Protected escape route

[John]

In a building of 7 floors, the management of the building have decided to construct a small gymnasium in the most direct escape route from the basement.  The justification for this is that any gymnasium machinery will be fixed to the floor, and a "corridor" will be available diagonally across the gymnasium as a means of escape.  My concern is that bags etc will be left lying around in the "corridor", and also the area should be maintained as a sterile area, ie, no additional combustibale materials and no electrical equipment in situ.

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

J

[kurnal]

Hi John
We will need more information such as layout of the floor and arrangement of the rooms, number of exits, and travel distances from the most remote part of the basement to the nearest exit.

[John]

Kurnal, thank you for your response, I apologise I may have not made the situation clear.

The gymnasium in question is not only on the escape route, it is THE escape route, so it is not in a room close to the escape route, the room actually IS the escape route. Basically, the gymnasium has been contructed in a room which used to be toilets, which were almost a sterile area, therefore posing less of a problem.  The room itself is approximately 15 square metres.

To answer your questions, I'm not sure that layout of floor and number of rooms and travel distances affect my question, in basement there is only one final exit door, which is IN the gymnasium, the only other means of escape involves going upstairs to exit via ground floor.

[nearlythere]

Kurnal, thank you for your response, I apologise I may have not made the situation clear.

The gymnasium in question is not only on the escape route, it is THE escape route, so it is not in a room close to the escape route, the room actually IS the escape route. Basically, the gymnasium has been contructed in a room which used to be toilets, which were almost a sterile area, therefore posing less of a problem.  The room itself is approximately 15 square metres.

To answer your questions, I'm not sure that layout of floor and number of rooms and travel distances affect my question, in basement there is only one final exit door, which is IN the gymnasium, the only other means of escape involves going upstairs to exit via ground floor.

As well as the questions Kurnel posed:-
How many people would be expected to use this gymnasium escape route?
What type of people are they (staff or otherwise)
Is it a basement or lower ground floor?
What else is area used for?
Is normal exit from basement by protected route to a final exit door at Gnd floor level?
Was the alternative escape route indicated as by way of the toilets before becoming a gym?