Tag: building code standard

Figure 1: In a smaller building, the firefighter’s command center will still include myriad components that require physical coordination. Courtesy: IMEG

Modern fire alarm design: code triggers, survivability and emerging tech

Figure 1: AI model structures can be categorized by function and capability. Courtesy: CDM Smith

Building Automation and Controls

See how AI can transform MEP design decisions

Figure 6: Electric room sizes using the 2023 edition of the NEC are larger in design because clearances listed in Table 110.26(A)(1) need to be met plus the additional egress requirements when the doors of the electrical equipment are open. Courtesy: CDM Smith

Electrical and Power

Know how to size an electrical room properly

Consulting-Specifying Engineer November/December MEP Roundtable on hospitals and health care facilities. Courtesy: Consulting-Specifying Engineer

Codes and Standards

What codes, standards keep hospital designers up at night?

Figure 1: This example is from a wire and cable specification dated July 2025, which shows obsolete options for a data center’s medium-voltage specification. Courtesy: Southwire

Electrical and Power

How to ID an electrical specification that needs updates

Figure 7: Data center projects located in California include additional compliance processes. Courtesy: Bill Kosik, WSP

Energy Efficiency

When can municipalities use codes to make their own rules?

Figure 5: California’s duck curve is getting deeper. This shows California Independent System Operator lowest net load day each spring (March through May 2015 to 2023) in gigawatts. Courtesy: U.S. Energy Information Administration

Codes and Standards

Designing energy-efficient buildings with a focus on decarbonization