Hi @aowen ,
When calculating occupancy you want to round up, as you can’t have a partial occupant and need to err on the side of caution (which means accounting for more people needing to exit the space) when it comes to occupancy.
You can read more about why you round up in this specific situation in the thread below:
Hi @xurubi ,
My understanding is it is always best to round up when dealing with occupants as you can’t have a partial occupant and when it comes to exiting you always need to deal with the ‘worst case scenario’ which means rounding up to the nearest whole occupant.
The reason most jurisdiction require you to round up is this section from IBC 2018.
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The 2018 IBC Code Commentary goes on to state, “The worst case scenario should be used to determine the requirements for means of egress …
Check out some other related ‘round up or down’ threads at the links below:
I have come across with questions that ask to round to the nearest dollar but in given cases there is additional information in the questions that suggest to round down.
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Hope this helps!