Mezzanines and fire sprinkler allowances

The installation of automatic fire sprinklers allows for many design advantages but the allowance for mezzanines is an ideal way to increase usable interior space and expand a business, at minimal cost. 

2024 ICC Group A Proposals Part III

On March 1st, the monograph for all the proposed changes to the 2024 ICC Group A model codes will be released. As usual, there are several thousand proposals that must be processed through the code development committees over the span of several weeks in April and May. The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) submitted 17 proposals to further the cause of the automatic fire sprinkler industry. This is part three of the proposals that were submitted by the NFSA.

Emergency Repairs? What do I do?

Thirty Years in the Making – One Meridian Plaza Fire

The One Meridian Plaza fire continues to be one of the most iconic high-rise structure fires in American history. On February 23, 1991, a fire caused an unprecedented fire loss of over $4 billion dollars in litigation, $100 million in direct property loss, 24 firefighter injuries, eight firefighter near-misses and the ultimate tragic loss of three Philadelphia firefighters.