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Small assembly spaces:

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Less than 50 person, and if they are accessory to a different occupancy, they should be considered as Business

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Assembly in E occupancy

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A room or space used for assembly pipe poses that is associated with a group E is not considered a separated occupancy.

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A1
A2
A3
A4
A5

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Fixed seating
Food and drink
Worship, recreation, amusement not classified elsewhere (Libraries)
Viewing of indooor sporting
Viewing outdoor sport

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B

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Office and professional or service type transactions including storage of records and accounts

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F1
F2
H

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Moderate hazard:
Low hazard
High hazard H1 H2 H3 H4 H5

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I-1:

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16 people (excluding staffs) who reside on 27 hours.
Assisted living
Drug rehab
Group homes
Residential board

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Board house

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You can rent one of the rooms from landlord and stay there for a reason

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Buildings of a district have been built after a new set back line. You are going to build another building. New setbacks or the updated one?

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You can make a proposal for City and request to building according to relevant setbacks of other buildings and follow them

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FAR

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Above grade
About massing
Allows air and light to penetrate or reach to neighbor’s buildings

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Typical parking space

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9*19 typical

Or 8 by 20
10 by 20 luxury

Grocery spaces: wider
Small offices: narrower :8’

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Size of a parking per car

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300 sf -350 sf
Include the drive aisle

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12
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Site triangle

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Keep the space open to have view over the street
You can have: trees, signage, etc if they do not block the view

Local street smaller angle
Collector street : maybe larger angel

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Size of handicap parking

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(8*2) x 19
Or
13’ x 19’ (Aisle width: 5’)

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Wetland
Watershed

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Can be dry or wet
If you have to use a portion of there’s area, you have to have it somewhere else if extend the existing one in a different direction

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Egress stairs

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Travel path on a stair: depends on occupants, for example if they are kids, should be 100% of the width of one stair. (It will go curve on the intermediate landing)

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Stairwells - egress stair well

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The most fire protected area to be

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Guardrail
Swing of door
Guardrail height
Handrail height

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Anytime above 2’

Door swing in the direction of the travel path

42”

34” to 38”

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18
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Exterior diameter of handrails
Riser tread
Railing extension

Wide stairs for 3 people

Typical egress stair width:

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1 1/2”
7” - 11”
12” up 11” down - wrap back to the wall

You need to have handrails for the middle person within 5 to 6’

44” or the occupant load x 0.3 - whichever larger

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Flame spread

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How fast fire can be spread
If you are using a finish that flame spread very fast, then the assembly will start burning faster. If the finish is slow in flame spread, then the walls start burning slower

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Flame spread that create a lot smoke

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That is a part of flame spread characteristic of an assembly

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Fire rating wall

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Is not just about fire, it’s about smoke and heat as well

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22
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Energy codes
ASHARE

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Watt per sf calculations
X amount for heating and y amount for cooling - every year it gets better (people consume less)

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23
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ADA

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1:20 to 1:12 is accessible ramp

Railing is needed if it’s higher than 30”

Lower than 1:20 no needs for railing

Landing if it’s higher than 30”

All entrances (back and front) will need accessible ramp

The entire accessible egress should be leveled, if not, you will need ramp

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24
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Lift

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Need a signage for instruction

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25
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Audio / visual
Way finding

Telegraphing information

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Audio alarms can be heard everywhere in a corridor (almost)

Visual cannot be visible on a everywhere

Signage for facilities then they can read

Way finding: it’s not part of Ada yet.

