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What is NYC BC § 3303.7.6?

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This section outlines the requirements for signage related to floor numbering and elevation during construction, enlargement, or demolition of buildings over 420 feet or with non-sequential floor numbers. It mandates specific signs at hoistway and stair landings, as well as a chart detailing floor numbers and elevations. Applies to building owners involved in construction activities.

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3303.7.6 Floor numbering and floor elevation.

BC § 3303.7.6

During new building construction, a vertical or horizontal enlargement, or a demolition operation that results in the removal of one or more floors in a building that is greater than 420 feet (128 m) in height above grade, or in any building, regardless of height, with non-sequential floor numbers, the following shall be provided: 1. A sign at each hoistway landing prominently displaying the designated floor number and elevation above grade.

2.A sign at each stair landing prominently displaying the designated floor number and elevation above grade.

3.A sign or other acceptable marking immediately adjacent to the standpipe hose outlet on each floor indicating the elevation above grade of the standpipe hose outlet and, in multi-zone standpipe buildings, the zone of the riser (low, mid, high).

4.A chart of the entire building listing the designated floor number and the elevation above grade of the standpipe hose outlet on each floor. The chart shall be posted in each construction elevator or hoist, and at such ground floor locations as specified in the New York City Fire Code.

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