What John said.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 6:11 PM Tom Duross via Sprinklerforum <
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> Doing some commissioning work on a new one for New Balance here in
> Boston.  Building shaped like a peanut, curved walls and roof.  Almost
> every space is OH2, large sprinkler loads, half the place is K=8 heads.  10
> stairways, some only between 2 floors.  Large movable wooden track,
> protection over and below.  55' ceiling above track.  Point is.. The other
> buildings on this site which have Celtic and Bruins practice spaces we did
> a few years ago have a ton of open areas all used as storage of some really
> interesting stuff.  How about 30' of pads in a portable rack.  Retractable
> wooden bleachers never planned for.  They have these 2 small electric
> forklifts to pile mats up 20' to the limit.  New one both levels of garage
> are filled with boxes of stuff going in.  You name it.  I think this
> particular type of building is one I would take a longer look at.  Seems
> every room labeled a multi-purpose will become storage (full or part time)
> as well as the adjacent open areas.  Serious loading and beyond what a
> vanilla modelling might predict.
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> Cc: Prahl, Craig/GVL <[email protected]>; Bob Caputo <
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> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY FIELD HOUSE
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> Take it a step farther.  You need to look at all the various areas within
> the building.  For multi-use buildings, you can have various levels of
> hazards under one roof.  This is one reason why you can't use the annex as
> an end-all of occupancies.
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> Tall, open areas need to be looked at differently than standard height
> 8-10 ft areas.
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> Look at your sprinkler listings. A sprinkler Listed for LH may have a
> ceiling height limitation.
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY FIELD HOUSE
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> Not in my opinion.  We should always look at the definitions for each
> occupancy classification as opposed to the list in the annex.  These
> facilities have a lot of plastics and combustibles that exceed the
> definition of light hazard and they are of heights exceeding 8 ft so OH1 is
> probably not adequate.
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> When I look at the foam in landing pits of gymnasiums or even the
> bleachers, I'd have a hard time seeing a simple gymnasium as light hazard.
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> This is a personal opinion.
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> Subject: INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY FIELD HOUSE
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> NFPA does not define Field houses.
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> Indoor Track, Basketball Courts, Tennis Courts and Climbing Wall. The new
> building will be 37'-0 high to the peak of a flat roof.
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> Would it be safe to use Light Hazard Occupancy?
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