Telegraphing information: like bumps that you can have under an interior stair to let blind people know that there is something going on . Or bumps next to a railing platform station - or different levels in a lobby, we can use kind of design that blind people can feel it - or putting an object under a picture that is hung on the wall to let blind people know that they need to be careful and not hitting themselves to an object on the wall

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26
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Reaching range

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15” to 48”
Surface of a toilet : 17” 19”
The middle of napkins dispenser to the finish floor: 19”
The lower line of a mirror to the finish floor: 40”
The surface of a sink to the finish floor: 29”
Shelves: 15 to 48
The grab bar behind toilet : 36”
The grab bar on side wall: 42”+ 12” gap
The clearance for sink: 30”
x 48” same for urinal
Outlet: 18” to 48”
Side reach range can be 54” max

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27
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Accessible stair riser and tread
Push side
Pull side
Psi
Width of the door

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7/11
12”
18”
Pressure that needed to open the door
Clear 32” (size of the door :37”)

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Pull side entry - direct approach
Front approach- push side
Hinge approach - Pull side
Hinge approach - Push side
Latch approach pull side
Latch approach push side

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18” inch space
60” depth clearance for wheelchair
12” for space and 48” clearance
36” space & 60” clearance or 42” space & 54” clearance
22” space & 42” clearance
24” space and 48 “ clearance
24” space and 42” clearance

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29
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Minimum width for passageway
(Clear)

Clear floor space for wheelchair

Niche

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36” min or occupant load x 0.2 whichever is greater.
You can have 32” but the length of that passage way should be 2’

30” x 48”

More space : if it’s more than 15 depth, the clear space is 30” x 60”

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30
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Transition in level

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1/4” no need to bevel

1/4” to 1/2” - slope of 1:2 is needed

What if we do not have enough space to have a 1:2 slope?
Then you need to have 1/4” vertical without bevel and the rest of that (1/4”) should be sloped 1:2

31
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ADA bathroom

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Tubes: seated tube or flexible hose
Grab bars height: 33” to 36”
Vertical grab bar: 18” and 4” far from the horizontal grab bar toward inside

Vertical Distance between vertical grab bar and horizontal: 3-6

32
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Who I’d responsible for code in DBB

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Architect
Architect
Architect

33
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Design build

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Initial by architect
Cd set, the responsibility shifts to contractor

34
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Fast track

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Authorities should be part of the team

35
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What is going to drive the design process?

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Zoning
Fire rating
ADA

36
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How much area do you need for the vestibule on the preliminary plan for a library

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Public? Has to be ada
7’ width

37
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Typical stair size in office
Residential

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10x20
Smaller for residential:

38
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What factors can determine the construction type for a building?

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Occupancy (do we have one occupancy?)

39
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What part of a theater is a good place for accessible chairs?

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It should be distributed every where

40
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The egress distance allowed for the apartment building will be dependant on?

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The construction type (wood joist?) should be shorter

Is it a sprinkler building or not

Is the structure is more robust(fire rating) If so, longer distance

How tall is the building
Are there fire-rated walls in the egress corridor

41
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How many egress stairs we need

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More than 49 usually trigger the two-stairs
How many exit doors you will need?
Check the Occupancy and diagonal distance to determine the exit doors

42
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Who is responsible for:

Stormwater pollution and n prevention plan

Tree preservation and demoition plan

Room finish schedule
Foundation plan

Site photometric

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Civil
Landscape architect
Architectural drawings
Structural drawings
Electrical engineering

43
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During a renovation of a factory, you realize you need to change a portion of the building from f occupancy to h occupancy. What else should be reviewed for changes?

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International Energy Conservation Code: No, this will not be changed due to a change from F to H

National electric code (NFPA 70)

Life Safety Code NFPA 101

Ada: No

Nfpa 13: sprinkler system

International mechanical code

44
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Checklist of building code to review each project

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IBC: Yes
NFPA 13: no, we need it when we need sprinkler system
IECC: yes
ADA: yes
NFPA 101: yes
NFPA 70: National Electric Code
NFPA 99: Healthcare
International mechanical code

45
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The best idea for firms to have checklists of codes

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Perform a separate code analysis for each project using an office template

46
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What will be determined according to IECC codes

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Total building performance requirement

Glazing thickness: No, it’s by IBC

Electrical power consumption

Lighting controls

Ventilation requirement? No mechanical code will take care of that

Wall insulating n requirement: Yes

Just remember the comcheck: you had electrical and mechanical, wall insulation, not the glass thickness,
Lighting requirement (you have added the lighting fixture info

47
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The flood zone district that we have for a business use

