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Part 3

3.2.2.16. Heavy Timber Roof Permitted

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(1)

Unless otherwise permitted by Articles 3.2.2.20. to 3.2.2.93., a roof assembly in a building up to 2 storeys in building height is permitted to be of heavy timber construction regardless of building area or type of construction required, provided the building is sprinklered throughout.

(2)

If Sentence (1) permits a roof assembly to be of heavy timber construction, structural members in the storey immediately below the roof assembly are permitted to be of heavy timber construction.

  • (1)
  • (2)

Mentioned in

  • 3. Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility
  • 3.1.5.1. Noncombustible Materials
  • 3.1.6.3. Structural Mass Timber Elements
  • 3.2.2.16. Heavy Timber Roof Permitted
  • 3.2.2.20. Group A, Division 1, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.23. Group A, Division 2, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.24. Group A, Division 2, up to 6 Storeys, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.29. Group A, Division 3, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.31. Group A, Division 3, up to 2 Storeys, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.36. Group B, Division 1, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.37. Group B, Division 1, up to 3 Storeys, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.38. Group B, Division 2, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.39. Group B, Division 2, up to 3 Storeys, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.42. Group B, Division 3, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.43. Group B, Division 3, Up to 3 Storeys, (Noncombustible), Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.47. Group C, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.48. Group C, up to 12 Storeys, Sprinklered, Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction
  • 3.2.2.49. Group C, up to 6 Storeys, Sprinklered, Noncombustible Construction
  • 3.2.2.55A. Group C, Retirement Home, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.55D. Group C, Retirement Home, up to 3 Storeys, Sprinklered, Noncombustible Construction
  • 3.2.2.56. Group D, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.57. Group D, up to 12 Storeys, Sprinklered, Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction
  • 3.2.2.59. Group D, up to 6 Storeys, Sprinklered, Noncombustible Construction
  • 3.2.2.66. Group E, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.72. Group F, Division 1, up to 4 Storeys, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.76. Group F, Division 2, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.77. Group F, Division 2, up to 4 Storeys, Increased Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.82. Group F, Division 3, Any Height, Any Area, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.84. Group F, Division 3, up to 6 Storeys, Sprinklered
  • 3.2.2.93. Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction, Various Occupancies, Heights and Areas, Sprinklered
  • A-3.1.6.3. Structural Mass Timber Elements.

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