Hi Joe
hope you are well
Definitely defined as an obstruction
I have had similar problems with projects in Australia. Solution was to
simply protect the underside of the mezzanine based on it being a process
hazard only.

Kind Regards
Michael Paul de Gabriele
Fire Protections Engineer


On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 11:24 PM Joe Burtell [MT-BILL] <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a soda manufacturing warehouse with ESFR at the roof deck. They are
> building out some mezzanines in the middle of the warehouse that will have
> bottling equipment.  The engineer is requiring that below the mezzanine
> have ESFR per NFPA 13 2019 9.5.5.3.3. I am questioning if the mezzanine is
> really treated like an obstruction? I think it would be treated like
> in-racks would and have its own design based on what’s under the mezzanine.
>
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