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Fire Separation Distance Between New and Existing Building with Windows From the 2021 IBC Commentary: The Commentary says: Fire separation distance is the distance from the exterior wall of the building to one of the three following locations, measured perpendicular to the exterior wall face: an interior lot line [see Commentary Figure 202 (19)]; the centerline of a street or public way [see
Occupant Load for an Indoor Sports Facility - The Building Code Forum I am trying to determine the occupant load from table 1004 1 1 for an indoor sports facility (Using the 2009 IBC) The facility will be a 180' x 300' (54,000 s f ) clear span metal building used for indoor sports activities such as a soccer field
When does a stair require a handrail? | The Building Code Forum IBC 2018 1011 11 requires handrails on "Flights of Stairways", both flight and stairways are defined in chapter 2 A single change in elevation is not a flight nor a stairway as defined by the model IBC, thus single changes in elevation do not require handrails, the IBC even has an exception that says so, not sure why, but it does
Changes in the 2024 International Building Code (IBC) The 2024 IBC® contains many important changes such as: Duties and powers of the building official: an overall reformat of Section 104 regulating duties of the building official, the approach for reviewing for code compliance has been significantly updated to reflect the current manner that alternate materials, designs and methods are evaluated
Area Calculation Clarification - The Building Code Forum I have a somewhat basic (dumb?) question about area calculations - Reading through the 2009 IBC it defines building area as: 502 1AREA, BUILDING The area included within surrounding exterior walls (or exterior walls and fire walls) exclusive of vent shafts and courts Areas of the building
Define: Monumental Stair - The Building Code Forum I am having a hard time finding what defines a "monumental stair"? Are there any code interpretations that I am missing regarding this? Specifically having to do with the handrail requirements? Thanks in advance,
Break Room Occupancy Load Factor - The Building Code Forum For the purposes of determining egress requirements, is there an IBC code-defined description limit of when an office "break room" ceases to be calculated with the "business area" load factor and is subject to the "unconcentrated" assembly area load factor? Some cities like the City of Boise
Occupancy for small conference break rooms - The Building Code Forum Using 2009 IBC, I believe the correct loading would be to use an assembly loading from Table 1004 1 1 for a break room or conference room In your scenario, what is 750 sq ft - the entire tenant space or the conference room alone? Assume this type of scenario: A conference room (for employees only) in a multi-floor office building
Fire-separation between units of multi-unit commercial building I have seem some AHJ apply IBC Section 402 4 2 1 for separation of tenant suites; however, I strongly disagree with this practice, as Section 402 only applies to mall buildings 402 4 2 1 Tenant Separations Each tenant space shall be separated from other tenant spaces by a fire partition complying with Section 708 A tenant separation wall is not required between any tenant space and the mall