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If you take a quick peek at the “Kilo Lima Code School” here you will see a course I posted: “Precision: Life Safety Systems Inspection,

In the late 1800’s, the fire and building codes began their first developments out of a necessity to stem the incidence of death, injury, property,

Image Source: https://www.aurora.ca/en/town-services/accessibility.aspx In a previous post, we looked at the Accessible Canada Act and the goals it aims to achieve around accessibility for Canadians

The National Building Code and Fire Code of Canada define industrial occupancies (Group F) as “… the occupancy or use of a building or part

Please note: It is not the intent of this post to provide comment or opinion on the happenings of the Champlain Towers South failure.  The

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

Fire and life safety professionals are typically involved with helping building owners with a range of issues surrounding the occupancy of a building. It is

Who is responsible to ensure a building meets appropriate Building and Fire Code requirements? Most would answer, the building designer, or perhaps the contractor constructing

I often get asked when working on existing buildings, “What upgrades will be required?” Unfortunately, this is often not a straightforward question to answer. My