I am doing a tenant improvement exiting calculation for an office building. 3 story building, 2 stairs, 21,000 sf./floor, Type I-B construction, sprinklered, California Building Code. Most of the office space is open, with workstations and a few private offices and a few conference rooms. The intent is to not create any corridors on the 2nd & 3rd floors. Tenant wants the space to feel very open. Most office and conf. room walls are glass. Stairs and elevator shafts are 2-hour rated. Stairs will feed into rated corridors on the ground floor.
My question is: how is the occupant load figured when the space is "open" for workstations to be installed? There will have to be "clear paths" between workstations for circulation and accessibility. Do we have to count the potential "clear paths" at 100 sf/occupant, or can we deduct that area from the floor area before calc'g the open spaces at 100 sf/occ? Conf rooms will be calc'd at 15 sf/occ.
Thanks
My question is: how is the occupant load figured when the space is "open" for workstations to be installed? There will have to be "clear paths" between workstations for circulation and accessibility. Do we have to count the potential "clear paths" at 100 sf/occupant, or can we deduct that area from the floor area before calc'g the open spaces at 100 sf/occ? Conf rooms will be calc'd at 15 sf/occ.
Thanks