PatrickGSR94
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In the jurisdictions where most of my firm's projects are located, building officials usually like to see our table of the various occupant load areas (assembly areas, business, kitchens, etc) add up to the total Gross Floor Area of the building.
IBC defines the gross floor area as the area measured to the inside face of the exterior walls. But say we have a restaurant with dining areas and waiting areas (assembly net areas), kitchen (gross), maybe an office (gross), and then restrooms and maybe a hallway, plus various walls separating the different net and gross areas.
If I draw my area boundary lines to the faces of walls in the dining area, what do I do with the interior walls themselves, plus the restrooms and hallways? Do I include an entry in my area table just for the walls? I will usually include one for the restrooms and hallway and just show those as normally unoccupied. But if there are other remotely located walls between net areas, how should I categorize those?
IBC defines the gross floor area as the area measured to the inside face of the exterior walls. But say we have a restaurant with dining areas and waiting areas (assembly net areas), kitchen (gross), maybe an office (gross), and then restrooms and maybe a hallway, plus various walls separating the different net and gross areas.
If I draw my area boundary lines to the faces of walls in the dining area, what do I do with the interior walls themselves, plus the restrooms and hallways? Do I include an entry in my area table just for the walls? I will usually include one for the restrooms and hallway and just show those as normally unoccupied. But if there are other remotely located walls between net areas, how should I categorize those?