In my opinion, any new building construction, especially residential, should be sprinklered. The cost of incorporating sprinklers in new construction is relatively small, and sprinklers
June is National Indigenous History Month, which is quite fitting it seems as Indigenous history has been surfacing in the last few months. What does
When learning the Building Code, there is a lot of helpful information to help you understand the ‘why’, so you can go beyond the words…you
A common question that gets asked of a municipality is, “What do you want to see?” A municipality, or Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) is responsible
It has been quite the year at Kilo Lima Code. Even pre-COVID, I had been spending a lot of time thinking ‘what do I want
The occupant load of a room, floor area, or building impacts various provisions in the Building Code. These are (typically) considered and accounted for during
I’ve been thinking (a lot) lately. And I keep coming back to, “What could we actually accomplish if we worked together towards a common goal,
The wheels have been turning for half a year, and it’s time to launch our first courses at the end of this month! Kilo Lima
The intent for the ‘Beyond the Codes’ series is to raise some awareness around important issues that go beyond the current codes. When there is
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