Occupancy Classification/Types
What is a Theater, Stadium or Church Type
(A) Assembly
What is considered (Non-Combustible) Steel, Concrete - Highest height and area limits
Type I & II
What is the latest version year of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which went into effect on March 15, 2012
2010
What remains a very large component in model building codes beyond the traditional fire-based requirements?
Fire Safety
What type of code provides a response to a problem, such as requiring a 42” high guardrail when adjacent grade changes are 30” or greater?
Prescriptive Codes
What is an Office, Bank, Medical Type
(B) Business
What is (Mixed Material) Non-Combustible exterior, combustible interior.
Type III
What Act of 1990 is a federal civil-rights legislation requiring that buildings be made accessible to persons with physical disabilities and certain defined mental disabilities
ADA
What tests are done by replicating an actual fire o exposure governed by standard time-temperature curve.
ASTM Test E119:
In addition to the BOCA and the ICBO, what is the third major model code group prior to merging into the single ICC?
SBCCI
What is a School, Daycare Center type
(E) Educational
What is (Heavy Timber) large wood members with inherit fire resistance
Type IV
In addition to hearing, vision, speech, and cognitive impairments, what other disability may limit a person’s accessibility?
Short stature
What is the primary purpose of an active fire-resistance system?
Give occupants more time to escape
Which code is meant to regulate construction of detached one-and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories?
IRC
What is an Apartment, Hotel or Dormitory type
(R) Residental
What is (Combustible) Wood Frame Construction - Strictest height/area limits
Type V
What Act includes HUD regulations requiring all residential complexes of four or more dwelling units be adaptable for use by persons with disabilities?
FFHA
What basis does the IBC use to classify the five broad building categories, relative to the predominantly used construction material type?
Fire-resistance capabilities
Who is likely to adopt more strict code requirements than what is contained in the IBC.
The local jurisdiction
What are chemical plants, fuel or storage facilities types
(H) Harzardous
What is IBC Table 506.2?
Allowable Floor Space Formula
In private buildings or facilities that are less than three stories or that have less than 3000 square feet (279 m2) per story, an accessible route shall not be required to connect stories
2010 ADA Standards Exception
Consists of plug held in place by trigger mechanism and glass tube filled with glycerin-based liquid expands when heated and mechanism trips, water released
A Sprinkler System Head:
Why is important for designers to be familiar with applicable code editions and amendments adopted by local jurisdictions?
To avoid noncompliance of code