How much is "sufficient" ?

High-hazard industry occupancy (Group F, Division 1) means an industrial occupancy containing sufficient quantities of highly combustible and flammable or explosive materials which, because of their inherent characteristics, constitute a special fire hazard.

Which of the following volume of flammable and combustible liquids in a storage warehouse shall be considered as F1 occupancy?

a) 10 L

b) 2300 L

c) 5000 L

d) 60,000 L

e) none of the above

Please have your answer by comments.

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The Basic Rule of Building Code Enforcement

Building Code Enforcement shall be objective, fair and no biases. To achieve this goal, every deficiency identified by the AHJ or every document requested by the AHJ shall be strongly supported by a Code Article. It is not proper Building Code Enforcement, if the AHJ can't provide a Code Article to prove there is a deficiency, but states there is a deficiency.

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Insight of Building Permit Plans Review

 Insight of Building Permit Plans Review

Was your building permit application denied by the AHJ?

Did you know which Code Article was violated?

Here is the insight:

The principal of building permit plans review is strictly follow the code. If there is a deficiency identified by the AHJ, the AHJ is responsible for showing you which Code Article is violated.

Interpretation of the Code shall be officially through Advisory, Variance, Regulations Bulletin or Standata issued by the AHJ.

Personal interpretation of the Code is not the proper way of Code enforcement.

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The Right Expectation to a Building Code Consultant

As a Sr. Building Code Consultant with 13 years experience of code enforcement, the definition of a Building Code Consultant in my mind is that: A person who has more experience than other professionals (architects, engineers) in enforcing the building code and is able to give accurate interpretation on code articles. A Building Code Consultant is neither an architect, nor an engineer.

It is strange to see building code consultants in the market provide design guides to architects for detailed architectural design, from building classification to sidewalk width. This usually results in confusion for architects at the design stage. The projects are usually overkill and/or are not complying to the code at all, because these code consultants have no experience of code enforcement and knowledge of building design. 

My question is: 

 What will you expect from a building code consultant if he offers to provide you a code compliance report or an architectural design guide, if he never enforced the code and designed a building? 

My recommendation is:

Check the individual experience on LinkedIn before making a hiring decision. 
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Covered Vehicular Passageway

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Quiz

A covered vehicular passageway serves as a shipping and receiving area. The fire resistance rating of the fire separation between the passageway and the adjoining building shall be not less than:

a) 45min

b) 1h

c) 1.5h

d) 2h

Please have your answer by comments.

#building #passageway

Location of Firewall

Can we put firewalls on any location we like to build one huge building?
There are 3 firewalls on the floor plan below. What are the implications of these firewalls in our design?
#design #building #firewalls

Firewall vs Fire Separation

On the following two floor plans, one has a 1h fire separation and the other has a 2h firewall at the same location.
What shall we consider differently in designing? Please give your list of differences by comments.
#firewalls #fireseparation