EasilyConfused
Bronze Member
I need to figure out the occupant loads for individual doors for spaces that have access to the corridor.
What I think should be done is to calculate the individual space total occupant loads for the spaces that would typically use that particular corridor as a means of egress, then divide that total occupant load between the doors (say 2 doors) that would access the corridor.
So, say I have 100 occupants that have direct access to a u shaped corridor, I would assign 50 occupants on the left side of the U to one door and 50 to the right side of the U for a total of 100 occupants accessing the corridor but 50 using each of the two doors.
Assuming this is correct, where I start having trouble is figuring out occupant loads per door when it's not as neat an arrangement as the above.
Lets say I have an area that has a bunch of cubicles at one end of a corridor and a large conference room near the middle of the corridor. The corridor has one door at each end.
I'm thinking that the individual door loads would be such that you just anticipate which spaces would use a particular door for egress and you assign those numbers to that individual door, but I'm not sure.
The idea being that one door may have a substantially larger occupant load and the occupant load (say from the conference room in a room at the middle of corridor) may actually be split between the two doors.
In the end however, seems like the total number of occupants that doors are slated to handle should only be required to handle the total number of occupants (say100). Might be split 25 at one door and 75 at the other but total load still needs to add up to 100.
Am I on the right track with this?
Similarly, Lets say I have 3 distinct business areas or business area suites.... potentially even separately leased spaces, I would assign all of those suite space occupant loads to the Exit corridor, but one door pair may be assigned to one suite, another door pair to suite 2 and maybe a portion of suite 3 and the 3rd door only to the remaining portion of occupants for suite 3.
What I think should be done is to calculate the individual space total occupant loads for the spaces that would typically use that particular corridor as a means of egress, then divide that total occupant load between the doors (say 2 doors) that would access the corridor.
So, say I have 100 occupants that have direct access to a u shaped corridor, I would assign 50 occupants on the left side of the U to one door and 50 to the right side of the U for a total of 100 occupants accessing the corridor but 50 using each of the two doors.
Assuming this is correct, where I start having trouble is figuring out occupant loads per door when it's not as neat an arrangement as the above.
Lets say I have an area that has a bunch of cubicles at one end of a corridor and a large conference room near the middle of the corridor. The corridor has one door at each end.
I'm thinking that the individual door loads would be such that you just anticipate which spaces would use a particular door for egress and you assign those numbers to that individual door, but I'm not sure.
The idea being that one door may have a substantially larger occupant load and the occupant load (say from the conference room in a room at the middle of corridor) may actually be split between the two doors.
In the end however, seems like the total number of occupants that doors are slated to handle should only be required to handle the total number of occupants (say100). Might be split 25 at one door and 75 at the other but total load still needs to add up to 100.
Am I on the right track with this?
Similarly, Lets say I have 3 distinct business areas or business area suites.... potentially even separately leased spaces, I would assign all of those suite space occupant loads to the Exit corridor, but one door pair may be assigned to one suite, another door pair to suite 2 and maybe a portion of suite 3 and the 3rd door only to the remaining portion of occupants for suite 3.
