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The New 8 th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code

The New 8 th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code. Tom Riley – Department of Public Safety Rob Anderson – Department of Public Safety A. Vernon Woodworth, AIA, LEED AP – R.W. Sullivan Engineering. 780 CMR 8 th Edition Base Code. Disclaimer

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The New 8 th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code

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  1. The New 8th Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code Tom Riley – Department of Public Safety Rob Anderson – Department of Public Safety A. Vernon Woodworth, AIA, LEED AP – R.W. Sullivan Engineering

  2. 780 CMR 8th Edition Base Code Disclaimer • This presentation attempts to familiarize users with the new 8th edition and specifically with what’s changed from the 7th edition. The information provided may have inaccuracies and cannot encompass all of the changes between the two editions of the building code. • This training presentation may be found at the DPS website.

  3. The 7th Edition Base Code + Embedded MA amendments = (Sold at State bookstore) Note: The code also references other MA codes (plumbing, electrical, etc.) and I-codes* which cover mechanical and energy requirements. *Can be purchased at www.iccsafe.org

  4. The 8th Edition uses I-codes MAAmendments + Note: The code also references other MA codes (plumbing, electrical, etc.)

  5. MSBC • Front-end Amendments

  6. Using the 8th Edition Base Code Example: How do I find energy requirements for building envelope sealing? • Go to chapter13 of IBC: IBC says to use IECC. • Found in section 502.4.3 of IECC. • Check MA amendments for chapter 13: it also says use IECC but with MA amendments. • Note: MA amendments in 13 are listed according to IECC section numbers and yes, section 502.4.3 has been amended!

  7. DPS Website: www.mass.gov/dps

  8. DPS Website: Building Code

  9. DPS Website: Building Code

  10. Chapter 1 Administration Organization • How did we get 25-sections of the 7th chapter 1 to fit into the 16-sections of the IBC chapter 1 and keep amendments to a minimum? • Reviewed every section of the 7th; found its’ corresponding location in 8th or added amendments if needed. • Deleted several topics not in use (Construction Materials Safety Board, for example) and moved embedded ‘convenience’ information to website. • Deleted MGL language; provided web link to MGL’s instead. • Deleted Special Regulations language (CSL, Native Lumber, etc.); referenced chapter 110 instead.

  11. Chapter 1: Administration IBC sections flow with project: • General • Applicability • Dept. of Building Safety (Building Official) • Duties of Building Official • Permits • Construction Documents • Submittal Documents • Temporary Structures and Uses • Fees • Inspections • Certificate of Occupancy • Service Utilities -reserved • Board of Appeals • Violations • Stop work order • Unsafe Structures and Equipment scope administration permitting construction problems

  12. Chapter 1: Administration • Key items • Townhouse requirements(101.2) clarified…hopefully! • 3-stories or less in one and two family code, appendix Z deleted. • Independent Structural Review (105.9) narrowed… • Required on only high rise and complex structures • Construction control(107.6) language tightened… • Alternative means and methods which deviate from prescriptive code requirements must be submitted to the building official for approval, separate from the plans. • IBC inspection language loosened (110.3) … • Construction inspection intervalsmay (not shall) include those set forth in sections 110.3.1 through 110.3.10 • Periodic Inspection Table 110 (was Table 106) revised: • Annual inspections of group residences removed. • Fire escapes included. • Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (111.3) : • IBC language adopted authorizing building official.

