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Type V-B fully sprinkled 178,000sf Warehouse building with Group B and S-1 occupancies. Multiple (16) egress doors located around the perimeter. 38,000sf office at one end of building.
IBC Section 1007 indicates "Where more than one means of egress is required by Section 1015.1 or 1019.1 from any accessible space, each accessible portion of the space shall be served by not less than two accessible means of egress."
The Code Commentary follows that up stating, "In new construction and additions, accessible means of egress are required in the same number as the general means of egress, up to a maximum of two"
Commentary further states, "The number of exits or exit access doors is based on occupant load; therefore, no matter how large the total occupant load of the space, two fully complying accessible means of egress are considered to provide sufficient capacity for those building occupants with a mobility impairment"
Can one assume then that travel distance restrictions do not apply to the accessible means of egress? In other words, in a 178,000sf building, you could have just two accessible exits 800 feet apart, as long as you have sufficient non-accessible compliant exits in between?
IBC Section 1007 indicates "Where more than one means of egress is required by Section 1015.1 or 1019.1 from any accessible space, each accessible portion of the space shall be served by not less than two accessible means of egress."
The Code Commentary follows that up stating, "In new construction and additions, accessible means of egress are required in the same number as the general means of egress, up to a maximum of two"
Commentary further states, "The number of exits or exit access doors is based on occupant load; therefore, no matter how large the total occupant load of the space, two fully complying accessible means of egress are considered to provide sufficient capacity for those building occupants with a mobility impairment"
Can one assume then that travel distance restrictions do not apply to the accessible means of egress? In other words, in a 178,000sf building, you could have just two accessible exits 800 feet apart, as long as you have sufficient non-accessible compliant exits in between?