Still trying to figure out why the knowing act button . As the double blocked doors have standard closers The waiting room also has a standard closers . As if that is a fire official looks like he’s incapacitated with his leg in a brace . In any case just another set of doors that have been rendered inoperative by the staff at hand .

Giving the benefit of the doubt, there are signs leading elsewhere. Is it possible that the sign above should have just been removed and it was approved by the fire marshal? (i.e. there is something on the other side of the doors that would prevent people from leaving like a large trailer in the way?) To play devil’s advocate, if there are enough other exits for the occupancy expected, is it possible that this door wasn’t required for egress for this event? I’m currently working on an addition to a large convention center. The new exhibition hall as six different layouts with six different life safety plans. In many of the layouts not all of the exits are required, and two of them are only required in one configuration (I originally REALLY had wanted to put locksets on these doors to BOH, but I couldn’t). That said, even if my proposition is true, and this door isn’t required, it’s still a VERY shoddy way of blocking this exit.