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Interior Exit Access Stairway for 3-story building

RLGA said:
It appears that the stair is enclosed from floor to floor. Even though the stairs do not qualify as exit stairs (you cannot go from floor to floor without leaving the enclosure), the enclosure must still be fire-resistance-rated because it would be a pathway through all stories if it was not protected.
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i do show it as fire rated although only one hour since its not truly connecting 4 stories if you rate the underside of the stairs. They have really neutered the options for decorative or communicating stairs....now to just find the real estate to create a stair tower so people dont have to go to the end of the wings if they want to not use the elevator. Seems i got away with one on the past project even under the 2012 IBC
 
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