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Major Vertical Penetrations - high rise office building.

Timothy O'Malley: California Department of General Services; June 18, 2014

Stairwell adjacent to structural bracing on exterior wall. Does the MVP Plane go to the assumed interior surface of the exterior wall enclosing the structural bracing?

David Fingret: Extreme Measures Inc.; June 18, 2014

Yes, it goes to the interior surface.

Timothy O'Malley: California Department of General Services; June 18, 2014

thanks. page and paragraph in a manual somewhere? is it described anywhere?