  13. Chapter 1: AdministrationReferenced Codes (101.4) • Specialized codes (M.G.L. c. 143, § 96): used in MA instead of or in conjunction with I-codes (IFC, IMC, IPC etc.). • Inspection of work under Specialized Codes by “individuals authorized by specialized codes”. • Specialized code work impacting building features subject to inspection by the building official. • Access enforced by the building official. See M.G.L. c. 22, § 13A. • Bunkers and magazines for explosive materials, flammable/combustible liquids and chemical process safety, defaults to 527 CMR and are enforceable by the head of the fire department rather thanthe building official. • Sheet Metal Regulations enforced by the building official. See M.G.L. c. 13, § 102. Specialized Codes (MGL 143 § 96) Plumbing 248 CMR Electrical 527CMR12 Access 521 CMR Fire Safety Code ? Fire Prevention 527 CMR Elevator 524 CMR Sheet Metal 271 CMR • Fire Prevention (101.4.5): Reference to the IFC or IMC for fire prevention issues shall be considered reference to 527 CMR. If 527 CMR does not address, then IFC or IMC shall apply. If a conflict regarding fire prevention requirements exists between 527 CMR and 780 CMR the more stringent standard shall apply. • Building code requirements in the IFC and IMC are made a part of 780 CMR and are enforceable by the building official. • Oil fired appliances governed by 527 CMR 4.00.

  14. Chapter 1: Administration Other items of note: • DDS Facilities (102.2.1): Additional safety features in one and two family dwellings for group residence do not change the building classification from one and two family. • Work exempt from permit (105.2): Now specifies painting…cabinetry…finish work and playground equipment. • Permit application (105.3): Indicate if licensed by a State care agency. • Electronic seal (107.1.1): Allowed, see DPL website: www.mass.gov/dpl • Inspection intervals (110.3) : The building official shall conduct inspections…which may include inspections set forth in Sections 110.3.1 through 110.3.10. • Lowest floor in flood zones (110.3): Certification must be submitted to BO that elevation is in compliance with section 1612.5 before work above that elevation proceeds • Temporary Occupancy (111.3): Key change is that this IBC section is not amended. Like the 7th edition the building official has the sole authority to issue a temporary certificate. The 8th does not require consultation with the fire official (7th edition language). • Unsafe structures (116.1) : Resurrected 6th edition language per DFS request.

  15. Chapter 2: Definitions • IBC definitions, some of which don’t exist in the 7th, were reviewed and retained. • MA unique definitions added: • Agriculture: as per MGL • Agricultural , Building: • Building Official: as per MGL • Design Flood: as per DEP/Appendix G • Design Flood Elevation: • High-Rise Building: 70 for MA vs 75 feet in IBC. • Jurisdiction: BBRS • Night Club: • Ordinance: means same as bylaw • Registered Design Professional, RDP: applies to MA PE’s and registered architects. • Specialized Codes: Just those listed in MGL 143 § 96 • Story Above Grade Plane: • Temporary Emergency Uses: • Temporary Overnight Shelter:

  16. Chapter 3: Use and Occupancy Overview: • In general, group homes, day care and related care facilities formerly in chapter 4 have been integrated into chapter 3. • Once classified, all requirements to be enforced by the BO are found in the main body of the code. • Special requirements and emergency evacuation requirements are covered by MA care agency regulations and enforced by the respective agency. • 7th • Chapter 4 • Group Residences • Day Care centers • Limited Group Residence • Detox. Facilities • Group Dwelling units 8th Chapter 3 Moved to

  17. Chapter 3: Use and Occupancy Changes and noted issues: • Day care: (305.2): MAcut-off age 2 yrs 9 mo vs IBC 2 yrs 6 mo. • Group homes (308.2): No longer in chapter 4. Caveats retained to ensure one and two family group homes with five or fewer residents are treated strictly as one and two family dwellings. Ability to evacuate during emergencies is care agency’s responsibility - BO only inspects for compliance with the building code. • I-2 and Residential care/assisted living facilities: (308.3)I-2 type facilities with up to 12 residents licensed or operated by DMH may be considered R-4 facilities. • Child care vs Day Care (308.5.2): To be determined if the term ‘child care’ is in error in this section and 310 of the IBC as these sections discuss care for less than 24 hours which is considered ‘Day Care’ elsewhere. • R-1 classification (310.1): Summer camps listed but requirements still in chapter 4. • R-2 classification (310.1): Includes day care of up to 10-children in an apartment and DMH licensed or operated units. • R-3 classification (310.1): Day care of up to 10 children allowed in a unit. Townhouses of more than 3-stories added to list with note that height and area and fire protection in accordance with R-2. DDS and DMH group type facilities also noted. • Definitions (310.2): • Boarding House references the MGL definition; • Congregate Care Facilities – definition added; • Residential Care/Assisted Living Facilities – Elder Affairs and DMH MGL’s cited. • Summer Camps- definition added.

