"Predominate" was used since the ICC is black and white on other uses where 13R needs to allow WHO is using the other occupancies to drive the decision. It s not really driven by risk but by continuity of operation. A kitchen or office spaces used exclusively by the residents is not impacted if the building shuts down due to the roof burning off since the building is closed/residents gone. Now if that was TGIF or a law firm, they rightly expect a higher level of protection per 13.
The ICC will certainly have a hard time differentiating how you treat an occupancy based on who uses the space verses a simple how the space is used. Dave - Feel free to give me a shout if you have a good plan or simply want to discuss it. Roland On May 28, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Dave Phelan wrote: > > The 2002 edition use of the term 'predominant' use is a little too > muddy for > me and has led to spirited discussions with owners and designers > along the > way. I'm all for putting a little black and white down on paper > when these > issues come about. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
