5000-2 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY CODE Blators and Escalators Task Groups on Use of Elevators by Firefighters and Occupant Egress, These elevator provisions have matured enough to inttoduce this concept a8 a set of mainstream requirements, Related changes derived from the same ASME initiative rerulted in further modifications to the Chapter 54 requirements for fire service access elevators, The 2012 Code also recognized ute of thermal pins in Grexated doors, offered farther rules and revisions applicable to locking arrangements for some egress doors, added a fundamental et of rales for installation of carbon monoxide alarms; and applied a global revision to recognize newly updated provisions of the 2010 edition of ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, The 2015 edition marked the frst time thatthe various committees involved with NEPA 5000 utilized the tools, enhancements, and procedures (Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards) associated with the neve code development process. The technical committees and the corvelating comuittee benefitted from the availability of a complete Graf to see the changes in context and to more readily respond to areas needing future revision or changes, ‘The 2015 edition incorporated many changes that have application across the board or only to certain occupancies and conditions, Numerous changes worked to align NFPA 5000 with the accessibility definitions and scoping provisions that are contained in the Department of Justice ABA/ADA criteria (2010 edition). Related accessibility changes provided scoping for fone-and two-family dwellings, as well as deferving to the technical provisions of ICC/ANSI 2009, Standard on Aecesble aed Usable Buildings and Facilities Several provisions relating to building construction techniques and materials were updated, including the detailed requirements for plenum space construction in Chapter 7, which were removed as those provisions ate now contained in NFPA 90A; recognition of new wood structural composites (croet laminated timber (CLT)], which was added. to Chapter 7 as an option for heavy timber construction of walls, loots, and rool decks; new requirements were added for steel ‘used in pile foundations; a series of changes were made to Chapter 44 to coordinate updates to ASCE /SEI 7, ASCE/SEL 19, and ACT 318; and the requixements for fxe-etardantareated wood (FRTW) wexe reformatted and repositioned from Chapter 3 to Chapter 45. These provisions were largely extracted from NEPA 708, Standard for Five etardant-Tivated Wood and FeRetardant Coatings for Building Matra. A series of changes that have a broad impact on the vatious occupancy rule of the Code were accepted, These included the allowance to tse an atrium Wal to serve as part of the separation for creating separated occupancies where permitted by an, occupancy chapter a change that is permitted for use by almost all occupancy ehapters; the addition of explicit rules for security access turnstiles; the revision of occupant load factors for business use and ambulatory health care use, based on a review of how these spaces are actualy utilized; the increase of options for the protection of vertical openings involving excalators; the addition of provisions for expanded use and placement of alcohol-based hand-rub (ABER) dispensers ih various occupancies; the addition of provisions to address smoke alarm and smoke detector installation in the vicinity of cooking equipment; the mandated installation of carbon monoxide detectors and alarms found in the educational and day eare chapters; and the expansion ofthe Life Safety Evalvation provisions (incliding farther changes that were accepted with a TIA, that was issued concurrently with the Code) to addvess facility management du les. The day care and residential board and care occupancies provisions were revised to permit additional floor levels to be considered part of the level of exit discharge, and the board and care occupancy provisions were revised to permit door locking for the clinical needs of the residents, The health care occupancy proxisions were further revised, as was begun in 2012, to permit the health eate