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NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition NFPA 241 Second Draft Adobe Connect Webinar AGENDA Friday, February 24, 2017 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Eastern Online meeting link: https://nfpa.

1 NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition NFPA 241 Second Draft Adobe Connect Webinar AGENDA Friday, February 24, :00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Eastern Online meeting link: No Conference Call Number is necessary as voice will be over the Adobe Connect through your computer Speakers 1. Call to Order: Call meeting to order by Chair, Bruce Campbell, at 11:00 a.m. on February 24, 2017 via web/teleconference. 2. Self-introduction of Committee Members and Guests: A current committee roster is attached. (Page 2) 3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Approve the March 2, 2016 First Draft meeting minutes. (Page 5) 4. Staff Liaison Report: 5. Chair s report: 6. NFPA 241 Second Draft Preparation: Review of Public Comments. (Page 7) 7. Other Business: 8. Adjournment: Page 1 of 13

2 Address List No Phone Construction and Demolition 01/24/2017 Allan Fraser Bruce G. Campbell Chair JENSEN HUGHES 112 Rancho Bueno Drive Georgetown, TX Alternate: Bradley E. Smeaton SE 10/20/2010 Juan Francisco Aleman Elephas Engineering Services, LLC 7612 Allentown Road Fort Washington, MD SE 10/28/2014 William Ambrefe City of Beverly Municipal Inspection 56 Water Street Beverly, MA E 4/28/2000 Justin B. Biller Carilion CLinic 213 McClanahan Street, Suite 300 Roanoke, VA U 08/11/2014 William C. Bracken Bracken Engineering, Inc West Busch Blvd., Suite 200 Tampa, FL SE 8/9/2011 Michael E. Carsillo Stuart Fire Rescue 800 SE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Stuart, FL E 01/12/2000 Mark Chrisman Henderson Engineers 8345 Lenexa Drive, Suite 300 Lenexa, KS SE 10/28/2014 Richard J. Davis FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike PO Box 9102 Norwood, MA Alternate: Michael F. Daly I 1/1/1983 Michael DeBlasio M. DeBlasio, Inc. 409 King Street PO Box 1121 Littleton, MA IM 1/12/2000 Donald Fess Harvard University 46 Blackstone Street Cambridge, MA U 12/08/2015 James W. Gaut Marriott Vacations Worldwide Acosta Avenue Orlando, FL U 12/08/2015 Donald G. Goosman Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. 10 South Lasalle Street, Suite 2600 Chicago, IL SE 10/27/2005 Debra M. Gursha University of Massachusetts-Boston Environmental Health & Safety 100 Morrissey Boulevard Dorchester, MA U 10/28/2014 Daniel L. Haynes Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PO Box 808 Livermore, CA U 4/17/2002 Page 2 of 13 1

3 Address List No Phone Construction and Demolition 01/24/2017 Allan Fraser Michael J. Joanis Covenant Fire Protection Inc. 62 West Brook Street Manchester, NH IM 08/11/2014 Craig Kolakowski Allianz Risk Consultants, LLC Allianz Global Corp. & Specialty Insurance 508 Deerfield Drive Nazareth, PA I 8/9/2011 Kevin W. Law Bechtel National, Inc Stevens Center Place Richland, WA Alternate: James R. Day U 10/18/2011 Scott G. Nacheman JS Held, Inc. 900 N Kingsbury Street, Unit 730 Chicago, IL SE 01/12/2000 Robert Notholt Florida State Fire Marshal SW 85th Terrace Ocala, FL E 1/1/1992 Daniel John O'Connell SAFETRAN, LLC 3330 Seldon Court #4 Fremont, CA SE 12/08/2015 Joel C. Pickering Lendlease (US) Construction LMB Inc. 20 City Square, 2nd Floor Boston, MA U 8/9/2011 David P. Ringley Columbus Division of Fire 3639 Parsons Avenue Columbus, OH E 12/08/2015 Bruce L. Rottner Scientific Hazard Analysis, Inc. PO Box 236 Ridgefield Park, NJ SE 10/28/2014 Jonathan Thomas Shriner US Architect of the Capitol 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC U 07/29/2013 Mahalingam Srinivasan Tebodin Middle East Director Oil and Gas PO Box 2652 Abu Dhabi, 2652 UAE SE 10/20/2010 Chris Towski Cambridge Fire Department 491 Broadway Cambridge, MA E 12/08/2015 Patsy Warnick Montgomery County 255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor - Fire Code Rockville, MD E 11/30/2016 Curt James Westrick Zurich Services Corporation 25 Darbywood Lane Belpre, OH I 08/17/2015 Page 3 of 13 2

