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NFPA 5000: Building Construction and Safety Code Handbook

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1 Building Constructionand Safety Code
Handbook
2 Copyright
5 Contents
11 Preface
13 PART ONE – NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Cod
2003 Edition, with Commentary
15 CHAPTER 1
Administration
1.1
Scope
1.2
Purpose
16 1.3 Application
1.4 Retroactivity (Reserved)
1.5 Equivalency
17 1.6 Units
1.7 Enforcement
35 CHAPTER 2
Referenced Publications
36 2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications
39 2.3 Other Publications
51 CHAPTER 3
Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
52 3.3 General Definitions
93 CHAPTER 5
Performance-Based Option
97 5.1
General Requirements
98 5.2 Performance Criteria
103 5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
104 5.4
Performance-Based Design
106 5.5
Design Scenarios
115 5.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
5.7
Safety Factors
117 5.8 Documentation Requirements
119 CHAPTER 6 Classification of Occupancy,
Classification of Hazardof Contents, and Special Operations
6.1 Classification of Occupancy
126 6.2 Multiple Occupancies
129 6.3 Hazard of Contents
132 6.4 Special Operations
137 CHAPTER 7
Construction Types and Heightsand Area Requirements
138 7.1 General
142 7.2 Construction Types
152 7.3 Exterior Walls
156 7.4 Height and Area Limitations
167 7.5 Height Increases Permitted
168 7.6 Area Increases Permitted
177 CHAPTER 8 Fire-Resistive Materials
and Construction
178 8.1 General
8.2
Fire Resistance–Rated Construction
183 8.3 Fire Walls
190 8.4 Fire Barrier Walls
192 8.5 Exterior Walls—General
8.6 Horizontal Assemblies
8.7 Opening Protectives
195 8.8 Penetrations
199 8.9
Joints
201 8.10 Smoke Partitions
202 8.11 Smoke Barriers
206 8.12 Vertical Openings
224 8.13 Mezzanine
225 8.14 Concealed Spaces
227 8.15 Special Hazard Protection
228 8.16 Insulating Materials
229 8.17 Rubbish Chutes and Laundry Chutes
231 CHAPTER 9 Reserved
233 CHAPTER 10 Interior Finish
234 10.1
General
235 10.2
Use of Interior Finishes
236 10.3 Interior Wall or Ceiling Finish Testing
and Classification
240 10.4
Specific Materials
243 10.5 Trim and Incidental Finish
10.6
Interior Floor Finish Testing andClassification
245 10.7 Automatic Sprinklers
247 CHAPTER 11
Means of Egress
248 11.1 General
258 11.2 Means of Egress Components
317 11.3 Capacity of Means of Egress
326 11.4 Number of Means of Egress
328 11.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress
337 11.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits
341 11.7 Discharge from Exits
343 11.8 Illumination of Means of Egress
345 11.9 Emergency Lighting
348 11.10 Marking of Means of Egress
356 11.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies withHigh Hazard Contents
11.12 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler
Rooms, and Furnace Rooms
359 CHAPTER 12 Accessibility
361 12.1 General
12.2 General Requirements
362 12.3 Application to Existing Buildings and Facilities
364 12.4 General Exceptions
365 12.5 Protruding Objects
12.6 Operable Parts
12.7 Accessible Routes
368 12.8 Parking Spaces
369 12.9 Passenger Loading Zones
370 12.10 Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers
12.11 Sinks, Kitchens, Kitchenettes,and Wet Bars
12.12 Toilet and Bathing Facilities
371 12.13 Unisex Toilet and Bathing Facilities
372 12.14 Laundry Equipment
373 12.15 Fire Alarm Systems
12.16 Signs
12.17 Assistive Listening Systems
374 12.18 Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Seating
375 12.19 Dressing, Fitting, and Locker Rooms
12.20 Residential, Residential Board and Care, Dormitory, Institutional, and Long-Term
Care Facilities
376 12.21 Self-Service Storage Facilities
12.22 Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces
12.23 Sales and Service Counters
377 12.24 Storage
12.25 Windows
12.26 Provisions for Children’s Use
