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Advanced Florida Building Code (Automatic Sprinkler Protection)
Two contact hours (CEH’s, PDH’s)
AIA Course Number 10F092 (2 Learning Units)
Florida
Building Commission Advanced Course Number
412.0
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES: Automatic sprinkler protection is
used within buildings to provide for greater life safety, and often to
provide for greater property protection. But how do sprinklers protect
life and property? What sorts of “trade-offs” are available within the
Florida Building
Code for sprinkler systems? Why are some sprinkler systems appropriate
for use in a given situation but not appropriate for use in another?
Seminar 10F092 looks at these questions and others in an attempt to help
the seminar participants better understand the role and the value of
automatic sprinkler protection. The discussion in this seminar is
relevant to the use of the International Building Code as well. The core
document for the seminar will be the 2007 Florida Building Code with the
2009 Supplement. Course notes will be provided at the seminar. Seminar
10F092 has been accredited and is awaiting final approval from the
Florida Building
Commission.
GOALS:
Seminar 10F092 is designed to help ensure that
participants:
1. Understand from discussion
some of the major differences amongst NFPA 13, NFPA 13R
and NFPA 13D sprinkler systems;
2. Understand from discussion
why building codes give “trade-offs” for automatic sprinkler
protection;
3. Identify what types of
trade-offs are given for different types of sprinkler systems; and
4. Recognize from discussion and
exercises some of the potential cost advantages of
providing sprinklers.
PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION: Seminar 10F092 is
an instructor led course, using a lecture, and power point slide
presentation enhanced with on-screen drawing. The participants
are encouraged to ask questions and to contribute to discussion during
the seminar. They are
given time at the end of the seminar for more questions. The
participants’ progress is evaluated throughout the seminar by the
comments made and the questions asked. The seminar is
evaluated through the use of forms distributed to the seminar
participants after the seminar is complete.
WHAT TO BRING?
Each participant should bring a 2007 Florida Building Code (FBC) with
2009 Supplement, a calculator, a writing instrument, and an AIA number
(if the participant is a member of the AIA). A 2006 International
Building Code (IBC) can be used, though the course notes will refer to
sections in the 2007 FBC. If you are trying to travel “light”, you will
be able
to follow along with chapters 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the FBC.
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