Quality Assurance: • Coordination with consultants (i.e.: mechanical, plumbing, electrical, a/v, cabling, security, etc.)

Quality Control: • Involves transforming a specific design project into reality through the preparation of construction documents

• Deals with aspects of permitting, bidding, and/or negotiations with or without a construction manager

• Includes specifications appendicies (i.e.: door schedules, room finish schedule and partition type schedules, etc.)

“Quality Control implements a firm’s Quality Assurance systems”

• The teamwork process of gathering and disseminating information to all parties involved

A quick, rough, preliminary space plan, not a recommended or final plan. The test fit is used to ascertain the amount of square footage needed to meet the program, dramatically reducing the risk of acquiring inadequate or excess space.

- Excerpt from “The Office Interior Design Guide: An Introduction for Facility & Design”

2006 IBC: 1016.1

200 ft – non-sprinklered

300 ft – sprinklered

exceptions and remarks: For a non-sprinklered space, if the occupant load is not more than 30, the length shall not be more than 100 ft. (IBC Exception #2)

75 ft – non-sprinklered

100 ft – sprinklered

2006 IBC: 1014.3

Gross Area Net Area

exceptions and remarks: unconcentrated assembly (tables & chairs) – 15 net

business – 100 gross

storage/file room – 300 gross

classroom/training – 20 net

1 door if: occupant load is 50 or less and complies with 75ft. rule for non-sprinklered building

occupant load is 50 or less and complies with 100ft. rule for sprinklered building

2 doors if: occupant load is 50 or more, or if travel distance exceeds the requirements for sprinklered or non-sprinklered building

2006 IBC: 1015.12006 IBC: 1019.1

exceptions and remarks: A dead-end corridor shall not be limited in length where the length of the dead end corridor is less than 2.5 times the least width of the corridor (IBC Exception #3)

20 ft – non-sprinklered

50 ft – sprinklered

2006 IBC: 1017.3

Egress doors shall be readily openable from the egress side without the use of a key, special knowledge, or effort.

2006 IBC: 1018.1.8

exceptions and remarks: Stairways serving not more than 4 stories may lock from both sides. Stairways higher than four stories may lock from both sides only if those doors are capable of being unlocked simultaneously upon a signal from the fire command center.

Means of egress doors shall be capable of opening from both sides without the use of keys, special knowledge, or effort.

2006 IBC: 403.122006 IBC: 1008.1.8.7

exceptions and remarks: Office areas and storage areas with an occupant load of 10 or less can be a sliding door

Direction of egress travel where serving an occupant load of 49 or less persons

exceptions and remarks: Office areas and storage areas with an occupant load of 10 or less can be a sliding door

Direction of egress travel where serving an occupant load of 50 or more persons

2006 IBC: 1008.1.8

exceptions and remarks: Check with local jurisdiction if the distance shall be measured from the centerline of the first door to the centerline of the second door, or from the furthest jambs.

1/2 of longest diagonal – in non-sprinklered spaces

1/3 of longest diagonal – in sprinklered spaces

2006 IBC: 1015.2.1

corridor width = 44” passage point = 36” door clearance = 32”

2006 IBC: 1017.2

exceptions and remarks: 2’-0” is needed on the pull side in most city/county jurisdictions

2003 ICC/ANSI: A117.1

2003 NFPA Life Safety Code 101

exceptions and remarks: In existing buildings, a door providing access to a stair shall not be required to maintain any minimum unobstructed width during its swing, provided that it meets the requirement that limits projection to not more than 7 in. into the required width of a stair or landing when the door is fully open.

During its swing, any door in a means of egress shall leave not less than one-half of the required width of an aisle, corridor, passageway, or landing unobstructed and shall not project more than 7 in. into the required width of an aisle, corridor, passageway, or landing, when fully open.

2006 IBC: 508.2

Storage rooms over 100 sf. are required to be of a 1 hour rated construction type or equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system.

Additional Code Changes

IBC 2006• IBC 508.3.3 required separation of occupancies

• IBC 1008.1.9 panic and fire exit hardware

• IBC 1014.2 egress through intervening spaces

ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003• 308.2 48” max. 15” min. front reach (unobstructed)

• 308.2 44” max. 25” min. front reach (obstructed)• 308.3 48” max. 15” min. side reach (unobstructed)• 308.2 46” max. 24” min. side reach (obstructed)

Additional Code Changes - Cont’d

ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003

• 604.5.1 Fixed side wall grab bars “vertical grab bars”

• 604.9 Ambulatory Accessible Compartments “side and vertical bars on both sides” if you have six or more

toilets in a single space

• 608.3.1 Vertical grab bars in shower compartments

• 804.6.3 Dishwasher Provide clear floor space positioned adjacent to the dishwasher door & shall not obstruct

• 804.6.6 Refrigerator/Freezer 54” max above finish floor

Additional Code Changes - Cont’d

ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003

• 901.0 Built-In Furnishings and Equipment

• 902.3 Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces 28” min. and 34” max. in height

• 904.3 Sales and Service Counters (reception desk)

• 904.3.1 Parallel Approach 36” max height 36” min. length

• 904.3.2 Forward Approach 36” max. height and 30” min. length

“You can find anything you need as long as you know where to look for it”

• The Codes Guidebook for Interiors by Sharon Harmon & Katherine Kennon

– User friendly code book for interior designers and young architects

• Building Codes for Beginners by Kimberly A. Marks, ASID, IIDA

– A Guide for Interior Designers

“You can find anything you need as long as you know where to look for it”

• The 2006 International Building Code– What do you mean, you don’t have a copy

yet?

• Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code, 2nd Edition by Francis D. K. Ching

– General graphically illustrated guide to the 2006 IBC

• ICC/ANSI A117.1 - 2003 (Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities)

– Accessibility Guidelines for the International Building Code

• 2006 Accessibility Study Companion– Study Companion is a comprehensive self-

study guide that provides a comprehensive review of the accessibility provisions in the 2006 IBC and ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003

“You can find anything you need as long as you know where to look for it”

• MADCAD.com– Building Codes Online and ADA research

• Access-Board.gov– The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Architectural Barriers

Act (ABA)

• ReedConstructionData.com– Applicable code requirements for any city in the United States

• ICCsafe.org– Provide technical assistance for code questions (Staff Code

Opinions & Committee Interpretations)