2018 IBC/2018 IFC
I have a new building that is proposed that is F1 at 15000 sq ft. main floor plus additional 3750 sq ft that is S-1. They were told they would need sprinklers initially. They decided to separate the main portion of the building with a 3-hour fire wall to reduce the total area of the F-1 occupancy to avoid placing automatic sprinklers. The reduced area is 11500 square feet. My question is would the S-1 area and the remaining part of the F-1 building which totals 15250 square feet still need to have automatic sprinklers (unless they chose to separate the S-1 area). Any guidance would be appreciated on this area. Thank you.
I have a new building that is proposed that is F1 at 15000 sq ft. main floor plus additional 3750 sq ft that is S-1. They were told they would need sprinklers initially. They decided to separate the main portion of the building with a 3-hour fire wall to reduce the total area of the F-1 occupancy to avoid placing automatic sprinklers. The reduced area is 11500 square feet. My question is would the S-1 area and the remaining part of the F-1 building which totals 15250 square feet still need to have automatic sprinklers (unless they chose to separate the S-1 area). Any guidance would be appreciated on this area. Thank you.