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IMC 110: Temporary Uses, Equipment & Systems — Still Permitted, Still Code-Bound

Temporary installations are critical to schedule — but the AHJ can pull the plug if they're not permitted, properly vented, or safe. 'Temporary' doesn't mean 'anything goes.'

🧠 Plain English Breakdown:

• Permit & duration (110.1): Temporary uses, equipment, and systems require a permit and are time-limited (max 180 days). Extensions allowed for cause.

• Conformance (110.2): 'Temporary' ≠ 'anything goes.' Installations must meet the IMC to the extent needed for health, safety, and welfare.

• Temporary utilities (110.3): The AHJ may authorize temporary service utilities — see Section 109.

• Termination (110.4): The AHJ can terminate and order discontinuance if the installation is unsafe, noncompliant, or beyond scope or time.

🏗️ Why It Matters: Temporary heat / cool, negative air, construction dehumidification, temporary boilers / chillers, and generators are often critical to schedule — but the AHJ can pull the plug if they're not permitted, safe, or properly vented. Plan the temporary system like a permanent one: combustion air and venting / clearances, electrical capacity and OCPD, fuel storage and CO / NOx control, make-up air for negative pressure, and removal / restore at the end.

🔧 Field Tip: Submit a one-page temporary plan with your permit request:

• Purpose & duration: Start / end dates, requested extension trigger.

• Equipment & fuel: Models, input, listing, MI pages.

• Life safety: Venting path, clearances, CO monitors, make-up air, spill / containment.

• Power: Source, feeder / OCPD, GFCI where required.

• Controls & supervision: Lockout / tagout, daily check log, shutdown criteria.

• Decommissioning: Removal, patching, firestop restoration, cleaning.

Coordinate temporary utility authorization with the AHJ before energizing.

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