379 12.27 Judicial Facilities
12.28 Detention and Correctional Facilities
380 12.29 Technical Provisions for Holding Cellsand Housing Cells or Rooms
383 CHAPTER 13 Encroachments into the Public Right of Way
13.1 General
384 13.2 Projection into Alleys
13.3 Space Below Sidewalk
13.4 Balconies and Appendages
385 13.5 Doors
13.6 Roof Drainage
13.7 Air-Right Structures
13.8 Skywalk Bridges
387 CHAPTER 14 Safeguards During Construction
14.1
Purpose
392 14.2 Application
14.3 Protection of Utilities
14.4 Temporary Light and Power
14.5 Use of Explosives
395 CHAPTER 15
Building Rehabilitation
15.1 Administration
399 15.2 Definitions and Chapter Organization
15.3 Repair
401 15.4 Renovation
404 15.5 Modifications
408 15.6 Reconstruction
416 15.7 Change of Use and Change of OccupancyClassification
424 15.8 Additions
425 15.9 Historic Buildings
431 CHAPTER 16
Assembly Occupancies
432 16.1 General Requirements
439 16.2 Means of Egress Requirements
460 16.3 Protection
466 16.4 Special Provisions
481 16.5 Building Services
16.6 (Reserved)
483 CHAPTER 17
Educational Occupancies
17.1 General Requirements
486 17.2 Means of Egress Requirements
491 17.3 Protection
496 17.4 Special Provisions
497 17.5 Building Services
17.6 (Reserved)
499 CHAPTER 18
Day-Care Occupancies
18.1 General Requirements
501 18.2 Means of Egress Requirements
504 18.3 Protection
509 18.4 Special Provisions
18.5 Building Services
18.6 Day-Care Homes
513 CHAPTER 19
Health Care Occupancies
19.1 General Requirements
520 19.2 Means of Egress Requirements
532 19.3 Protection
546 19.4 Special Provisions
547 19.5 Building Services
551 CHAPTER 20 Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
552 20.1 General Requirements
555 20.2 Means of Egress Requirements
558 20.3 Protection
562 20.4 Special Provisions
20.5 Building Services
565 CHAPTER 21 Detention and Correctional
Occupancies
21.1 General Requirements
571 21.2 Means of Egress Requirements
577 21.3 Protection
585 21.4 Special Provisions
588 21.5 Building Services
589 CHAPTER 22
One- and Two-Family Dwellings
22.1 General Requirements
591 22.2
Means of Escape Requirements
596 22.3 Protection
597 22.4 Separation Between Townhouses
22.5 Building Services
599 CHAPTER 23 Lodging or Rooming
House Occupancies
23.1 General Requirements
601 23.2 Means of Escape Requirements
603 23.3 Protection
607 23.4 (Reserved)
23.5 Building Services
609 CHAPTER 24 Hotels and Dormitory
Occupancies
610 24.1 General Requirements
611 24.2 Means of Egress Requirements
617 24.3 Protection
622 24.4 Special Provisions
24.5 Building Services
623 CHAPTER 25
Apartment Buildings
624 25.1 General Requirements
625 25.2 Means of Egress Requirements
632 25.3 Protection
637 25.4 Special Provisions
25.5 Building Services
639 CHAPTER 26
Residential Board and Care Occupancies
640 26.1 General Requirements
641 26.2 Small Facilities
650 26.3 Large Facilities
657 CHAPTER 27 Mercantile Occupancies
27.1 General Requirements
661 27.2 Means of Egress Requirements
668 27.3 Protection
671 27.4 Special Provisions
681 27.5 Building Services
682 27.6 (Reserved)
683 CHAPTER 28 Business Occupancies
28.1 General Requirements
686 28.2 Means of Egress Requirements
692 28.3 Protection
695 28.4 Special Provisions
28.5 Building Services
697 CHAPTER 29
Industrial Occupancies
29.1 General Requirements
700 29.2 Means of Egress Requirements
706 29.3 Protection
708 29.4 Special Provisions
29.5 Building Services
29.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft-Servicing
Hangars
711 CHAPTER 30 Storage Occupancies
712 30.1 General Requirements
713 30.2 Means of Egress Requirements
716 30.3 Protection
717 30.4 Special Provisions
30.5 Building Services
718 30.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage
Hangars
30.7 Special Provisions for Grain or Other Bulk Storage Elevators
719 30.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures
725 CHAPTER 31 Occupancies in
Special Structures
31.1 General
31.2 Underground Structures
