1. On which code is the current North Carolina Building Code based?

2009 International Building Code book.

2. Using the International Building Code, find the use and occupancy classification of
the proposed new CEEC/CTEC School Building.
E-Educational
A-3 Assembly uses intended for worship, recreation or amusement, but the purposes of A-3 isn't limiting to
educational purposes as well.
3. Using the PowerPoint from this Activity, describe each of the four types of
construction. Based on your proposed structure, under which of these types of construction
could the CEEC/CTEC building fall?
Construction 1: Walls, floors, roofs, and exits must be constructed of noncombustible materials such as concrete,
steel, and masonry.
Construction 2: Exterior walls are made of noncombustible materials. Interior elements can be made of fire-
retardant-treated wood.
Construction 3: Exterior walls are made of noncombustible materials. Interior elements are of solid or laminated
wood.
Construction 4: Walls, floors, roofs, and exits can be constructed of any material allowed by the code.
CEEC/ CTEC would fall into construction type one.
4. Compare the allowable building heights and areas (IBC 2015 table 504.4) for the
School using different construction types. What is the least restrictive construction type that can
be used for the School?
503.1.3 Type I Construction.
Buildings of Type I construction permitted to be of unlimited tabular building heights and areas are not subject to
the special requirements that allow unlimited area buildings in Section 507 or unlimited building height in Sections
503.1.1 and 504.3 or increased building heights and areas for other
types of construction.
Is a fire-protective layer required over the structural elements?
The building codes prescriptively require minimum fire-resistance ratings for structural building elements
such as the structural frame, floor construction, walls (interior and exterior) and roof construction. The
purpose of providing these minimum fire resistance ratings is to contain a fire to the space of origin and
allow for safe occupant egress, permit safe firefighter entry and operations and provide structural stability.

5. What materials do you propose to use for the new interior walls and floor for the
Keystone Building? Justify your answer.
Most likely fire treated wood.

6. Use the IBC to determine the occupant load (IBC 2012 section 1004) for the School
assuming a second floor is added.
1004.4 Exiting from multiple levels. Where exits serve more than one floor, only the occupant load of each floor
considered individually shall be used in computing the required capacity of the exits at that floor, provided that the
exit capacity shall not decrease in the direction of egress travel.
Educational Classroom area- 20 net
7. The occupant load is used to determine the minimum egress width for each section
of the building. Use the IBC to determine the required total egress width (IBC 2015 section
1005.3.2) for the School and for the second floor alone (IBC 2015 section
.2 inches per person.
 8. Read IBC 2015 section 1022. What is the minimum number of exits required for the
occupant load?
The total width of means of egress in inches shall not be less than the total occupant load served by the means of
egress multiplied by 0.3 inch per occupant for stairways and by 0.2 inch per occupant for other egress components.
From the second floor it is 40.5 in.

1. In which zoning designation does the CEEC/CTEC School Building property lie?
Institutional.
2. Describe the purpose of this zoning designation. Document your answer with a
section number from the code (Code of Ordinance Appendix A).
Section 1.102. - Authority and purpose.

These regulations are adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the City of Charlotte by G.S. 160A-360 et
seq., and by any special local legislation enacted by the General Assembly for the City of Charlotte, in order to carry
out the purposes listed below:

(1)
These zoning regulations have been designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. To
that end, the regulations address, among other things, the following public purposes: to lessen congestion
in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote health and the general
welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue
concentration of population, and to facilitate the efficient and adequate provision of transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks and other public facilities and services.

3. Is the use proposed in CEEC/CTEC School permitted on this property? Document

your answer.
Yes, This is a college campus, they will allow a school.