Respectfully disagree but you raise an important point. Our work load is at least 50% educational projects at any given time so I’ve got a headful of this topic. Ramping up from middle to high school to community and then university level science “labs”, the hazard grows incrementally. But even at the MS level, we look at two basic criteria: 1) does it have piped/pressurized CNG and, 2) do they store/use hazardous or unstable chemicals. In California, ANY educational space that has pressurized gas or flammable liquids is automatically OH2, including science rooms and vocational tech’ rooms such as auto shop, metal shop, even jewelry making. MS science rooms generally have the pressurized gas, HS rooms have gas and light chemicals, CC and university labs go up from there. These are unquestionably OH2 and potentially EH if chemicals are stored in the classrooms, which they are generally not. (Chem storage areas are usually provided in separate compartments or anterooms, and they are often H-group occupancy.)
But the term “Lab” is very popular in today’s educational architect-speak and it often refers to a basic classroom, which is obviously Light Hazard. When we see “computer lab” or “learning lab” or “collaborative lab” on a set of plans, we immediately request that the architect change that terminology because the myopic plan reviewers will invariably classify that space as OH if they think it’s a lab-lab. My From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Normand Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 7:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: College Lab Classrooms Chemistry, biology, physics, math, reading lab? Would depend on quantity of chemicals, gases and such. Most labs would be Light Hazard me thinks. On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:36 AM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Quick question. College Lab classrooms. Light or Ordinary hazard? Bill Menster WFM Consulting Inc. 2416 Malaya Ct. Punta Gorda, FL 33983 ph. 941-421-9786 fax 941-391-6133 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.wfmconsultinginc.com<http://www.wfmconsultinginc.com> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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