Committee weighs whether level‑2 alterations must include adjacent level‑1 ceiling work under IEBC; action postponed
Members of the BFRW committee discussed an opinion request from the City of Bellingham about whether a level 2 alteration work area must be expanded to include adjacent level 1 ceiling work for fire‑resistance purposes under the International Existing Building Code. The group generally accepted the reasoning that the work areas should be combined, but lacking a quorum they postponed formal action.
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Tom Handy, chair pro tem of the BFRW committee, opened the July 17 meeting and asked Dustin, the presenter, to lead discussion of an opinion request from the City of Bellingham about applying fire‑protection rules in the International Existing Building Code (IEBC).
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