i;am an architect working now at the design of new apartment building in KSA , my question is related to codes & standards , should we add a pressurized duct shaft with fan to exit stairs connect more than 4 stories for the purpose of smoke control system .
kindly be noted that i'am asking about pressurization duct shaft not pressurization with top fan , as adding a shaft beside the stair shall affect the architectural design .
do you know what the code being used is? I've never done work in Saudi Arabia so can't really say. Where I'm working it would be required in any non-residential occupancy building over 24m. It wouldn't be required in a residential building, but vestibules and stairwell ventilation (usually windows) would be.
So Saudi Arabia has building codes advanced enough to recognize the need for stair pressurization but yet ignore basic human rights for over half it's population?
exit stairs and pressurization system
i;am an architect working now at the design of new apartment building in KSA , my question is related to codes & standards , should we add a pressurized duct shaft with fan to exit stairs connect more than 4 stories for the purpose of smoke control system .
kindly be noted that i'am asking about pressurization duct shaft not pressurization with top fan , as adding a shaft beside the stair shall affect the architectural design .
thanks
do you know what the code being used is? I've never done work in Saudi Arabia so can't really say. Where I'm working it would be required in any non-residential occupancy building over 24m. It wouldn't be required in a residential building, but vestibules and stairwell ventilation (usually windows) would be.
Must be a great place to work.
I think we typically use the IBC in our Saudi Arabian projects. They don't seem to be held to as strict of an interpretation though...
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