When to incorporate design requirements of AHJ?

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Natalia Sanchez Robles

February 16, 2023 16:25

Looking at a question on the PjM practice exam that has you drag tasks into the shaded areas. Could anyone clarify why "Incorporate design requirements of AHJ" falls under Construction Documents? In my experience, those design requirements (things like FAR, setbacks, building height, egress components, etc.) have to be incorporated a lot earlier because they practically dictate the design and how the building takes shape.

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  Joel Edwards February 16, 2023 16:31

  Yeah I agree the wording is a little ambiguous. What they most likely mean here is incorporating AHJ design requirements determined during previous phases.

  If the task said “determine design requirements of AHJ” then it would be dragged into SD or DD phase area.

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  Rebekka O'Melia March 30, 2023 12:36

  Hi Natalia,

  The FAR, building height, etc other basic massing regs are addressed in section 2, schematic design where it says "review applicable laws, codes, and regulations".  The design requirements in section 4 would be more detailed building code requirements -  things like stair height & width, fire ratings, for example.  I think if they used the word 'codes' rather than AHJ, it would be more clear.

  Hope this helps!

  Rebekka O'Melia, R.A., NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, NOMA, Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

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