setting to be made move homelike; nursing home minimum corridor width wae reduced within “all smoke compartiments under certain conditions; provisions were added to permit exit doors to be disguised with murals {or certain setings like memory care units; additional termination point options were added for the travel distance measurement in suites; options were added for increasing the size of non-aleeping suites; and the allowable size or smoke compartments in hospitals was increased, The ambulatory health care chapters were reformatted into standalone chapters so as not to require the use of the business accupancy chapters Finally, numerous revisions were made in Chapter $4 to start to ensue that NEPA 5000 aligned with and extracts the appropriate information from NFPA 400, Hazandous Materials Code. An interrelated change (made by way of a TLA) impacting Chapter 34 (and other portions of the Code) involved removal of all information that relates to consumer fireworks and NFPA, 1124, Code for the Manufacturing, Transportation, and Storage of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles. The 2018 edition has expanded upon certain types of hazards and emerging subjects that must be addressed in this current era. These topics include integration of new provisions dealing with building and occupant security as well as provisions dealing vith normal building use that address minimizing txips and falls in a building. Recent initiatives at NFPA have included a need to address the oveslap between building security and traditional fire code, life safety code, and building code provisions, The adaltion of a goal in Chapter 4 ofthis edition requires an assurance that any imposed security features vill not interfere with the other compliance requirements, A series of related prescriptive changes have inchided new terme used for certain types of door locking arrangements thal rely on an electaical power component to release under different circumstances. A further allowance has been added to several ofthe occupancy chapters that expands ‘upon the type of door locking configurations that are permitted, In each of these eases, the code specifies certain criteria, such 2 the door doesn’t have to be open to engage the lock, the allowable height ofthe release mechanistn for the lock, and the allty o unlock the door from the opposite side are among the limitations imposed, A related security ise deals with theORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. 30003 need to conduct a risk assessment to determine if mass notification system (MNS) is necessary for certain occupancies. [itis determined that aaystem is needed, the risk assessment will also be used to determine the type of MNS, ‘The addition of requiements for grab bars in showers and bath tubs have been included for certain occupancies with the base provisions being contained in Chapter 22. This is an example of where building code provisions must address normal use ‘of the building or structure, A measurable number of injuries are potentially prevented by adding this type of requirement Other significant changes include: A reference has been been added to requite compliance with NEPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fre Protection and Life Safety System Testing, to address the ever complex arrangements between different types offre protection systems; the maximum size of the smoke compartment in a hospital and ambulatory health care occupancy has been increased from 22,500 ft to 40,000 ft; additional provisions have been added for attic protection in the chapters dealing with apartments and hotels that use NFPA I8R, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Syloms in Lew-Rive Residential Orcupancies, mandates for carbon monoxide detection in assembly occupancies and residential board and care occupancies have been, added; and, finally, a series of newly introduced terms and definitions have been included for mall buildings. The requirements dealing with flame propagation on exterior non-bearing walls in buildings have been expanded to address ‘composite designs that inchude waterresistant barriers; a new section has been added to the chapter on roof astemblies