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If you are involved in the design, approval or construction of buildings, you have experienced the pain and frustration of finding and interpreting building code requirements.
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As a fire protection engineer and code consultant, I've experienced this frustration too! Often, there is no good online resource to help answer questions regarding common building code requirements.

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  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • PE Roadmap
  • Tools
    • Allowable Height & Area Calculator - Separated Mixed Occupancy
    • Allowable Height & Area Calculator - Non-Separated Mixed Occupancy
    • Average Grade Plane Calaculator
    • Calculated Fire Resistance for Wood Walls
    • Fire and Smoke Damper Tool
    • Fire Wall/Exterior Wall Intersection Tool
    • Frontage Calculator
    • IBC Occupant Load Calculator
    • Plumbing Fixture Calculator
    • Stair Pressurization Estimator
  • Startup