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DFD Architects
United States
Приєднався 29 січ 2015
As a service to our clients, DFD Architects provides presentations and seminars on various building codes, life safety codes, and building systems related to the healthcare industry; with an emphasis on long-term care facilities in the State of Texas.
DFD Seminar 07 Rated Construction 110716
Basics of rated building construction with an emphasis on healthcare occupancies in the State of Texas
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Відео
NFPA 101, The Life Safety Code, A Roadmap
Переглядів 30 тис.9 років тому
An introduction to the organizational structure of NFPA 101, The Life Safety Code and how to navigate through it.
NFPA 101 Intro
Переглядів 21 тис.9 років тому
A basic introduction to the purpose, scope and fundamentals of the Life Safety Code. This seminar has been re-recorded from the original seminar given in our office due to technical complications.
Nice & informative
No sound
Best I've seen so far. Thank you.
Love the video and exactly what I needed. Can you please make a 2021 video tutorial? Yours is one of the best I found online. Thanks.
Totally need It
Very Helpful info
Nice, manageable intro. Comment on confusion of "new v. existing" at 8:45 to 10:40: Owners may say, "But my building has been there since 1987, so we're exempt from the new life-safety code until we remodel." Wrong. They're still required to follow the new code (depending upon the state's adopting statute language), but only the sections pertaining to an "existing" occupancy of that type. If the new code contains life-safety provisions that are more stringent than what was previously built, and they don't want to upgrade, they must look in the "existing" occupancy section for a specific exemption such as the form of "Existing previously approved installations may be continued in use," including any specific proviso for that exemption. For instance, in an existing education occupancy: "15.2.9.2. Approved existing emergency lighting installations shall be permitted to be continued in use." (2015). However, in the 2000 edition (15.2.9), existing education occupancies were required to install emergency lighting in (at least) all of the listed locations. If they didn't do it back then, they're certainly not exempt now. Thus, the NEW code (meaning the latest adopted edition) provisions for EXISTING occupancy (meaning previously built) may certainly require construction or operational upgrades in order to legally continue that occupancy in that building. How an owner proves the "existing approved" condition actually qualifies is a matter of AHJ policy and documentation.