Facility Engineering

CODES & STANDARDS
Committees make progress on 2027 code and standard editions while others post tentative interim amendments and standards council decisions. .
CODES & STANDARDS
The NFPA 59 committee released a report responding to public inputs on the code's next edition.
CODES & STANDARDS
The committee for NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, published meeting minutes from its most recent first draft review. .
COMPLIANCE ADVISER
ASHE makes progress in bringing a new guideline to the field .
CODES & STANDARDS
Examining the major differences between the 2012 and 2024 versions of the Life Safety Code.
CODES & STANDARDS
Implementing ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 514 to manage building water systems in compliance with CMS requirements .
SUSTAINABILITY
The growing focus on sustainability is moving organizations to strongly consider all-electric central utility plants over more traditional approaches.
CODES & STANDARDS
Committees for NFPA 99 and NFPA 101 post minutes from their most recent first draft meetings .
CODES & STANDARDS
The Health Care Interpretations Task Force weighs in on delayed egress, storage alcoves in corridors placement of alcohol-based hand rub dispensers and more.
CODES & STANDARDS
A committee delays posting a first draft report of an incident reporting standard after requesting to reopen the standard’s public input window.