that addresses both the fire and structural design parameters that must be included for toofmounted PV panels. Two new annex sections have been added to address structural hardening of an exterior wall that comprise a building exit, and a provision recommending basic design criteria for storm shelters has been included. Extracted text from NFPA 22] ‘Standard for High Challenge Five Walls, Fire Walb, and Fre Barvir Waly, has been updated in Chapter 8 as were the extracts from NFPA 80, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, and NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code, in Chapter 34, 2018 dion50004 BUILDING CON STRUCTION AND SAFETY CODE Correlating Committee on Building Code (BLD-AAC) James R.Quiter, Chair ‘Arup, CA SE Jerry Wooldridge, Seatary Reedy Creek Improvement District, FL. (E Tene Rely, Tein Cxporton, GAM) Salar Diitinn, Rages, Te Ste Us of New Jes NJ Rep Building Code Development Committee Did W-Frable US. General Series diministaton I. [ Som W. rac Ameren Wood Coun 8 Raymond NHanen, U5, Depatnet of the i Force, L(U] Jon Hartington, FM Gob, MA war Happen ULULC C4 OT Jefe Mago, Notional Fe Sprinkles Asoc, Ie, MIM) Jonathan He, American om eS Tse, C8) Gerald Jones, Kansas Cy, MO (E] Rep. Building Seismic Safety Councl/ Code Resource Support Michael T Newsman, Johnson & Johnson, NIU] Rep, NFPA Indusrial Fite Protection Section Daniel J O'Connor, JENSEN HUGHES/AON Fite Protection, Engincering, I [U Rep, American Hotel & Lodging Association Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety I. [M1] ‘Rep, National Blecuieal Manufacturers Asociation Faimeen Shah, Vortex Fire Engineering Consultancy, United Arab Ehnurates [SE Leon F Vinci, Health Promotion Consultants, VA (C] "Rep, Amevican Public Health Association Peter J. Wille, XI Global Aset Protection Services, CT [1] Alternates Paul D. Coats, American Wood Council, SC [80 {Ak to Sam W. Francis) Roland J Huggins, Amevican Fire Sprinkler sociation, Inc, TX TM] (All to Tracey D. Bellamy) ‘Jack Keays, Vortex Fe Consulting Inc, Canada (SE] {Alt to Faimeen Shah). (Gary 8. Keith, FM Global MA [1] “alt to Jahn € Harrington) Scott. Laramee, AON Propety Risk, CA [I] {to Daniel Conor) ‘Bonnie K. Manley, American Iron and Stel Ineitte, MA [ME (to Jonathan Humbe) Jake Paste, fake Pai Consulting Services, Canada [C] (ale Leon Ving) Joseph A. Simone, US, Department ofthe Navy, DC (U {ls to Raptuond N. Hansen) ‘Terry L,Vietor,T)co/SimplexGrinnell, MD [30 (AA to Jelly M. Hugo) Nonvoting (Chad E. Beebe, ASHE -AIIA, WA [E] Rep. TC on Board & Care Faciiter Wayne G. Chip Carron, Carson Associates Ine, VA [SE Rep. TC on Fundamentals David 8. Callins, The Preview Group, Inc, OH [SE] Rep. TC on Means of Egress [Jot E Devin, Jensen Ihagher/AON Fite Protection Engineering, MD (SE Rep. TC on Fite Protection Features Victor L Dubrowsli, Code Consultants, Ine. MO [SE] Randy Gav, anata, ONCanada (SE Rep. TC on Detention & Correctional Gccupancies Joshua D. Greene, JENSEN HUGHES, IL [SE] Rep. TC on Building Steins ‘Joseph M. Jardin, Fre Department Giy of New York, NY Rep. TC on Building Service & Fite Protection Equipment ‘Morel E, Kaplan, Jensen Hughes/AON Fire Provection Engineering It (SE) Rep. Toon Structures, Construction, Materials 2018 Eaton David P. Klein, U'S, Department of Veterans Alfie, DCU] Rep. TGon Health Care Occupancies Wiliam E. Koffel, Koel Associates, Inc, MD [SE] Rep Safety to Life Correlating Commitee James K Lathrop, Kollel Asocates, Inc, CT (SE] ‘Rep. TC on Residential Occupancies Renato R. Motins, JENSEN HUGHES, MD [SE] "Rep. FC on Building Construction Amy J. Murdock, Code Consultants, Inc, MO [SE] Henry Parteruk, Connecticut Department of Public Safe, CT (E] Rep. TCon Interior Finith & Content Jeffrey 8. Tubbs, Arup, MA (SE] Rep. TC on Assembly Occupancies Joreph I Verteeg,Versteeg Avociates, T(E] ‘Rep. TC on Building Construction Cart D. Ween, City of Asan, TX [2] Rep. TC on Industrial, Siorage, & Miscellaneous OccupanciesCOMMITTEE PERSONNEL 50005 Robert E. Solomon, NFPA Stall Lisson “This ist presents the membership tht the Commitee was balled onthe final tof hit ition. Since that fm, changes the membership may have crrved. A hey te lations fond the