Tag Archive for ‘exit’
Rating of Floors and Ceilings of Exit Enclosures
(Disclaimer: Code Analysis especially for egress and fire ratings is very building specific and a solution that works for one building may not work for another.) In a recent project I set about to solve a question that occurs quite frequently in multi-story buildings. Can you rate the ceiling or “lid” of a stair or [...]
Where the Building Code Requires More Than Two Exits
In most building types the occupant count is low enough that the building is only required to have one or two exits. The International Building Code calls out where you must have more. In each story where you have 501-1,000 occupants you are required to have three exits and where you have more than 1,000 [...]
Installing New Doors at an Exit Stair – Joy Burns Arena at the Ritchie Center
EVstudio has been hired to do a number of projects at the University of Denver both large and small. This one is the small task of adding some doors to the top of a stairway at the Joy Burns Arena. There are two tricks with adding doors to an existing exit stair. First you need [...]
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