ICC 77 case studies
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ICC 77 refers to the Certified Building Official (CBO) credential offered by the International Code Council (ICC). The CBO is an ICC professional certification for individuals who manage or perform building department functions - typically building officials, plans examiners, inspectors, and code enforcement staff who want to demonstrate competence at the departmental leadership level. The ICC 77 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,903 words.
1Restaurant Conversion in an Unsprinklered 1925 Masonry Building
An owner submits plans to convert a two-story, 10,000-square-foot masonry building built in 1925. The first floor was mercantile (M) and the second floor storage (S-2).
825 words, about 4 min2Nightclub Expansion With Exit Access Through a Commercial Kitchen
A 6,000-square-foot nightclub (A-2) in a fully sprinklered building has a calculated occupant load of 280. The main entrance is a 6-foot-wide storefront door.
801 words, about 4 min3Equivalency Request for a Historic Corridor Wall
A preservation architect for a four-story, 60,000-square-foot historic hotel conversion to 40 apartments (R-2) asks the CBO to accept an alternative to the required 1-hour separation between dwelling units and the corridor. The existing corridor walls are wood lath and plaster over wood studs; the architect's consultant measured an existing rating of about 20 minutes and proposes to keep the plaster, add 1/2-inch Type X gypsum board on the corridor side, and apply an intumescent coating to the exposed original trim.
739 words, about 4 min4Unpermitted Child Care Center in a Strip Mall
A 2,500-square-foot tenant space in a 12,000-square-foot strip mall has been operating as a child care center for 40 children ages 3 to 5 and six staff for six months without a building permit or certificate of occupancy. The suite's certificate of occupancy is for mercantile (M).
815 words, about 4 min5Fire-Damaged Office Building: Repair Label Used to Avoid Sprinklers
A four-story, 80,000-square-foot office building (B) built in 1985 is nonsprinklered. A fire damages 6,000 square feet of the fourth floor, including one of the two enclosed exit stairs and a corridor wall.
723 words, about 4 min