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2020/003: Whether a consented apartment building with a single escape route requires smoke lobbies on the ground floor

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Determination 2020/003[PDF 536 KB]

 

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Date issued
15 April 2020
Primary Building Code clause:
C4 - Movement to a place of safety
Primary topic:
Fire safety
Council:
Auckland Council

Summary

This determination considers the granting of a building consent and whether a proposed three-storey apartment building with a common stairwell requires smoke lobbies in the ground floor apartments in order to comply with the Building Code by means of the Acceptable Solution C/AS2. The ground floor apartments have alternative egress routes and the common stairwell is the single escape route for the occupants of upper floors.

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