2012 IBC Review of Height and Area

Opportunities for Light-Frame and CLT

Michelle Kam-Biron, P.E., S.E., SECB
Director of Education
American Wood Council

Outline
2012 IBC Heights and Areas

Type III, IV, and V Construction

Height and Area Increases

Examples

2015 IBC inclusion of CLT

Examples Type IV via 2012 IBC

Governing Code
2012 International
Building Code

Table 503 Excerpt - Allowable H&A

Group!

A-3!
B!
E!
M!
R%1!
R-2!
S-1!

Height
(ft)!

S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!

p. 8

Type of Construction!
Type III!

Type IV!

A
65!

B
55!

HT
65!
Stories (S)!
Area (A)!

3!
14,000!
5!
28,500!
3!
23,500!
4!
18,500!
4!
24,000!
4!
24,000!
3!
26,000!

2!
9,500!
3!
19,000!
2!
14,500!
2!
12,500!
4!
16,000!
4!
16,000!
2!
17,500!

3!
15,000!
5!
36,000!
3!
25,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,000!
4!
25,500!

Type V!
A
50!

B
40!

2!
11,500!
3!
18,000!
1!
18,500!
3!
14,000!
3!
12,000!
3!
12,000!
3!
14,000!

1!
6,000!
2!
9,000!
1!
9,500!
1!
9,000!
2!
7,000!
2!
7,000!
1!
9,000!

Table 503 Excerpt - Allowable H&A

Type of Construction
Group

A-3!
B!
E!
M!
R-1!
R-2!
S-1!

Height
(ft)

S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!

Type II
A
65

B
55

3!
15,500!
5!
37,500!
3!
26,500!
4!
21,500!
4!
24,000!
4!
24,000!
3!
26,000!

2!
8,500!
3!
23,000!
2!
14,500!
2!
12,500!
4!
16,000!
4!
16,000!
2!
17,500!

Type III

Type IV

A
B
65
55
Stories (S)
Area (A)

HT
65

A
50

B
40

3!
15,000!
5!
36,000!
3!
25,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,000!
4!
25,500!

2!
11,500!
3!
18,000!
1!
18,500!
3!
14,000!
3!
12,000!
3!
12,000!
3!
14,000!

1!
6,000!
2!
9,000!
1!
9,500!
1!
9,000!
2!
7,000!
2!
7,000!
1!
9,000!

3!
14,000!
5!
28,500!
3!
23,500!
4!
18,500!
4!
24,000!
4!
24,000!
3!
26,000!

2!
9,500!
3!
19,000!
2!
14,500!
2!
12,500!
4!
16,000!
4!
16,000!
2!
17,500!

Type V

Exception

p. 12

! Section 504.2 permits increased building heights

20 feet

1 story above grade.

NFPA 13

Height Increases for Sprinklers

+ 1 story and 20 ft.

Table 503 limit

Area Increases

p. 9

Section 506 Building Area Modification

Aa = At + [At x If] + [At x Is]
! Aa = Allowable area per story
! At = Tabular area per story
! If = Area increase factor due to frontage
! Is = Area increase factor due to sprinkler

protection

Code Conforming Wood Design

Now using CCWD tables . . .

Group B NFPA 13 Sprinklered

p.31

Group R - NFPA 13 Sprinklered

p. 43

Mixed Use Galt

Project Team:

Owner: City of Galt and CFY Development Inc.

General Contractor: CFY Development Inc.

Architect: Michael F. Malinowski, AIA, Applied

Architecture Inc.

Structural Engineer: Mike Baker, SE, Baker

Guptil Structural Designs, Inc.

