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    1-HR BEARING WALL IN VA: PROTECT STUDS AT DOOR OPENINGS? Not a fire barrier, fire partition or fire wall

    Type VA construction using 2015 IBC, bearing walls which are not fire barriers, fire partitions or fire walls clearly must be 1-hour rated per Table 601. The walls we are looking at here are typically wood-framed bearing and/or shear walls within R-2 dwelling units in mid-rise 6-8 story V-on-I...
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    B & R3 separation & sprinkler

    Please post any conflicting interpretations and comments...most helpful.
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    Table 601, footnote d

    Type IIIA construction: R2 occupancy, Steel column structure, concrete slabs over metal deck floors. storefront glass system for the exterior. According to Table 601, under IIIA we are allowed to have a primary structure of 1 hour. Per 704.10, if the structural members are located within the...
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