Back fhe document NOTE: Membership on committe shall notin and of itself consticate an endorsement of the Association or any decument developed by the committee on whieh the metnbe serves ‘Commitee Scope: This commitee shall have primary responsbiby or documents oF portions of documents on the design and contruction of every building or structure, chiding structural design methods and techniques, aswell asthe design of integrated Dullding systems for health safety, comfort and convenience 2018 dion50008 BUILDING CON STRUCTION AND SAFETY CODE ‘Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies (BLD-AXM) Jeffrey. Tubbs, Choir ‘Arup, MA [SE] Gregory E Harrington, Adminitrative Setary ‘National ire Protection Associaton, MA LLoreell Bush, National Fite Sprinkler Assocation, Inc, FL. [M] Rep. National Fie Sprinkler Association George D. Bushey, Rover International, GA (SE. rie Center, Cedar Hammock Fue Rescue, FL ‘Rep. Florida Fse Marshals & Inspectors Acsociation Wiliase Conner, Bill Conner Associates LLC, I. (SE) Rep. American Society of Theater Consultants Daniel F, Finegan, Sietnens Indust, In. IL (Mi Rep. Nalional Electrical Manufacturer? Aworation Max L. Gandy, Church of Jesus Christ of Lattersay Sain, UT [U Ralph D. Gerdes, Ralph Gerdes Consultants, LLC, IN [SE Donald G. Gooman, Wis Janney Ebner Associates, nc, IL [SE] Harold C. Hansen, Vesse Management Consultants Group, LLC, ILIse] Mark A. Herrera, International Anociation of Venise Managers, TX ul avid W. Hollinger, Drexel University, PA [U] Jonathan Humble, American fon and Steet Institute, CF [M] Kenneth F-Keberle, Arena Americas, AZ. (U] John Lake, City of Gainesile, FL (E Rep. Josh Lambert, University of Texas at Austin, TX [U] y Gregory R Mile, Cade Consultants, Ine, MO (U “Rep. National Association of Thestre Ownest Jake Pauls, Jake Pale Consulting Services, Canada (SE} Vincent Quinterno, Rhode Island State Fire Marshal's Office, RI (E) Ed Roether, Ee Roether Conulting LLC, KS [SE Karl G. Rang, Enertainment Series & Technology Amociation, NIU Rep. US, Insitute for Theatre Technology, Steven J. Scandaliato, SDG, LLC, NZ (1S) ‘Rep. American Fire Sprinkler Associaton CChatlesJ-Schwsitzer, City of Lincoln, NE Philip R. Sherman, Philip R. Sherman, PE, NH [SE Jeffrey Shirey, University of Maryland Oice of the Fie Marshal MD [El Elbert R. Thomas, Je, New Orleans Fre Department, LA [E Janet A. Washburn, City of Hollywood Fixe Depastaent, FL Rep International Fire Marshals Association Alternates Scott W. Adams, Park City re Service Distse, UT [8] {Alt to amet A Waar) atid Alfsvalhisi American Iron and Stet Institut, IL. (M] {Akt to Jonathan Hamble) Gene Boecker, Code Consaltants, Inc, MO [U] “lt to Gregory R Miller) David Cook, Ralph Gerdes Conmutants, LLC “lt to Ralph D. Gerdes) Robert D. Fiedler, Cty of Lincoln, NE [E {Alt to Charles}. Schwetet) Jerrold §, Gorrell Theatre Safety Programs, AZ (U] "Ak to Rar G. Ruling) ‘Shaw M- Hanson, Greater Naples Fre Rescue District, FL [E] {ik to Bre Center) Christopher M. Jenkins, Church of fesus Christ of Lattrday Saint, uri} (AlL wo Max L Gandy) Gregory E, Harrington, NFPA Stal Linison David Karas, New Jersey Fire Sprinkler Adizory Board, NJ [M] (Als to Lovell Bush) Julie A. Lite, Office of State Fie Marshal LA (R] {Al to Elbert R Thomas, Jr) Jason A. Lupa, Siemens Industry, Ine, NJ 1M) (lt to Daniel P Finnegan} Mark V. Smith, Alachua County Fire Rescue, FL [E] (Ak. to Joh Lake) “Thomas G. Welle, American Fire Sprinkler Astociation, Ine, TX, ont} (Ato Steven J. Seandaliato) ‘Toby J White Arup, MA [SE (to Jellvey 8 Tubs) This at eset the membership theme the Commer tas alloted on the nal tet ofthis edition. ine thar tine. changes the membership may have arured A yt lasfationssound a the ack fhe document. NOTE: Membership on committe shall ot in and ofitelf constitute an endorsetnent of the Anociation or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves Committee Scope: Tht Committe shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human Lie and proper ftom fe and other Greunstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the nonemergenc) and emergenc) movement of people in sembly occupancies, tents and membrane structures 2018 Eaton