IBC Design 721.1(1) 1-1.1

4-Hour Fire Rated Steel columns and all of primary trusses — Carbonate, lightweight and sand-lightweight aggregate…

IBC Table 721.1(1), Item 1-1.1 (Steel columns and all of primary trusses): protection by Carbonate, lightweight and sand-lightweight aggregate concrete, members 6" x 6" or greater (not including sandstone, granite and siliceous gravel). Minimum insulating material thickness — 4-hr: 2-1/2" · 3-hr: 2" · 2-hr: 1-1/2" · 1-hr: 1". Prescriptive protection from the adopted building code — see table footnotes for conditions.

Carbonate, lightweight and sand-lightweight aggregate concrete, members 6" x 6" or greater (not including sandstone, granite and siliceous gravel).

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