726 31.3 Limited-Access Structures
727 31.4 Vehicles and Vessels (Mobile Units)
31.5 Open Structures (Outdoor Processing
Facilities)
728 31.6 Towers
731 31.7 Water-Surrounded Structures
31.8 Piers
732 31.9 Helistops
735 CHAPTER 32 Special Construction
32.1 General
737 32.2 Membrane Structures
740 32.3 Tents
742 32.4 Awnings and Canopies
744 32.5 Marquees
32.6 Outdoor Signs
32.7 Grandstands and Bleachers
747 32.8 Swimming Pools and Spas
32.9 Cooling Towers
748 32.10 Temporary Structures
32.11 Masonry and Concrete, Chimneys,and Fireplaces
32.12 Masonry Heaters
749 CHAPTER 33
High-Rise Buildings
750 33.1 General Requirements
33.2 Protection
755 CHAPTER 34 High Hazard Contents
34.1 General Requirements
770 34.2 Requirements for All Occupancies
Containing High Hazard Contents
773 34.3 Requirements for Occupancies Exceeding the Maximum Allowable Quantities per
Control Area for High Hazard Contents
797 CHAPTER 35 Structural Design
35.1 General
800 35.2 Definitions
804 35.3 Occupancy Category
35.4 Construction Documents
806 35.5 Dead Loads
35.6 Live Loads
811 35.7 Roof Loads
812 35.8 Snow Loads
816 35.9 Wind Loads
822 35.10 Earthquake Loads
823 35.11 Lateral Soil Loads
824 35.12
Flood Loads
35.13 Ice Loads-
Atmospheric Icing Loads
825 35.14 Other Minimum Loads
35.15 Load Combinations
35.16 Building Rehabilitation
827 CHAPTER 36 Soils, Foundations, and
Retaining Walls
36.1 Scope
828 36.2 Excavations
829 36.3 Investigation and Bearing Capacityof Soil
831 36.4 Soil-Bearing Footings
832 36.5 Pile Foundations
836 36.6 Foundation Walls
840 36.7 Wood Foundation Systems
36.8 Waterproofing and Dampproofing
841 36.9 Retaining Walls
843 CHAPTER 37
Exterior Wall Construction
37.1 General
845 37.2 Projections
846 37.3
Weather Resistance
847 37.4 Aluminum Composite Materials
849 37.5 Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems
(EIFS)
851 CHAPTER 38 Roof Assemblies
and Roof Structures
852 38.1 Scope
857 38.2 Exterior Fire Exposure
38.3 Interior Fire Exposure
858 38.4 Wind Resistance
859 38.5 Hail Resistance
860 38.6 Sloped Roof Covering Underlayment Requirements
864 38.7 Attic Ventilation
865 38.8 Roof Flashing Requirements
38.9 Roof Deck Requirements
38.10 Reroofing
38.11 Roof Drainage
866 38.12 Rooftop Structures
867 38.13 Towers and Spires
38.14 Light-transmitting Plastic Roof Panels,Sloped Glazing, and Skylights
38.15 Rooftop Heliports
869 CHAPTER 39 Flood-Resistant Design and Construction
870 39.1
General
871 39.2 Special Definitions
877 39.3 Design Flood
39.4 Flood Hazard Area
878 39.5 Performance During the Design Flood
879 39.6 Design and Construction Requirements
39.7 Lowest Floor Elevation
880 39.8 Foundations
39.9
Materials
39.10
Systems
39.11 Enclosures Below the Design Flood
Elevation
882 39.12 Documentation
883 39.13 Existing Structures
39.14 Manufactured Housing
886 39.15 Temporary Structures
887 CHAPTER 40 Quality Assurance During Construction
40.1 General
891 40.2 Special Definitions
892 40.3 Quality Assurance for Structural
Components and Assemblies
897 40.4 Quality Assurance for Wall Finish
Systems
40.5 Quality Assurance for Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials
901 40.6 Quality Assurance for Smoke Contro
l Systems
903 40.7 Quality Assurance for Stairs and Railings
40.8 Quality Assurance for NonstructuralComponents and Systems
40.9 Quality Assurance for Penetrations and Joints
905 CHAPTER 41 Concrete
41.1 Scope
41.2 General
907 41.3 Construction Documents
41.4 Quality Assurance
41.5 Seismic Requirements
41.6 Slabs-on-Ground
909 41.7 Shotcrete
41.8 Reinforced Gypsum Concrete
913 CHAPTER 42
Aluminum
42.1 General
915 CHAPTER 43 Masonry
43.1 Scope
43.2 General
43.3 Design
43.4 Construction Documents
43.5 Quality Assurance
43.6 Masonry Construction Materials
916 43.7 Masonry Construction
43.8 Seismic Requirements
43.9 Masonry and Concrete Fireplacesand Chimneys
917 CHAPTER 44 Steel
44.1 General
918 44.2 Structural Steel Construction
