Yes. Sprinklers are required whenever the floor area exceeds the permitted allowable areas for a non-sprinklered building based upon the occupancy and the type of construction shown in Table 503.
Matt Matthew Drewello, P.E. l FLUOR l Senior Design Engineer - Fire Protection l [email protected] l O +864.517.1814 l www.fluor.com Todd Williams <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 07/21/2010 02:18 PM Please respond to sprinklerforum To [email protected] cc Subject Re: IBC omission? So I can have an office building with Type III construction at 28,500 sqft and sprinklers are not required? At 02:07 PM 7/21/2010, you wrote: >Table 503 indicates the allowable height and building area based upon the >type of construction for all use groups. > >Matt Drewello > >Matthew Drewello, P.E. l FLUOR l Senior Design Engineer - Fire Protection >l [email protected] l O +864.517.1814 l www.fluor.com > > > > >Todd Williams <[email protected]> >Sent by: [email protected] >07/21/2010 01:57 PM >Please respond to sprinklerforum > >To >[email protected] >cc > >Subject >IBC omission? > > > > > > > > >I was looking for the section in IBC where they describe the maximum >square footage where sprinklers are not required in a Group B >occupancy. I could find reference to all of the other occupancy >groups, but not B. Am I missing something? > >Todd G. Williams, PE >Fire Protection Design/Consulting >Stonington, CT >860.535.2080 >www.fpdc.com > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.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) > >------------------------------------------------------------ >The information transmitted is intended only for the person >or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. >If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are >hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, >distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon >this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please >contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. > >Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual >sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. >------------------------------------------------------------ >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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) ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