  18. Use Group ASection 303 ** Assembly areas that are accessory to Use Group E are not considered separate occupancies (i.e. gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium) per Section 303.1 Exception 4.

  19. Use Group BSection 304 • New ambulatory health care provisions in 780 CMR 422 • Buildings or portions thereof used to provide medical, surgical, psychiatric, nursing, or similar care for less than a 24-hr basis to individuals who are rendered incapable of self-preservation • Outpatient clinic • Buildings or portions thereof used to provide medical care on less than a 24-hr basis to individuals who are not rendered incapable of self-preservation by the services provided

  20. Use Group ESection 305 • Educational • Buildings or portions thereof used by 6 or more people for educational purposes through the 12th grade (Religious educational rooms with less than 100 occupants that are accessory to a religious place of worship must be classified as Use Group A-3) • Day Care • Buildings or portions thereof used for educational, supervision, or personal care services for more than 5 children older than 2½ years old

  21. Use Group ISection 308 • Use Group I: • I-1: Minimum number of occupants, who because of age, mental disability, or other reasons live in a supervised environment, is increased from > 6 to > 16 for classification as I-1. • I-4 (day care facilities): New occupancy classification which includes buildings with > 5 persons, 2 years and 9 months or younger, who receive custodial care for less than 24 hours by individuals other than parent or guardian. • Adult Care Facility – less than 24 hour care for >5 unrelated adults • Previously classified as Use Group I-2 (hospitals) in 6th edition.

  22. Use Group RSection 310 * Assisted living/ residential care occupancy thresholds: > 16 people = I-1 6-16 people = R-4 5 or less people = R-3

  23. Chapter 4: Special Use and Occupancy Section number changes start with section 19: Key: Red sections covered elsewhere in the 8th Blue titles new with 8th edition.

  24. Chapter 4: Special Use and Occupancy Changes and noted issues: • References to IFC; 527 CMR takes precedence over IFC where 527 CMR specifically addresses the topic. Both 527 CMR & IFC needed to properly review/enforce (see 101.4.5). • Fire department review; fire department must review/approve permit submittals (see 107.1.2). • Mall Buildings (402); now also applies to Open Mall Buildings (402.2). • Open perimeter (402.6.1); Option to reduce from 60-foot minimum in certain cases. • Garages (402.7.1);Passenger car garages and open garages can be under the mall with 2-hr horizontal assemblies and be considered separate building • High Rise (403); still Massachusetts specific: 70 feet vs 75 feet • Less than 420 feet (403.2.1); have less stringent fire-resistance requirements. • Greater than 420 feet: • Spray-on coverings; more stringent impact resistance ratings for fire resistant spray-on coverings. • 2 sprinkler risers (403.3.1); minimum of 2 fire sprinkler risers located remote from each other. Adjacent floors cannot be supplied by the same sprinkler riser. • Redundant water supplies (403.3.2); required for fire pump installations. • 2-way radios (403.4.4) ; must have equipment so that fire department radios are functional. • Venting smoke (403.4.6); must have means of venting smoke from building after fire. • Stairs remoteness (403.5.1); increased for exit stairs, scissor stairs considered one exit. • Additional stairway (403.5.2); required for buildings greater than420 feet. • Luminous markings (403.5.5); required in the exit enclosures to highlight egress paths. • Fire Service Elevators (403.6.1); required in all high-rise buildings • Occupant Evacuation Elevators (403.6.2); IBC provisions for occupant evacuation elevators were not adopted by 780 CMR

  25. Chapter 4: Special Use and Occupancy • Parking garages (406) • Vehicle barrier height (406.2.4);requirement increased to 2-feet 9-inches from 2-feet due to increase in average vehicle size. • Open wall space (406.3.3.1)to qualify as open parking garage - amended to 25% from 20% to be consistent with MGL’s. • Hazardous materials (414 & 415); Detailed changes, including new control area approach, that are too detailed for this presentation

