Codes & Standards - Lane Coburn

This summer marked a Codes changing of theguard in Washington state: As of July 1, allprojects in the state obtaining building per-mits must now follow the International BuildingCode (IBC). Previously, all projects followed theUniform Building code (UBC). One significant dif-ference between the two is the treatment ofpower for emergency 1006, Means of Egress Illumination, more specifically, , Illumination Emer-gency Power, states the following:The power supply for means of egress illumi-nation shall normally be provided by thepremise s electrical supply. In the event of powersupply failure, an emergency electrical system shallautomatically illuminate the following areas:1)Exit access corridors, passageways and aisles inrooms and spaces that require two or more meansof )Exit access corridors and exit stairways locatedin buildings required to have two or more )Exterior egress components at levels other thanthat of exit discharge until exit discharge is accom-plished for buildings requiring two or more )Interior exit discharge elements, as permittedin Section , in buildings required to havetwo or more )The portion of the exterior exit dischargeimmediately adjacent to the exit discharge door-way in buildings requiring two or more exits.

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