4 Address List No Phone Construction and Demolition 01/24/2017 Allan Fraser Peter P. H. Wilcox Travelers Insurance Company One Tower Square, CR Hartford, CT Alternate: Brian L. Marburger I 10/20/2010 Ronald W. Woodfin TetraTek, Inc. Fire Safety Technologies/AES PO Box 1094 Brighton, CO Alternate: David M. Hope SE 1/15/2004 Michael F. Daly Alternate FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike Norwood, MA : Richard J. Davis I 10/29/2012 James R. Day Alternate Bechtel 2895 Pauling Avenue, Apt 224 Richland, WA : Kevin W. Law U 08/03/2016 David M. Hope Alternate TetraTek Inc. Fire Safety Technologies 204 Masthead Drive Clinton, TN : Ronald W. Woodfin SE 4/15/2004 Brian L. Marburger Alternate Travelers Insurance Company One Tower Square 7GS-B Hartford, CT : Peter P. H. Wilcox I 7/12/2001 Bradley E. Smeaton Alternate JENSEN HUGHES 9497 La Costa Lane Lone Tree, CO : Bruce G. Campbell SE 08/17/2015 Allan Fraser Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA /03/2016 Page 4 of 13 3

NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition DRAFT MINUTES (3-4-16) 1 st Draft Meeting, March 2, 2016 Hybrid (phone/web/live) Meeting 1. Call to Order.

5 NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition DRAFT MINUTES (3-4-16) 1 st Draft Meeting, March 2, 2016 Hybrid (phone/web/live) Meeting 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair Bruce Campbell at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on March 2, Introduction of Committee Members and Guests. The following Committee Members participated in the meeting. NAME REPRESENTING Bruce Campbell, Chair Jensen Hughes Juan Francisco Aleman, Elephas Engineering Services, LLC Justin B. Biller. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital William C. Bracken, Bracken Engineering, Inc. Michael Carsillo, West Palm Beach Fire Rescue Mark Chrisman, Henderson Engineers Richard Davis, FM Global Michael F. Daly, Alternate to R. Davis FM Global Michael DeBlasio, M. DeBlasio, Inc. Donald Fess, Harvard University Allan B Fraser, Staff Liaison NFPA James W. Gaut, Marriott Donald Goosman, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc Debra M. Gursha, University of Massachusetts-Boston Daniel Haynes, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory David M. Hope, Alternate to R. Woodfin Tetra Tek, Inc. Fire Safety Technologies Michael J. Joanis, Covenant Fire Protection Inc. Craig Kolakowski, Allianz Risk Consultants, LLC Kevin Law, Bechtel National, Inc. Brian L. Marburger, Alternate to P. Wilcox Travelers Insurance Company Scott G. Nacheman, JS Held, Inc. David P. Ringley, Columbus Division of Fire Bruce L. Rottner, Scientific Hazard Analysis, Inc. Bradley E. Smeaton, Alternate to B. JENSEN HUGHES Campbell Chris Towski, Cambridge Fire Department Page 5 of 13

