Opening Doors to Design Opportunities with the Model Building Codes
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Opening Doors to Design Opportunities with the Model Building Codes
August 25, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
*1 HSW/LU *
presented by Ken Cox with Maxson Associates
Description:
This course has been designed to acquaint the viewer with the many aspects of Fire and Life Safety Code Requirements and how those Code Requirements affect egress and building design.
Learning Objectives:
- Will allow the participants to be able to differentiate between fire walls, fire barriers, and fire partitions
- Learners will understand the regulatory standards governing the use and application of opening protectives.
- By examining case studies, attendees will learn the fundamental code requirements that drive the placement of fire walls and fire barriers, their openings and opening protectives.
By using slides, discussion, and case studies, participants will learn the correlation between Life Safety, product application, and open design.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdeigrTsjEtHtB_a_AORVlkVyjwgdPG3f
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