Hi all,
I have an assembly occupancy atop 4 levels of Business occupancy - level 5 is conferencing and bar.
All B occupancy floors can adequately be served by 2 stairs. To ensure maximum usable square foot at top level A occupancy I propose to add a stair - grouping 2 stairs at one location and the other separated by half the diagonal.
Is it a problem to have 67% of occupants served in one direction and 33% in other? I would be using all the required stair width (5350 sq.ft. - 0.37" per occupant - 3 No 44" stairs).
We fall under SBCCI 1999 Standard Building Code
Thanks in advance for your usual excellent input.
I have an assembly occupancy atop 4 levels of Business occupancy - level 5 is conferencing and bar.
All B occupancy floors can adequately be served by 2 stairs. To ensure maximum usable square foot at top level A occupancy I propose to add a stair - grouping 2 stairs at one location and the other separated by half the diagonal.
Is it a problem to have 67% of occupants served in one direction and 33% in other? I would be using all the required stair width (5350 sq.ft. - 0.37" per occupant - 3 No 44" stairs).
We fall under SBCCI 1999 Standard Building Code
Thanks in advance for your usual excellent input.