2018 Occupant Load Factor
Hi NCARB, I noticed that the occupant load factor changed dramatically in IBC 2018 of one occupancy type. Please confirm that we are supposed to use the 2018 OLF for a business occupancy. It used to be 100 sf/occupant, but is now 150 sf/occupant.
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Arielle,
I see you haven't gotten a reply here yet but I can tell you this: if it has been formally announced that the ARE is now following the 2018 version of the IBC (and please confirm that, I haven't been testing for 3 years so I haven't followed up), then I can tell you without a doubt that you would follow whatever the chart says in the 2018 IBC. Period. They wouldn't do anything different. The code is the code. Also be aware that it is very possible you'll be given this table on your test for questions relating to occupant load, so that will help as well.
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Echoing the above comments
NCARB should provide the excerpt of reference in some way that you are supposed to use for this Exam.
In Pennsylvania, where I live, We are still on 2015 IBC and so It would not be great for me to test on 2018 information but use 2015 information in practice.
To this point - it is better to know what reference you are looking for / what information is needed to solve the problem - than to memorize the code requirements (i.e. SF/occupant). For all you know going into the exam, there may be some weird occupancy requirement involved that you never studied. You need to use the resources provided to solve the problem in question.
Mark, Archizam, ARE 5.0 Practice Exams
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