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What’s so special about office buildings? Learn about fire and life safety systems
Office buildings are complex structures containing automated features, energy-saving designs, high-tech equipment and other components as advanced as you’d find in any other state-of-the-art project. Fire protection engineers play a key role
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: January 24-30
Read the best articles from the past week. Electrical design for smoke control systems, NFPA 20 fire pumps, NEC 2017 changes, NFPA 101 defining egress, and NFPA 110-2019 changes.
Video: State of NFPA 3 Standard for Commissioning of Fire Protection & Life Safety Systems
This session will discuss why NFPA 3 was initially developed and how it evolved into a standard, who is involved in commissioning these systems and some common misconceptions related to commissioning them.
How NFPA 101 defines building egress
NFPA 101: Life Safety Code provides fire protection engineers many resources for designing safe egress, along with several other life safety options
January/February 2020 Consulting-Specifying Engineer
In this issue, learn about NFPA 101 and how it defines egress, HVAC energy-saving strategies and storage systems and why office buildings are special.
Fire Dynamics & Building Materials: Designed to burn research
While nobody expects a building to burn, it happens every day; so, what can we, as an industry, do to design these buildings to be safer – even when they burn?
How egress is planned using NFPA 101
NFPA 101: Life Safety Code is one of the primary sources for the requirements of exit pathways
Lab, research facility design: Fire, life safety
Learn tips on how to design labs and research facilities — some of the most high-tech buildings around
Electrical design for smoke control systems
Engineers designing electrical infrastructure to support smoke control systems must be aware of the stringent requirements listed throughout multiple code sections
Salaries remain flat, other compensation increases
Are your salary, bonuses and benefits on par with others in the industry? Review the latest data to learn where you rank among your peers