Event:2015/05/18 Building Working Group
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Building Working Group - Monday, May 18, 2015
1. Introductions - 1 thing you feel good about accomplishing this week.
2. Klaus final report - recommendations and all we need to know about fire safety - 30mins
Transcript of notes:
- http://www.bsc.ca.gov/
- http://www.ecodes.biz/ecodes_support/Free_Resources/2013California/13Fire/13Fire_main.html
Fire Code Sections
- Chapter 4: Emergency Planning and Preparedness - http://www.ecodes.biz/ecodes_support/free_resources/2013California/13Fire/PDFs/Chapter%2010%20-%20Means%20of%20Egress.pdf
- #1 p. 78 sec. 404.3.1: Fire Evacuation Plans
- #2 p. 79 sec. 404.3.2: Fire Safety Plans
- #3 p. 83 sec. 408.2: Occupancy related
- Chairs - Divide square footage by 7
- Tables & Chairs - Divide square footage by 15
- Standing only - Divide by 5
- Chapter 10: Means of Egress http://www.ecodes.biz/ecodes_support/free_resources/2013California/13Fire/PDFs/Chapter%204%20-%20Emergency%20Planning%20and%20Preparedness.pdf
- #4 p. 78 sec. 403.3: Crowd-Managers
- Only bring this up if it can help us negotiate and we are having a hard time establishing safety for assembly/events.
- #5 p. 196 sec.(table) 1004.1.2 occupant load calculations
- Sudo/CCL - check on occupancy and fire rating for coridors
- May want to buy hinges that have auto-closers built-in http://firedoorguide.com/nfpa-80/
- #6 p. 220 - table 1015.1 - spaces requiring only one exit
- #7 p. 223 table 1018.1 - Corridor Rating
- NFPA rating door closer
- #8 p. 225 sec 1021.2 and Table 1021.2(1) + 1021.2(2) - One exit from the basement
- Exits haveve to be at least half the distance apart from the diagonal of the room to be counted as an a
- Look up definition of "accessory space" -
- #9 p. 240 Sec.1030.5 non-exit identification
3. Progress reports:
Last week's action items:
- Move docs to the OwnCloud [Jenny & DK]
- Partially done - check omnicommons.org/cloud and suggest anything missing. We still need to sync on uploading the rest
- Contact those who've booked the ballroom in May that the balcony is off-limit [Commons WG]
- Ballroom events upcoming: https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/categories/omni-events/
- Blocked off for: the evenings of the 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st for all-Omni-affiliated events (yoga, poetry, and party :) )
- Order green glue on eBay: [LINK]
- Make eBay account for Omni [Jenny]
- Done - account info sent to Finances Working Group [Jenny]
- Make eBay account for Omni [Jenny]
Electrical
Drywall
- La Commune drywall
S. Wall
Doors
- Anka will meet with Dusty to get details about how to do doors in ballroom
Permits
Fire
Other
4. What are we working on next week?
- What do you want to work on?
- What can we do to actually affect change?
5. Change of meeting time? Coordination with David
- David will focus on Sound measurement, front door, ventilation. Handing off S wall to Sean L and Joe.
To Dos
- Commons working groups to train event volunteers in crowd management for fire safety/evacuation