Thanks for your opinions. I was a little concerned as patients in the NICU could be critical care infant patients, in incubaters on life support,then is the nonprotected roof be a risk in bad weather conditions. In addition relocation would be in the adjacent building (as is practiced in...
This is built using the 2001 CBC (California Building Code), (ICBO Model Code). Building is nonsprinklered I-1.1 occupancy, built in 1953. Exiting was to an exterior stairs across roof. Stairs will be demolished for a remodel project with new exiting to the new sprinklered I1.1 building...
Can a hospital NICU recovery room have an exit which leads across a roof deck, where HVAC equipment is located, to an adjacent new hospital building into an enclosed exit stairwell. This stairwell leads to the ground floor to the exterior of the building.
