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    Open Parking Garage- Large vehicles

    Hello All, with a parking garage Type I construction used for school buses on ground floor and regular vehicle (employees of a building) on the upper deck. The consensus is that the occupancy of the parking is S-2. I'm confused about sprinklers requirements? my understanding of code, if the...
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    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...
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    Penetration Firestopping in open parking garages.

    Code allows me to have unprotected vertical openings. Code allows me to have unprotected joints (715). Code does not allow me to have a pipe penetration (that is right next to a unprotected opening) unless I provide penetration firestopping. (714) Am I reading the code right? Logically it...
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