ICC eTraining Webinar

2006 IBC Solving Means of Egress
   — July 13, 2009

Description

Provides knowledge of requirements for means of egress including practice solving problems from a set of plans for a 4-story commercial building related to each egress issue.

Objectives

Upon completion of this seminar, you will be better able to:

• List and describe each of the 3 parts of a means of egress
• Identify the 7 fundamental means of egress design issues
• Calculate occupant load and determine required means of egress capacity
• Determine required number of exits
• Determine requirements for arrangment means of egress facilities, including:
  • Remote location of doors and exits
  • Exit access travel distance
  • Common paths of travel
  • Egress through adjoining spaces
• Determine the requirements for fire resistance rated construction for egress elements, including corridors, stairway and exit enclosures, lobbies, vestibules, areas of refuge, and horizontal exits.
• Determine the requirements for design of egress elements, including corridors, stairway and exit enclosures, lobbies, vestibules, areas of refuge, and horizontal exits.
• Determine requirements for door hardware, including panic hardware, door latching devices, door opening, and requirements for power-operated doors.
• Determine requirements for locations and amounts of means of egress lighting and signage.
• Evaluate the adequacy of a horizontal exit as part of a means of egress plan.
• Evaluate the means of egress in assembly spaces.
• Determine requirements for exit access widths in smoke-protected assembly seating.
• Evaluate the adequacy of accessible means of egress.

Instructor
Gary L. Nelson, PE
Gary L. Nelson, PE, is currently a Senior Staff Engineer for ICC in the Architectural & Engineering Services´ Plan Review Department located in the Chicago District Office. As a senior staff engineer, he is responsible for conducting building plan reviews of proposed construction, writing and dispensing verbal code interpretations, assisting in the production of training products, and teaching seminars. He has worked for ICC and the former BOCA organization for almost 20 years. Mr. Nelson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Illinois and Alabama. Prior to joining BOCA, he was a design engineer for over 10 years with Chicago Bridge and Iron Company where he was assigned to various engineering departments responsible for the design and construction of steel fabricated structures to industry-related codes and standards. Gary teaches building code and residential code seminars for ICC.

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