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  1. archiyahoo

    Heavy Timber (Type of Construction IV C) Used in Remodel of Existing Unlimited Area II B Building

    The title summarizes the predicament. The existing building is a tilt-up concrete exterior, single story construction with appr. 40' x 50' unprotected type II B structure holding the roof by means of 4' deep truss joists with a few shear walls and open web joists running in the other direction...
  2. rjjh

    Prefabricated container hotel is type 1 construction - are unlimited area requirements in 507 and rear yards required?

    This is probably an easy answer… I have a modular prebfab container hotel that is: manufactured as type 1 construction, steel and concrete primarily R-1 and B occupancy, Proposed mixed occupancy non-separated, single story and proposed area of 24,000 sf. CBC 506.2 shows the tabular...
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    • 503 507 california california building code container hotel modular prefab type 1 unlimited area
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  3. N

    Education use in an unlimited area building

    I have a client who has a school located in a flex warehouse building. The building itself is 190,500 sf. The school takes up approximately 38,500 sf of this building. There are two other tenants in this building, separated from the school by a 3hr rated wall. First, I am a bit confused, as...
  4. J

    Separate Fire Areas and Unlimited Areas

    Hi All, We have a natatorium addition (A3, IIB, one story, 15,000 SF) to an existing rec center (A3, IIB, one story, 33,000 SF) which would put us over the allowable area, so we've provided a 2 hour separation between existing and new to create separate fire areas, which we're assuming is...
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