BOABC Lunch and Learn

Topic: Code Revision-Single Egress Stairs
Host: BOABC-Building Officials’ Association of BC
Presenter: Ken Kunka AScT, BCQ
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location: Online event
Cost: Free

The Building Officials’ Association of BC has invited members of BCABD to attend a Lunch and Learn Webinar explaining the new revision to the BC Building Code allowing single stair egress in multifamily buildings up to six storeys in building height. The code changes are in force now.

The BC Building Code changes: 

• Enable single exit stair buildings, up to 6 storeys in height,

• Limit the occupancy load to 24 people, per floor,

• Limit the travel distance to the exit,

• Provide automatic sprinkler systems throughout buildings, including balconies,

• Manage smoke movement and include other fire protections, and

• Require high-level local fire department and high-level building operations and management to ensure ongoing fire system inspections.