Need help with 80,000 sq ft steel building fire codes...New inspector...

[my250r11]

Here you have to pass the state exam before you can inspect. then have 1 yr. to obtain you ICC certs. If AHJ has no BO then has X amount of time to get MOU with neighboring county or the state takes over the dept. If short an inspector the state takes all open permits over and has jurisdiction until replace with a qualified inspector. We just lost our Electrical inspector last week. All the contractors are mad they have to wait for the state now and pay again for permits. When they call us we let them know what they need to do and the state has authority over us. Could be months before we get a inspector hired and pass their state exam to be able to inspect and issue electrical permits.

 

[PEI_Architecture]

coming in to this late, and it may have already be said, but there is no way you are going to get to 80,000 sf w/o sprinklers UNLESS the local official agrees that it can be classified as an F-2 or S-2 occupancy. see unlimited-area, non-sprinkled one-story; if F-2 or S-2 and surrounded totally by 60' open yards (note the yards are to property lines or parallel walls of other buildings ON the same lot). Although counter-intuitive, it is not uncommon (in our area, RV capital of "the world") to have metal-fab pass as F-2.....
Otherwise an 80,000sf II-B/F-1 WOULD need to be sprinkled to get the 300% increase in area (23,000 * (1+300%))=92,000sf

 

[PEI_Architecture]

correction - F-1/II-B is 15,500sf allowable -> (15,500 * (1+300%))=62,000sf still not enough, but IF you can use the exception to 506.2.1 for frontage yard width increase you can get another 150% max making the total allowable 85,250 sf theoretically.....

 

[cda]

correction - F-1/II-B is 15,500sf allowable -> (15,500 * (1+300%))=62,000sf still not enough, but IF you can use the exception to 506.2.1 for frontage yard width increase you can get another 150% max making the total allowable 85,250 sf theoretically.....

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