Can Class V chemical plant buildings and Class V workshops be built adjacent to each other?
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I would like to ask the engineers: in current design projects, is it possible to construct Class E factories and Class E warehouses in conjunction with other structures? It is not specified in the petrochemical regulations. Section 3.3.6 of the building codes only addresses the issue of intermediate warehouses within a factory building, and does not cover the issue of buildings being constructed adjacent to warehouses. The warehouse is 14M×60M and the workshop is 16M×60M; now the client wants the design firm to arrange them to be built at a 90° angle to each other. I wonder if it’s possible? Not found in the specifications. PS: \"Ti Jian\" means there is no fire separation distance; the two buildings are attached to each other, forming one fire compartment.
This post was last edited by Hu Kejia on 2019-12-6 at 14:42. “When the adjacent exterior walls of two warehouses are both firewalls, the fire separation distance can be reduced; however, for Class C warehouses, it should not be less than 6 meters.”； For Class D and Class E warehouses, it should not be less than 4m. When the higher exterior wall of two adjacent warehouses serves as a fire wall, or in the case of two adjacent buildings with the same height and classified as fire resistance classes 1 or 2, where either of the exterior walls on adjacent sides functions as a fire wall and the fire resistance rating of the roof is not less than 1.00 hour, and the total floor area does not exceed the maximum allowable floor area for one warehouse as specified in Article 3.3.2 of these regulations, then there is no requirement for a fire separation distance between them. ”From the meaning of this sentence, two walls are needed here, although there’s no restriction on the distance between them.