  26. High-Rise BuildingsSection 403.0 • Fire pumps – two separate water supply connections from different streets or provide isolation valve arrangement from one street • Elevator hoistway pressurization requirements have been relaxed:708.14.2.1) • dP = 0.10” H20 min. and 0.25”H20 max. • 7th Edition and 2006 IBC required 0.04” H20 min. and 0.06”H20 max • No longer required to have vestibules at smokeproof enclosure stairs that are pressurized (1022.9.2 Exception)

  27. Luminous Egress Path MarkingsSection 1024.0 • High-rise buildings with Use Groups A, B, E, I, M, and R-1 • Markings within exit enclosures • Steps • Landings • Handrails • Doors SOURCE: American PERMALIGHT

  28. High-Rise BuildingsSection 403.0 1. Occupant Evacuation Elevator - Reserved by MA.

  29. AtriumsSection 404.3 • Requires the entire building to be sprinklered unless: • Exception 1: Areas adjacent to and above the atrium are separated by 2- hour rated construction. • Exception 2: An atrium with a ceiling which is more then 55’ high is not required to have sprinkler protection at the ceiling. • Smoke control required in all atriums • Generally required smoke exhaust will be increased compared to previous codes. • Brought back the exception for a two story atrium - does not require smoke control (This exception was removed in the 7th edition)

  30. AtriumsSection 404.6 • Atrium Separation • 1-hr rated fire partitions • Exceptions: • Glass with sprinkler protection. • Adjacent spaces of any three floors can be open to the atrium provided the volume of these spaces is included is the smoke control system design.

  31. AtriumsSection 404 • All two-story floor openings exempt from smoke control, except Use Group H (404.5 ex) • Smoke control design based on an engineering analysis using NFPA 92B (909.8) * Alternate Fire Protection design permitted by Chapter 9 can be used to account for sprinklers and geometry

  32. Example Exhaust Rates Example 5-story atrium • Fire modeling permitted with a third party review • Variances for fire modeling are no longer required * Fire modeling may show make-up air > 200 ft/min is acceptable

  33. HazMat Control AreasSection 414 • Generally same quantity limits. • 1-hour floor assemblies now permitted for fully sprinklered buildings of Type IIA, IIIA, and VA construction that are 3 stories above grade or less (414.2.4 exception) • 7th Edition and prior versions of IBC required 2-hour floors regardless of building height

  34. Special UsesChapter 4 • Live/Work Units (Section 419) • Use Group R-2 • Max of 3,000 sq ft, max of 50% can be nonresidential • Non-residential area must be on first or main floor of the unit • Ambulatory Health Care (Section 422) • Use Group B – 1 or more patients incapable of self preservation • Smoke compartments (if > 10,000 sq ft) • Max distance to smoke barrier door must be < 200 feet • Motion Picture and Television Production Facilities (Section 425) • Standard on Motion Picture and Television Studios (NFPA 140)

  35. Chapter 5 General Building Heights and Areas • Chapter 5 • Independent of other chapters • Controls the size of a building of a particular ‘use’ and ‘construction type’ • Special Industrial buildings (503.1.1) are exempt from Chapter 5 requirements. • Hospital construction (503.1.3.1)– MGL c.111, § 51 requires hospitals to be of at least TYPE IB construction (see Chapter 6). • Exception (504.1) – 527 CMR 10 & 25 give authority to Fire Services relative to required fire lane size and layout.

  36. General Building Heights & AreasChapter 5 • The allowable building height in stories has been reduced for Use Groups B, M, S-1, and S-2 of Construction Types IIB and IIIB. See Table 503 for all height and area requirements.