6 Curt James Westrick, Peter Wilcox, Ronald Woodfin, Zurich Services Corporation Travelers Insurance Company Tetra Tek, Inc. Fire Safety Technologies The following Committee Members did not participate in the meeting. NAME William Ambrefe, Robert Notholt, Daniel John O'Connell, Jon W. Pasqualone, Joel C. Pickering, Jonathan Thomas Shriner, Mahalingam Srinivasan, REPRESENTING City of Beverly Florida State Fire Marshal SAFETRAN, LLC Martin County Board of County Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc US Architect of the Capitol Tebodin Middle East 3. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes. The minutes of the April 11, 2012 ROC meeting were approved as written and distributed. 4. Public Inputs. The committee review 31 public inputs for the 2018 edition of NFPA 241. The committee created 27 first revisions. 5. Other Business. The chair created one task group to develop language for the 2 nd draft meeting on section which was changed by FR #7 and asked for volunteers to him with a copy to staff. 7. Future Meetings. The chair and staff will need to look at the number of public comments submitted after the closing date of Nov. 17, 2016 to decide the type and location for the 2 nd draft meeting. 8. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Page 6 of 13

7 Public Comment No. 5-NFPA [ New Section after 5.6 ] 5.7 Cooking Cooking equipment shall be supported in a stable manner, and cooking shall only be located in approved cooking areas that are designated by approved signs stating: DESIGNATED COOKING AREA - COOKING OUTSIDE OF A DESIGNATED COOKING AREA IS PROHIBITED Cooking outside of approved cooking areas shall be prohibited. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Comment FR3 addresses concerns about ensuring the safety and stability of temporary heating equipment. Cooking equipment is a type of temporary heating equipment, and it warrants more comprehensive coverage in NFPA 241. In 2014, a report entitled Fires in Residential Properties Under Construction or Undergoing Major Renovation Other Than One- or Two-Family Homes was published by NFPA in response to recent construction fires involving multifamily housing projects. The data analysis presented in this report revealed that cooking is a statistically significant source of ignition, and this finding was confirmed as plausible based on discussions with numerous construction managers for major multifamily developers regarding their personal experience. Although most of these fires were contained, the frequency of ignition and the risk of occasional large losses warrants a response by the industry, fire codes and NFPA 241 to establish reasonable control on cooking at construction sites. Requiring cooking to be located in a designates approved area will facilitate more effective oversight of cooking equipment, individuals performing cooking and exposed combustible materials w here cooking equipment is used. This revision would be consistent with a change that will appear in the 2018 International Fire Code by Proposal F331-16, and inclusion in NFPA 241 would provide better correlation and a basis for addressing this issue in NFPA 241. Related Item First Revision No. 3-NFPA [Section No ] Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Jeffrey Shapiro Organization: International Code Consultants Affilliation: National Multifamily Housing Council Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Mon Nov 21 09:50:40 EST 2016 Page 7 of 13

8 Public Comment No. 4-NFPA [ New Section after 7.8 ] 7.9 Temporary Protection During Construction, Alteration or Demolition. During construction, alteration or demolition, the use of temporary fire sprinkler protection approved by the AHJ shall be permitted as supplemental protection. A.7.9 During construction, alternation and demolition, there are many hazardous conditions, such as cutting, welding, grinding and combustible or hazardous product storage that can be made safer by installing a temporary fire sprinkler system. Given that such protection will be supplemental to any other protection that would be required, there is no harm in allowing this additional safety feature on a temporary basis if the design basis and installation is considered acceptable by the AHJ.... Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Comment FR9 and FR10 touch on the issues of temporary storage of equipment and combustible materials, and the need for an approved level of protection. FR20 also touches on the issue of providing approved fire protection, but NFPA 241 doesn t currently provide any guidance on the permissible use of temporary partial sprinkler protection, which is a viable approach that is already recognized in NFPA 241 for trash chutes in Section However, because NFPA 13 and 13R don t recognize temporary sprinkler systems, there have been numerous cases where code enforcers have ordered the systems to be removed because they view such systems as impermissible based on noncompliance with NFPA 13 and 13R. As a result, some developers wanting the increased protection of a temporary sprinkler system to protect hot work or other hazard areas have turned to using these systems covertly to avoid the risk of an inspector ordering their removal. While it may seem hard to believe that this is a real problem, let me assure the committee that it is enough of a problem to have warranted this effort to have the issue addressed in NFPA 241. Without this section, there would be no specific allowance to permit such systems because they would not fully comply with the provisions of NFPA 13 or 13R. It is of interest to note that similar provisions were proposed to NFPA 13 (PI-609) and NFPA 13R (PI-107), but the initial committee responses to these first revision proposals were that the proposed allowance of temporary sprinkler systems is better suited for inclusion in NFPA 241. I plan to submit public comments seeking approval of these proposals, but I also agree with the sprinkler committees that the issue should not be excluded from NFPA 241. Related Item First Revision No. 9-NFPA [Section No ] First Revision No. 10-NFPA [Section No ] Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Jeffrey Shapiro Organization: International Code Consultants Affilliation: National Multifamily Housing Council Page 8 of 13

