Codes Committee

MSBC Ch 7: Fire & Smoke Protection - misunderstood requirements

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

• Advocacy news:John Nunnari, Executive Director of AIA/MA and/or Felex Zemel, Technical Director, DPS /BBRS
• News about the status of pending bill, code changes, and significant regulatory activity.

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

• MSBC Chapter 7: Fire and Smoke Protection – a survey of common misunderstood requirements
• The building code has many very technical chapters, and Chapter 7 is one of the most nuanced.
• Guest Speaker: Doug Anderson, manager of the code advisory group, C3 Consulting. During this presentation Doug will cover a number of topics that can easily be misunderstood or missed in design or in the field. These are the issues Building Inspectors look for.

For those who qualify, 1.5 LUs/HSW are available

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