  37. Chapter 5 General Building Heights and Areas • Automatic Sprinkler system increase (504.2) / Big Residential buildings in MA get increases using full NFPA 13 systems – i.e. per 903.3.1.1. • Unlimited areas buildings (507.4) of more than 1 story- this section is ‘reserved’. • Mixed Use & Occupancy (508) has been relocated to this chapter with some changes and addresses requirements for each USE/Separation/Accessory & Incidental Use requirements.

  38. Accessory AreasSection 508.2 • Fire separation assembly not required • Not more than 10% of any fire area • Does not exceed tabular values in Table 503 • Construction type and fire protection system requirements based on main use of building • Areas that require a fire barrier • High Hazard (Use Group H) • Incidental Use Areas (Table 508.2.5) • Assembly areas that are not considered separate occupancies/ exceptions to general accessory area rules • Rooms less than 750 SF (Section 303.1 Ex.3) • Accessory to Group E (Section 303.1 Ex. 4)

  39. Accessory AreasSection 508.2 • Example: Office building • Type IIA Construction • Unsprinklered • No Perimeter Access Business Use (B) 30,000 SF Total Fire Area = 37,500 SF Actual Floor Area (Main Use + Accessory) Allowable Area of Building (B) = 37,500 SF Allowable Area of Accessory Use (S-1) = 26,000 SF Storage Area is < 26,000 SF OK 10% of Total Fire Area = 3,750 SF Storage Area is > 3,750 SF NOT OK Accessory Area Does NOT Comply Storage Use (S-1) 7,500 SF

  40. Incidental Accessory OccupanciesSection 508.2 • Require separation/ protection per Table 508.2.5 • Rated construction • Automatic fire-extinguishing system • Only incidental accessory space must be protected • Smoke resistant walls • Automatic or self-closing doors • Incidental storage rooms over 100 ft2 are no longer required to be separated by 1 hour.

  41. Incidental Accessory OccupanciesSection 508.2.5

  42. Non-separated Use GroupsSection 508.3 • No fire separation required between uses, unless required by other provisions • Height and area limited by most restrictive use • Fire protection systems provided throughout in accordance with most restrictive use • All other requirements apply to each portion of the building based on use group

  43. Separated Use GroupsSection 508.4 • Fire separation assembly required between uses when required by Table 508.4 • Height and area limited based on a pro-rated calculation • All other requirements apply to each portion of the building based on use group • Sprinkler protection required based on most • restrictive use of a fire area as required by Chapter 9

  44. Separated Use GroupsSection 508.4

  45. Separated Use GroupsSection 508.4 • Height and area limitations for each fire area are based on use group • In each story, the sum of the ratios of the actual floor area to allowable area for each use group must not exceed one.

  46. Separated BuildingsSection 503.1.2 • Separated by fire wall per Section 706.1 • Code requirements based on use group(s) and construction type of each building individually • Height and area limitations apply to each building individually

  47. Special ProvisionsSection 509 Special conditions that are exempt from, or modify, the height and area requirements of Chapter 5 • Horizontal building separation allowance • Enclosed parking garage with open parking garage above • Group R-1 & R-2 of Types IIA & IIIA • Group B & M with open parking garages • Multiple Buildings above parking garages

  48. Markings and IdentificationSection 703.6 • Fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, smoke barriers, and smoke partitions, or any other wall required to have protected openings or penetrations must be identified with signs or stenciling • Required at 30’ intervals horizontally • “FIRE AND / OR SMOKE BARRIER – PROTECT ALL OPENINGS”

  49. Sprayed Fire-Resistance MaterialsSection 704.13 • Specifically regulates the application of SFRMs to minimize the potential for the materials to be dislodged; including: • Surface conditions • Substrate conditions • Conditions for applying to primers, paints and encapsulates • Flange depth • Web depth • Temperature at time of installation • Finished condition

  50. Exterior WallsSections 705.5 & 714.4.1 • Exterior walls are required to be rated for fire exposure from both sides when the fire separation distance is 10’ or less (previously 5’ or less). • Clarification: Voids between exterior curtain walls and nonfire-resistance-rated floor or floor/ceiling assemblies must be sealed with approved material to retard the interior spread of fire and hot gasses. Source: ICC 2009

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