Allowable Area Table 506.2 Clarification

This is something I need to clarify before my exam on Monday. When finding the allowable area from Table 506.2, it is safe to assume that the number refers to an amount of area per story? Or do we always have to take that number and use one of the following calculations such as single-occupancy one-story, mixed-occupancy multi-story, etc. from the following sections (IBC 506.2.1-506.2.4)? And also, if we are not planning to use the frontage increase, do we still use those calculations in IBC 506.2.1-506.2.4 and if so, what would we use as the value for I (Increase due to frontage)?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

David Kaplan May 13, 2019 12:33

^^^Emmanuel - I had to do ALL of these calculations on my exam. Everyone's test is different.

Herman Nadal May 17, 2019 13:21

Might be too late for your exam, but to answer the original question, for IBC 2015 the numbers in table 506.2 are factors that are plugged into the appropriate equation for your building. So they're per story (in a way). Once you plug them into the equations you get the total building area.

Cristina Martin May 20, 2019 14:57

Thank you for your responses. Herman, that helps answer my question, I appreciate it.

Allowable Area Table 506.2 Clarification

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