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o o special features of elevator design, and special provisions for egress stairways including stairwell and vestibule. • Special requirements for Group 1-2 o special provisions for hospital corridors, waiting areas, nurses’ stations and gift shops, o special provisions for mental health treatment areas, o special requirements for corridor walls and corridor doors in hospitals, o special requirements for smoke barriers in hospitals, o special provisions for automatic sprinkler systems in 24-hour care facilities, o special provisions for secured yards, and o provisions regulating special hazards. Provisions of CBC Chapter 5: General Building Heights and Areas Include the following information: • Requirements for building location on property, including exterior wall fire resistance, wall openings, and courtyard requirements; • Calculation of new building areas, or existing-plus-new areas, compared with allowable areas, including allowable increases; • Design heights of building(s) compared with maximum allowable height, including allowable increases; • Requirements for mezzanine spaces; • Description of fire-resistive substitutions, when applicable; and • Location of separation walls and area calculations for separations. Provisions of CBC Chapter 6: Types of Construction Drawings should include requirements for fire-resistive construction of building, exterior walls, stairway enclosures, side yards, and separations for fire rating of existing walls and openings. Provisions of CBC Chapter 7: Fire and Smoke Protection Features Drawings should include details of fire resistance requirements for the following: • Provisions for fire-resistance ratings of structural members exterior walls, fire walls and fire barriers; • Location and construction of shaft enclosures; • Provisions for the fire-resistance ratings of fire partitions, smoke barriers, smoke partitions and horizontal assemblies; • Provisions for the fire-resistance protection of penetrations and fire-resistant joint systems; • Details and locations of opening protective, ducts and air transfer openings; • Provisions for fire blocking and draft stopping concealed spaces; and (OSHPD Best Practices) Page 26 DRAFT FINAL, Sept. 2011

• References to the prescriptive fire-resistance tables in the CBC, fire tests from approved laboratories or fire resistance calculations. Provisions of CBC Chapter 8: Interior Finishes Drawings should include details of interior finish requirements for the following: • The flame spread and smoke development performance of wall and ceiling finishes; • The classification of interior floor finish materials; • The location of combustible material in Type I and Type II construction; • The location and flame spread, smoke development and fire retardant performance of decorative materials and trim; and • The fire-resistance, flame spread and smoke development performance of acoustical ceiling systems. Provisions of CBC Chapter 9: Fire Protection Systems Drawings should include details of requirements for fire protection systems including the following: • Provisions for the installation of automatic sprinkler systems; • Requirements for the installation of alternative automatic fire-extinguishing systems; • Provisions for the installation of standpipe systems; • Details of locations of portable fire extinguishers; • Provisions for the installation of fire alarm, detection, emergency alarm systems and smoke control systems; • Requirements for fire command center in a hospital building over 75’ tall; and • Requirements for the location of fire department connections. Provisions of CBC Chapter 10; Means of Egress Include the following information: • Identification of occupant loads and exit paths: • Calculation of design exit widths and required widths; • Means of egress identification: identify security barriers (e.g.. locked doors) that may intervene in the path of travel and explain how they work to allow for free exiting in case of an emergency; • Location of doors and directions of door swings; • Locations of exit stairways and ramps; • Maximum exit travel distances; • Indications for minimum separation for two or more exits; • Calculations for horizontal exit refuge areas as required by CBC 1025.4; and (OSHPD Best Practices) Page 27 DRAFT FINAL, Sept. 2011

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special features <strong>of</strong> elevator design, <strong>and</strong><br />

special provisions <strong>for</strong> egress stairways including stairwell <strong>and</strong> vestibule.<br />

• Special requirements <strong>for</strong> Group 1-2<br />

o special provisions <strong>for</strong> hospital corridors, waiting areas, nurses’ stations <strong>and</strong> gift<br />

shops,<br />

o special provisions <strong>for</strong> mental health treatment areas,<br />

o special requirements <strong>for</strong> corridor walls <strong>and</strong> corridor doors in hospitals,<br />

o special requirements <strong>for</strong> smoke barriers in hospitals,<br />

o special provisions <strong>for</strong> automatic sprinkler systems in 24-hour care facilities,<br />

o special provisions <strong>for</strong> secured yards, <strong>and</strong><br />

o provisions regulating special hazards.<br />

Provisions <strong>of</strong> CBC Chapter 5: General Building Heights <strong>and</strong> Areas<br />

Include the following in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />

• Requirements <strong>for</strong> building location on property, including exterior wall fire resistance, wall<br />

openings, <strong>and</strong> courtyard requirements;<br />

• Calculation <strong>of</strong> new building areas, or existing-plus-new areas, compared with allowable<br />

areas, including allowable increases;<br />

• <strong>Design</strong> heights <strong>of</strong> building(s) compared with maximum allowable height, including<br />

allowable increases;<br />

• Requirements <strong>for</strong> mezzanine spaces;<br />

• Description <strong>of</strong> fire-resistive substitutions, when applicable; <strong>and</strong><br />

• Location <strong>of</strong> separation walls <strong>and</strong> area calculations <strong>for</strong> separations.<br />

Provisions <strong>of</strong> CBC Chapter 6: Types <strong>of</strong> <strong>Construction</strong><br />

Drawings should include requirements <strong>for</strong> fire-resistive construction <strong>of</strong> building, exterior walls,<br />

stairway enclosures, side yards, <strong>and</strong> separations <strong>for</strong> fire rating <strong>of</strong> existing walls <strong>and</strong> openings.<br />

Provisions <strong>of</strong> CBC Chapter 7: Fire <strong>and</strong> Smoke Protection Features<br />

Drawings should include details <strong>of</strong> fire resistance requirements <strong>for</strong> the following:<br />

• Provisions <strong>for</strong> fire-resistance ratings <strong>of</strong> structural members exterior walls, fire walls <strong>and</strong><br />

fire barriers;<br />

• Location <strong>and</strong> construction <strong>of</strong> shaft enclosures;<br />

• Provisions <strong>for</strong> the fire-resistance ratings <strong>of</strong> fire partitions, smoke barriers, smoke partitions<br />

<strong>and</strong> horizontal assemblies;<br />

• Provisions <strong>for</strong> the fire-resistance protection <strong>of</strong> penetrations <strong>and</strong> fire-resistant joint<br />

systems;<br />

• Details <strong>and</strong> locations <strong>of</strong> opening protective, ducts <strong>and</strong> air transfer openings;<br />

• Provisions <strong>for</strong> fire blocking <strong>and</strong> draft stopping concealed spaces; <strong>and</strong><br />

(OSHPD <strong>Best</strong> <strong>Practices</strong>) Page 26 DRAFT FINAL, Sept. 2011

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