“It’s Life Safety Not Life Maybe: Commissioning Life Safety Systems”
Originally Aired 09/14/2023
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Presented By:
Dave Guberud, CxA & Rachel Rueckert, CxA, Ring & DuChateau
As Commissioning Providers, we witness system under our scope of work for proper operation, (Cx button pushing is an entirely different discussion), and there are certain systems that we might yield to specialists like NFPA speaks to with an ITA (Integrated Testing Agent). Whether you are on the periphery or in deep pertaining to Life Safety we want to share our experiences in working with these ‘most important’ systems/devices of a building that all have to work together.
During this presentation, speakers will provide basic insights on what we look for in Life Safety systems so that they are not life maybe system. Having an awareness at a minimum of these systems on what they do, how they should get installed, and comminating in how they works is what we want to share. We will be discussing fire stopping and wall types, life safety dampers installation, what’s the meaning of IMC 607.3.3.2 and NFPA 90A Chapter 6, 6.1, difference in ‘one goes all goes’ versus ‘point of detection’ and action with its cascading effect of other devices, egress lighting, standby power, and even touch on IBC Section 909 ‘Smoke Control Systems.
Learning Objectives:
Gain an understanding on why fire stopping shouldn’t be done by the least experienced trades person on a project.
If you are hearing from the framer or the tinner that ‘I’ve been installing/framing Fire/Smoke dampers the same way for the last ten years’, that we have something to worry about.
Learn about the ‘like it or not’ marriage between HVAC and Fire Alarm.
What does 10 seconds means to us.
As with all things commissioning, we don’t have to be an expert in everything, but we need have wide ranging awareness and know the questions to ask; hopefully at the end of our presentation we’ve provided some additional awareness.
Sponsored by:
XForms
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