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Is an overlay district

48
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NFPA 13 D
NFPA 13R
NFPA 13

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13 R: Sprinkler system in low-rise residential occupancies

13 D:
Family dwelling one or two
NFPA 13: for example school

49
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Accessible parking
Check to see if the numbers are correct

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1-25. 1
26-50. 2
51-75. 3
76-100. 4
100-150. 5
150-200. 6
200-300. 7
300-400. 8
400-500. 9
500-1000. 10

50
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Two-way communication system

Lift

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TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Activation of standby power is typically automatic and is not a requirement of the two-way communication system

Instructions for summoning assistance
Instructions for summoning assistance via the two-way communication system must be posted.

The identification of fire extinguisher locations is not part of the requirements for the two-way communication system.

Identification of the location
Written identification of the location of the area of refuge must be posted to direct assistance to the specific location

Directions for use
Directions for how to use the two-way communication system must be posted.

For lift: standby power is needed.

According to the 2010 ADA Standards, emergency communication is required for standard elevators and private residential elevators. It is not required for platform lifts.

A full sprinkler system is designed to automatically respond to a fire when the sprinkler heads are activated by the heat from the fire.

51
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which of the following is permitted as a ground or floor surface meeting ADA requirements
asphalt carpet, concrete, gravel tile, wood 

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Asphalt concrete tile wood

52
Q

Which of the following is a prime generator of harmful off-gassing?
carpet
particleboard
paint
plastic pipes
Portland cement
stainless steel, 


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Carpet
particleboard
Paint 


53
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VOC’s
What are California Air Resources Board standards
CARBS
NALFA (North American laminated floor association)

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Engineered wood
Treated woods
Formaldehyde in treated wood
Carpet
Formaldehyde is a cheap glue.
Exposing to a large amount: of cancer
Arsenic
In wallpaper
Paint
Mdf
Particle board
Fireplaces also have formaldehyde

Don’t paint them (can be a solution)

CARBS AND NALFA promote better indoor

You can specify no VOCs or low VOCs

54
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NFPA 13D
NFPA 13R

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NFPA 13D
Correct. NFPA 13D is an automatic sprinkler system that is allowed in one- and two-family dwellings as well as townhomes, and is intended to provide life safety and not building protection. It is for residential occupancies and supplies the sprinkler system off of the domestic water service.
NFPA 13R

55
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To test if an interior slab is good
What tests should be mentioned on specification?

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Compression test
Correct. The compression test verifies the compressive strength of the concrete at specified intervals.
Flatness test
Correct. Since precision instruments are going to be used in the space, it is important that the floor flatness/levelness is within the tolerance specified by the equipment vendors.
Slump test
Correct. The slump test verifies the workability of the concrete mix.
Air content test
Incorrect. This test is used to measure the air entrapment within the mix to counteract freeze/thaw conditions. As this is an interior slab, the temperature should remain consistent year round. This particular test is more common with exterior concrete.

56
Q

Slope for ADA

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1:12
For cross slope: 1:48 or 2%

57
Q

When the exit is 75’ above the lowest level of fire access

A

Then we need to pressurize the stairs to keep the smoke out
Or underground building by

58
Q

which regulatory elements or a national, or a state or local

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ADA is national
fair, housing act is national
architectural licensure is state
billing codes better to be state because it’s adopted by states however international building code is national
Zoning ordinance and master plan are local zoning ordinances, and the master plan is low, called
Historical overlays is local
Covid nant is a local 

59
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ADA vs A117.1 (IBC)

A

Ada clear floor area: 30 x48
A117.1: 3x52. (new construction)

60
Q

Fire separation distance
Very important

A

Half of the distance between two building
Or the distance between lot line to the building
Or
Half the way cross the street and the building

61
Q

What is the idea of parapet for?

Where don’t we need parapet?

