Codes & Standards: Fire, Life Safety
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: May 22-28, 2020
Read the best articles from the past week. NFPA 13-2019 revisions, 40 Under 40 winners, fire and life safety systems, public health laboratory safety and COVID-19 impacts.
Using a hybrid design approach to stairwell pressurization
While the design process for a stairwell pressurization system should account for many building specific variables and is anything but simple, the system used to achieve the performance criteria doesn’t have to be complicated
Warehouse, manufacturing facilities go high-tech: Fire and life safety
Warehouse, manufacturing and logistics buildings are more than simple boxy structures used to make products and store them before they move onto their next destination. Fire and life safety systems can be as complex and advanced as any other building
Three tips for legacy hospital smoke control systems
There are three considerations for working with existing smoke control systems in hospitals
Best practices for designing smoke control systems
By incorporating NFPA 92 with best practices, fire protection engineers can successfully design smoke control systems for buildings
Case study: Super-tall building smoke control system
The Wilshire Grand Center project includes best practices in smoke control
2020 40 Under 40: Christopher Crivello, PE, 30
Principal, RAN Fire Protection Engineering, Albany, N.Y. MS Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Changing airport firefighting foam suppression systems
If aqueous film-forming foam is not good for the environment or our health, why is it still in use?
Your questions answered: Power for emergency fire/life safety systems
Questions not answered during the live webcast are answered here; learn more about emergency, standby and backup power for fire and life safety systems
Data centers achieve a new level of high-tech: Fire and life safety
Designing solutions for data center clients — whether hyperscale or colocation facilities — requires advanced engineering knowledge