Editor’s Note: Every successful project starts with a framework. A vision statement. A blueprint.

Picking up from my last article in the June 2019 issue, I will explore some context for real-world life safety applications. In this article, I’ll focus on complying with NFPA 99 (Section references to 2018 ed.) and its referenced standards as resources for your health care facilities’ HVAC designs.

Picking up from my last article, “Smoke Control Infrastructure Pitfalls” (December 2018), we will explore some context for real-world smoke control applications with a focus on using NFPA 92 as a resource for your smoke control rational analysis development in this article.

Restaurants and commercial kitchens are notoriously one of the largest consumers of energy per unit of floor area. Moreover, the kitchen ventilation system is often the largest energy-consuming component in a food service facility.

Advancing smoke control system compliance requires more than a casual understanding of how to apply fire-resistive testing concepts.

One of the first things we do when beginning the engineering design for a project is to check the current building codes for the locality we are working in.

Jensen Hughes' subsidiary, RJA Fire Protection Technology Consulting in Shanghai, China, is in the first select group to receive approval under the new government regulations for certification of fire protection consultants.

Jensen Hughes and Nexus Technical Services Corp. in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, have reached a merger agreement.