show grab bars in the ADA units and provisions (blocking) to convert all ground floor units if needed. Fire Marshal here is stating that we need the actual bars installed in every...
  5. M

    Exterior Stair 10 ft. rule of thumb

    Greetings, 1- I work on a residential building (Dormitories) G+2 with three means of egress as illustrated below, the building consists of two branches and has the main stair in the middle that could be used as an egress stair, the problem begins with 10 ft. rule as you can see in the...
  6. M

    Career Development regarding codes and standards

    Greetings everyone, I'm an architect from Egypt, I need to know what type of code courses that will help me to develop my skills and my career path regarding Building codes and Life safety codes. I use IBC 2015 and NFPA 101 daily at the design development stage, I make Tender and construction...
  7. LGreene

    Proposed Change to NFPA 101

    Several changes have been proposed for the 2018 edition of NFPA 101, which would allow the locking devices on classroom doors to be released with 2 operations instead of 1. I haven't found any research or data to show that this would not have a negative impact on life safety. The NFPA...
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