Good morning fellow code enthusiasts!We are currently experiencing a disagreement in our office as to the requirements for the number of exits required from a corridor, and I feel like everyone is taking crazy pills (except for me). The question revolves around whether corridors require more than one exit. I have always attributed the number of exits required in Section 1015 to rooms and spaces that had a calculated occupant load, and not corridors which I considered an egress pass-through space. I am now being told by very experienced and knowledgeable persons (old farts) that if the corridor is serving more than 50 occupants, it is required to have 2 exits. This blew my mind because I had never considered this, and I am having a hard time tracking it through the code. My thought had always been that you could dump 500 occupants into a corridor leading to one exit, and if it met all of the various egress requirements it would be allowed.Here are the parameters:2009 IBCAssembly occupancy (A-1, Theater)SprinkleredUnrated corridorsTravel distances are within limitsDead-ends are within limitsSee the attached diagram for a simple visual.
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Please let me know how you would interpret this type of scenario and if you have any questions.Thanks in advance! and Happy Holidays!View attachment 2017
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Please let me know how you would interpret this type of scenario and if you have any questions.Thanks in advance! and Happy Holidays!View attachment 2017
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