919 44.3 Steel Joists
44.4 Steel Cable Structures
44.5 Steel Storage Racks
44.6 Cold-Formed Steel
920 44.7 Cold-Formed Steel Framing
44.8 Cold-Formed Steel Framing Shear Walls
929 CHAPTER 45 Wood
45.1 Scope
45.2 Special Definitions
932 45.3 General
45.4 Design Requirements
933 45.5 Criteria
941 45.6 General Construction Requirements
955 CHAPTER 46
Glass and Glazing
46.1 General
46.2 Special Definitions
956 46.3 Labeling
46.4 Louvered Windows or Jalousies
46.5 Human Impact Loads
960 46.6 Glass in Handrails and Guards
46.7 Glazing in Athletic Facilities
961 46.8 Sloped Glazing and Skylights
962 46.9 Glass Supports
963 46.10 Wind, Snow, and Dead Loads on Glassand Glazing
971 46.11 Glass in Floors and Sidewalks
972 46.12 Glazing Replacement
46.13 Fire Protection Glazing
973 CHAPTER 47 Gypsum Board, Lath,and Plaster
974 47.1 General Requirements
976 47.2 Gypsum Board and Gypsum VeneerPlaster
982 47.3 Gypsum Lath and Gypsum Plaster
983 47.4 Portland Cement Plaster
991 CHAPTER 48 Plastics
48.1 Scope
48.2 Special Definitions
992 48.3 General Criteria
– Foam Plastic Insulation
996 48.4 Specific Application Requirements –
Foam Plastic Insulation
998 48.5 Specific Requirements –
Interior Finishand Trim
999 48.6 Specific Requirements –
Plastic Veneers
48.7 Specific Requirements –
Light-Transmitting Plastics
1004 48.8 Specific Requirements –
PlasticInterior Signs
1005 48.9 Specific Requirements – Lighttransmitting
Plastics Used in Greenhouses
1007 CHAPTER 49
Interior Environment
49.1 General
49.2 Ventilation
1017 49.3 Lighting
1018 49.4 Sound Transmission
49.5 Interior Space Dimensions
49.6 Access to Attics
49.7 Design Conditions
1019 49.8 Special Requirements for Occupancies
49.9 Vermin Proofing. (Reserved-
See Annex B.)
1021 CHAPTER 50
Mechanical Systems
50.1 General
1022 50.2 Flood Resistance
1023 CHAPTER 51 Energy Efficiency
51.1 General
1024 51.2 Commercial
51.3 Residential
1036 51.4 Manufactured Homes
51.5 Day Care
51.6 Residential Board and Care
1037 CHAPTER 52
Electrical Systems
52.1
General
52.2 Flood Resistance
1039 CHAPTER 53
Plumbing Systems
53.1 General
53.2 Flood Resistance
1041 CHAPTER 54 Elevators and Conveying
Systems
54.1 General
1042 54.2 Installation
1043 54.3 Openings to Exits
1044 54.4 Elevator Machine Rooms and Machinery Spaces
1045 54.5 Number of Cars in a Hoistway
54.6
Flood Resistance
1046 54.7 Vents Required
1047 54.8 Conveying Systems
1048 54.9 Wheelchair Lifts
1049 CHAPTER 55 Fire Protection Systemsand Equipment
55.1 General
1050 55.2 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communication Systems
1060 55.3 Automatic Sprinklers
1062 55.4 Standpipe Systems
1063 55.5 Other Automatic Extinguishing
Equipment
1064 55.6 Portable Fire Extinguishers
55.7 Smoke Control
1065 55.8 Fire Hydrants
1066 55.9 Private Fire Service Mains
55.10 Protection of Cooking Hazards
55.11 Special Inspections and Tests
1067 ANNEX A Explanatory Material
1069 ANNEX B Vermin Proofing
B.1 Application
B.2 Vermin Proofing
1071 ANNEX C
Flood Resistant Construction
C.1 Administration
1072 C.2 Powers and Duties
1073 C.3 Permits
C.4 Variances
1074 C.5 Definitions
C.6 Subdivisions
1075 C.7 Site Improvements
C.8 Tanks
C.9 Recreational Vehicles
1077 ANNEX D Nonmandatory Informational References
D.1 Referenced Publications
1080 D.2 References for Extracts
1083 PART TWO –
Supplements
1085 Supplement 1 – Building Permit and Plan Check Fee
Considerations for NFPA 5000 Users
1105 Supplement 2 – Guidelines for Peer Review
in the Fire Protection Design Process
1.0 GENERAL
1106 2.0 SCOPE OF A PEER REVIEW
3.0 INITIATION OF A PEER REVIEW
1107 4.0 CONDUCT OF A PEER REVIEW
1108 5.0 REPORT OF A PEER REVIEW
6.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1109 Supplement 3 – NFPA 5000, Plan Review Checklist:
Prescriptive Path
1159 Supplement 4 – Sample Forms, Appeals, and
Procedures
1181 Index
1231 About the Editors
NFPA Hdbk 5000 03 2003
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