Framer: Becker General Contractors

Construction Timeline:

March 2011 to occupancy in June 2012

Mixed Use Galt

 Architectural Components
Construction Type: VA
Areas & Occupancies:
Level 1: S-2 (24,633 sf) Enclosed, A2, M
and B Retail/Restaurant/Office and
Residential Administration (14,356 sf)
Levels 2 and 3: R-2 88 Units (62,480 sf)
Sprinklers: NFPA 13 sprinkler system

R-2
R-2
S-2 Enclosed, A2,
M & B

Approx. 47

Mixed Use Galt

Mixed Use

Oceano at Warner Center

Project Team:
Owner: TDI California Construction &
Oceano Partners
General Contractor: TDI California
Construction
Architect: RC Alley III, NCARB,
Architects Orange
Structural Engineer: Tom VanDorpe, SE,
VanDorpe Chou Associates, Inc. (VCA)
Framer: Brian Larrabure, Larrabure
Framing
Construction Timeline: January 2011 to
occupancy in July 2012

Oceano at Warner Center

Oceano at Warner Center

Sprinklers: NFPA 13 sprinkler system

R-2
R-2
R-2
R-2
S-2 Enclosed

Approx. 55

Architectural Components
Construction Type: VA
Occupancies:
Below Grade: S-2 Enclosed semisubterranean parking below grade
Levels 1-4: R-2 Building 1 116
units (146,847 sf) and Building 2
128 units (163,468 sf)

Oceano at Warner Center

Building Code
2015 International
Building Code

2015 IBC

2015 IBC
ASTM E119 Fire Endurance
Test
5-Ply CLT (~7 thick)
5/8 Type X GWB each side
3 hours 6 minutes
www.awc.org/Code-Officials/
2012-IBC-Challenges/

2015 IBC
ANSI/APA PRG 320-2011

Standard for Performance-Rated

Cross-Laminated Timber

2015 NDS
2015 National Design
Specification for Wood
Construction

CLT Provisions

2015 IBC
Code modifications to Ch. 23 Wood
2303.1.4 Structural glued cross laminated timber. Crosslaminated timbers shall be manufactured and identified as required in
ANSI/APA PRG 320-2011.
CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER. A prefabricated engineered wood
product consisting of at least three layers of solid-sawn lumber or
structural composite lumber where the adjacent layers are crossoriented and bonded with structural adhesive to form a solid wood
element.
Code modifications to Ch. 35 Wood
ANSI or APA
ANSI/APA PRG 320-2011 Standard for Performance-Rated CrossLaminated Timber

2015 IBC
Type IV Construction
602.4 Type IV. Type IV construction (Heavy Timber, HT) is that type of
construction in which the exterior walls are of noncombustible materials
and the interior building elements are of solid or laminated wood without
concealed spaces. The details of Type IV construction shall comply with
the provisions of this section. Fire retardant treated wood framing
complying with Section 2303.2 shall be permitted within exterior wall
assemblies with a 2-hour rating or less. Exterior walls complying with
Section 602.4.1 or 602.4.2 shall also be permitted. Minimum solid sawn
nominal dimensions are required for structures built using Type IV
construction (HT). For glued-laminated members the equivalent net
finished width and depths corresponding to the minimum nominal width
and depths of solid sawn lumber are required as specified in Table 602.4.
Cross laminated timber (CLT) dimensions used in this section are actual
dimensions.

2015 IBC
Type IV Construction Exterior Walls
602.4.1 Fire-retardant-treated wood framing complying with Section
2303.2 shall be permitted within exterior wall assemblies with a 2-hour
rating or less.

602.4.2 Cross-laminated timber complying with Section 2303.1.4 shall be
permitted within exterior wall assemblies with a 2-hour rating or less
provided:
Exterior surface of the cross-laminated timber is protected fire retardant
treated wood sheathing complying with 2303.2 and not less than 15/32
inch thick;
OR
gypsum board not less than inch thick;
OR
a noncombustible material.

IBC
"

Type IV Construction Floors

602.4.6.2 CLT. Cross laminated timber shall be not less than 4 inches
(102 mm) in thickness. It shall be continuous from support to support
and mechanically fastened to one another. Cross laminated timber shall
be permitted to be connected to walls without a shrinkage gap
providing swelling or shrinking is considered in the design. Corbelling of
masonry walls under the floor shall be permitted to be used.

2015 IBC
"

Type IV Construction Roofs

602.4.5 602.4.7 Roofs. Roofs shall be without concealed spaces and

wood roof decks shall be sawn or glued laminated, splined or tongue-andgroove plank, not less than 2 inches (51 mm) nominal in thickness,; 11/8inch-thick (32 mm) wood structural panel (exterior glue), or of; planks not
less than 3 inches (76 mm) nominal in width, set on edge close together
and laid as required for floors.; or of cross laminated timber. Other types of
decking shall be permitted to be used if providing equivalent fire resistance
and structural properties
Cross laminated timber roofs shall be not less than 3 inch nominal in
thickness and shall be continuous from support to support and
mechanically fastened to one another.

