B2 - LT#1 - Building Codes and Bylaws

Question 1

What is the path of safe exit called?

Answer 1

Means of Egress

Question 2

How does a ramp allow for safe wheelchair use?

Answer 2

Limiting slope, allowing for turning and providing guards and/or curbs

Question 3

What are the means of egress based on?

Answer 3

Occupancy type and occupancy load

Question 4

Where would you find means of egress requirements for large buildings, public use or high hazard buildings?

Answer 4

Part 3

Question 5

Protected path of travel that takes a person to outside the building

Answer 5

Means of Egress

Question 6

True or false, the portion of building on one side of a firewall is considered a separate building?

Answer 6

As long as there is safe access to outside from this separate building, a door through the firewall from the burning building provides egress.

Question 7

What is travel distance based on?

Answer 7

Distance is required to reach an exit based on building use, floor area, and occupant load.

Question 8

How can you increase the travel distance by means of egress?

Answer 8

A sprinkler installation

EX. A classroom of 150 m2 allows for a means of egress doorway to an exit to be no more than 15 M but if the building is sprinkled, the distance may be increased up to 200 m

Question 9

When an occupant load reaches 60 people, what kind of doors are required?

Answer 9

Doors must swing in the direction of travel when exiting.

Question 10

Are exit widths based on occupant loads?

Answer 10

Exist widths for passageways, corridors, and ramps are normally 1,100 MM or 6.1 MM per occupant, whichever is higher.

Question 11

What is an area of refuge?

Answer 11

Areas of refuge are safe, fire-protected areas connected to a means of egress. Fire separation protects them from the rest of the building.

Question 12

BCBC requires what kind of room to be constructed as an area of refuge.

Answer 12

Operating, recovery, delivery, and intensive care rooms.

Question 13

Which part of the BC building Code Book covers the requirements for hoarding?

Answer 13

Part 8

Question 14

When is an engineer-stamped drawing required for hoarding?

Answer 14

If hoarding is structural, supports storage, offices, or lunch buildings over a side walk, the building authority requires engineer-stamped drawings.

Question 15

Where can safety regulations be found for the Demolition of a building?

Answer 15

Part 8 of the BC Building Code

Question 16

Building of an interior partition wall within an existing occupancy may affect the means of egress by:

Answer 16

Increasing the travel distance

Question 17

A means of egress is defined as:

Answer 17

Exits and access to exits

Question 18

Under definitions in the BCBC, the difference between a firewall and fire separation is that a firewall:

Answer 18

1)Is required to be non-combustible construction
2)Subdivides a building
3) Required to have a fire-resistance rating

Question 19

Under the BCBC, a guard is defined as:

Answer 19

A protective barrier to prevent accidental falls

Question 20

Why are hoardings constructed?

Answer 20

To protect people who are not working on the building site.

Question 21

A building under construction poses a hazard to the public and a covered way is required if it is closer than ___ to the public right of way.

Answer 21

3 M

Question 22

A covered hoarding must have a weather-tight roof that is sloped towards?

Answer 22

Sloped toward the project

Question 23

Who determines whether hoarding is adequate and gives the go-ahead for construction or demolition?

Answer 23

The local building authority

Question 24

What is occupant load based on?

Answer 24

Use and floor area.