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2018 IFC Update <br />2018 IFC Chapter 31: Tents, Temporary Special Event Structures <br />and Other Membrane Structures <br />Code Section <br />Section Title Description of Change <br />2018 2015 <br />Chapter 31 <br />A new definition is added for umbrella structures which results in regulation <br />Umbrella <br />of umbrella structures when they exceed 400 square feet. <br />Structures <br />Clarification <br />3103.3.1 <br />Special amusement buildings located in temporary tents are required to be <br />Tents and <br />Membraneequipped with an automatic sprinkler system. <br />Addition <br />Structures Used <br />as Special <br />Amusement <br />Buildings <br />3103.6,3103.6, <br />StructuralTemporary tents and membrane structures are required to provide <br />3103.9,3103.9, <br />construction documents which address their structural stability and load <br />Stability of Tents <br />3103.9.1,3103.9.1, <br />carrying capacity. Larger tents and membrane structures have been added <br />3103.9.2,3103.9.2, <br />to the list of temporary facilities which must comply. <br />3103.9.3 3103.9.3 <br />Modification <br />3104.2 <br />Fabrics for Tents The application of testing criteria for flame spread of tent and membrane <br />structures has been clarified. <br />and Membrane <br />Addition <br />Structures <br />3105, 202, <br />Temporary The requirements for temporary stage structures are expanded to include <br />105.6.47, <br />Special Event all temporary structures greater than 400 square feet when used at special <br />105.7.22 <br />Structures events. <br />Addition <br />Section 3106 <br />Outdoor This section adds requirements specific to outdoor public gatherings and <br />Addition <br />improves the correlation of requirements in the IBC and IFC. <br />Assembly Events <br />3107.3, <br />Requirements for the use and separation of LPgas containers in and <br />LP-gas <br />3107.13.1, <br />around tents and membrane structures have been revised. <br />Containers and <br />3107.13.2, <br />Tanks Adjacent <br />3107.13.3 <br />to Tents and <br />Modification <br />Membrane <br />Structures <br />2018 IFC Chapter 32: High-Piled Combustible Storage <br />Code Section <br />Section Title Description of Change <br />2018 2015 <br />Modification <br />Chapter 32 The requirements in the chapter have been updated to correlate with <br />High-piledcurrent NFPA 13 requirements and recent FM Global fire tests. <br />Combustible <br />Storage <br />0 ¦¤ΐΐ <br /> <br />