2015 IBC
"

Type IV Construction Interior Walls & Partitions

602.4.8.1 Interior Walls and Partitions. Interior walls and partitions shall
be of solid wood construction formed by not less than two layers of 1inch (25 mm) matched boards or laminated construction 4 inches (102
mm) thick, or of 1-hour fire-resistance-rated construction.
602.4.8.2 Exterior walls. All exterior walls shall be of one of the
following:
1. Noncombustible materials; or
2. Not less than 6 inches in thickness and constructed of one of the
following:
2.1 Fire retardant treated wood in accordance with 2303.2 and
complying with 602.4.1 or
2.2. Cross laminated timber complying with 602.4.2.

2015 IBC Type IV

IBC 2012 - Table 503 Excerpt - Allowable H&A

Type of Construction
Group

A-3!
B!
E!
M!
R-1!
R-2!
S-1!

Height
(ft)

S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!

Type II

Type IV

A
B
65
55
Stories (S)
Area (A)

HT
65

3!
15,500!
5!
37,500!
3!
26,500!
4!
21,500!
4!
24,000!
4!
24,000!
3!
26,000!

2!
8,500!
3!
23,000!
2!
14,500!
2!
12,500!
4!
16,000!
4!
16,000!
2!
17,500!

3!
15,000!
5!
36,000!
3!
25,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,000!
4!
25,500!

IBC 2012 HT w/ Sprinklers and Open Frontage

Type of Construction
Height (ft)
Group

A-3!
B!
E!
M!
R-1!
R-2!
S-1!

S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!
S!
A!

Type II
A
65

3!
15,500!
5!
37,500!
3!
26,500!
4!
21,500!
4!
24,000!
4!
24,000!
3!
26,000!

NFPA 13 sprinklers
30 open frontage all around

B
55
Stories (S)
Area (A)
2!
8,500!
3!
23,000!
2!
14,500!
2!
12,500!
4!
16,000!
4!
16,000!
2!
17,500!

Type IV

Type IVa,b,c

HT
65

HT
85

3!
15,000!
5!
36,000!
3!
25,500!
43!
20,500!
4!
20,500!
4!
20,000!
4!
25,500!

4!
42,180!
6!
67,500!
4!
71,710!
5!
46,120!
5!
46,120!
5!
46,120!
5!
40,420!

IBC 2015 Type IV Fire-Resistance

Requirements

IBC 2015 Type IV Fire-Resistance

Requirements

Franklin Elementary School

Source: LignaTerra

Franklin, West Virginia

46,200 sq. ft.
8 week assembly

Franklin Elementary School

Source: LignaTerra

Franklin Elementary School

Scheduled completion: Winter 2015

2015 IBC
Revise 510 levels above grade

SECTION 510 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

510.2 Horizontal building separation
allowance. A building shall be
considered as separate and distinct
buildings for the purpose of determining
area limitations, continuity of fire walls,
limitation of number of stories and type
of construction where all of the following
conditions are met:
1. The buildings are separated with a
horizontal assembly having a fireresistance rating of not less than 3 hours.
2. The building below the horizontal
assembly is not greater than one story
above grade plane.

Building Height Stacked Buildings

Building Height in feet

Upper building height (feet) is measured from grade plane

Building Height stories

Upper building height (stories) measured from top of

lower building
6 stories
80 ft max

Residential
Occupancy floors
2 thru 6

Grade
Plane

Closed Parking
Garage 1st
floor

Upper
Building
Height
4-5 stories

NFPA 13
Sprinklers

Building Height Stacked Buildings

Building Height in feet

Upper building height (feet) is measured from grade plane

Building Height stories

Upper building height (stories) measured from top of

lower building
6 stories
80 ft max

Residential
Occupancy floors
2 thru 6

Grade
Plane

Upper
Building
Height
4-5 stories

Parking Garage
1st & 2nd floor

NFPA 13
Sprinklers

Code Conforming Wood Design

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