A

Where the exterior wall is required to be

If the building foot print is less than 1000
It’s not required if the wall hit the 2 hour non combustible roof
Exceptional for residential

Where the wall is permitted to have at least 25% unprotected opening, you don’t have to have parapet

62
Q

Concrete block with gypsum board

A

3 hr

63
Q

Gypsum board type X

A

Denser core with glass fibers
5/8 thick

Between a boiler room and the rest of apartment type x drywall 

64
Q

If you are renovating a historic building, I need the code of a show to be flexible and watch real is the code for flexible
fire code
accessibility

A

Fire code
You can find a way for fire code but for accessibility it has to be there otherwise levitation

65
Q

Why are y’all buildings step back after x floor

A

For fire separation
Air and light

66
Q

What is the best practice in a fire?
Pressurize
Exhaust

A

Both

67
Q

Turtles to be aware of

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50 and more than 50 people in a room triggers, the requirement of a second egress
300 people and more in a building, triggers, the requirement for central fire alarm system, safe areas, backup generator
Assembly one is a trigger
Reassurance is a trigger
Hotels are
If you have a residential building and you have more than 16 rooms, that is a trigger 

68
Q

Level of renovation

A

Repair: like patching
Lever 1 alteration
Changing or replacing - covering - new fixture - like replacing seats in the balking of a theater
Lever 2 alteration
Eliminating
Door or window
New ac system
Changing hvac

Lieberman three
More than 50% of the busking (you need to meet with your code official)

69
Q

If a conference room is in a business building has the occupancy less than 49 people, then what is the occupancy of the conference room?

A

As long as it’s less than 50 people, the occupancy is a B not A

70
Q

Incidental
Accessory
Non seperated
Seperated

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-we have an office that has a boiler room inside. We can call the boiler room an incidental use as long as it’s smaller than 10% of the total area of the office. It becomes B occupancy. In this case, look at section 509 incidental use. (for example, the table says if we have a furnace we need to have an hour-rated wall, it’s still B occupancy but the fire)
To have a room identified as incidental use, it should be mentioned in Table 509!!

What is it’s a storage area within the office and it’s not on the incidental table 509? That storage is less than 10% or more?

storage area less than 10% and is used primarily by the occupant, we will call it an accessory use area. It’s a big B occupancy

If it’s more than 10% or it’s less than 10% but it’s not being used by the tenant, then we need to choose non-separated or separated occupancy:

Non-separated: you will not have fire-rated walls between storage and the office! However, you will consider the entire building as a more stringent one (Between B and storage) means STORAGE!!
If you are choosing a separate path, then you need to have fire-rated walls per mix-use occupancy and everything on that wall should be fire-rated. Table 508

What if you choose non separated path and you dont have to separate the two occupancy because one of them is less than 10% of the floor area, but you have a closet in your accessory room that has gasoline, then it will be an incidental use and it needs to be fire rated.

71
Q

Transformer
Switch gear

A

4” of the property lines
Switchgear: a big building that has a lot of watts, in case of fire, you do not want a firefighter to go and find the breaker! Not got houses! For big buildings.
It has a cabinet that can turn off the breaker.
Switchgear will be located right at the moment the electrical line goes inside the building.

72
Q

ASTM E1537
ASTM E 1903
ASHARE 55
ASHARE 62
ASHARE 90.1

A

What is the meaning of eco material will be defined here with ASTM

MAJOR PLAYERS?
ANSI
ASHARE
ASTM

ASTM e1537
Phase 1 environmental

ASTM e1903
Phase 2 environmental review

ASHARE 55 (LEED certified)
thermal comfort

ASHARE 62 (LEED certified)
INDOOR AIR QUALITY

ASHARE 90.1
Energy efficient design

73
Q

A non-combustible construction type (type one and type two) even the artwork (larger than 40 ft.²) should be non-combustible

A
74
Q

Where to locate some thing on a roof

A

Consider the structure of the building. Do not put heavy equipment that make a lot of vibration on the mid span of the billing. Try to locate them on Collins then the vibration will be less.

Consider noise, for example, do not locate air handling units above bedrooms or meditation rooms

Consider the view equipment, far from the edge of the building will not be visible from down views

Consider fall protection, equipment still need to be maintained more often they need to be located 10 feet far from the edge of parapet 
You will need struts and cable for harness attachment.

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