9 Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Mon Nov 21 09:31:07 EST 2016 Page 9 of 13

10 Public Comment No. 2-NFPA [ Section No [Excluding any Sub-Sections] ] Where required by the authority having jurisdiction, a Class I or, II or III standpipe system, either temporary or both temporary and permanent, shall be installed and tested in tunnels under construction in accordance with through and NFPA 14 and NFPA 25. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Comment The phrase 'temporary or permanent' seems to imply that one or the other is optional. Regardless if the standpipe is temporary or permanent the requirements listed in the balance of the section should be in effect. In practice the project could just install a permanent standpipe and not need a temporary standpipe, However if both temporary and permanent are installed they should both meet the requirements of the section. The class I and III refer to standpipes primarily designed for use by firefighters. Adding class II standpipe ensure a standpipe would be available if the project uses construction workers or others such as local fire brigades to fight fires. The higher pressures and/or flows from a class I or III standpipes might endanger workers not familiar or trained with their higher pressures or flows. The AHJ can determine which standpipe is appropriate. Related Item First Revision No. 26-NFPA [New Section after 11.7] Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Gary English Organization: Seattle Fire Department Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Tue Nov 15 14:13:36 EST 2016 Page 10 of 13

11 Public Comment No. 3-NFPA [ New Section after ] TITLE OF NEW CONTENT Type your content here... Add New Chapter 12 Safeguarding Construction Operations for Tall Timber Structures Proposed Public Comment for NFPA 241, From NFPA 241 Tall Timber Task Group Add the following definitions to Chapter 3: Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). A prefabricated engineered wood product consisting of not less than three layers of solid-sawn or structural composite lumber where the adjacent layers are cross-laminated and bonded with structural adhesives to form a solid wood element. [NFPA ] Critical Heat Flux (CHF ) The minimum heat flux at, or below which, a material cannot generate the combustible mixture. (SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering 4 th edition) Tall Timber Structures Buildings that are of Type IV (2HH, see NFPA , 7.2.5) Construction including but not limited to CLT panels, heavy(solid) timber and fire resistive, non-combustible construction, as the primary structural elements, and whose height exceeds prescriptive code limitations. Chapter 12 Safeguarding Construction Operations for Tall Timber Structures 12.1 General. The provisions of Chapter 1, Chapters 3 through 8 and this Chapter apply, as applicable, for all construction. 12.2* Roofing operations. Chapter 9 applies, except that torch-applied roofing systems are prohibited. A12.2 While guidance does exist, the use of torch-applied roofing systems has resulted in fires that completely destroyed at least two tall timber buildings before they were occupied. 12.3* Fire Exposure Analysis. Before construction is started, a study shall be conducted by a RDP to assure that the sequencing of passive and active fire protection installations, combined with the separation provided between other structures on the same or adjacent lots, will be adequate to prevent fire spread to the exposed structures. The analysis shall be included with the construction documents submitted with the building permit and acceptable to the AHJ. A12.3 Due to the size of such structures, before protection is installed, they could represent an exposure fire that is much more severe than from smaller structures and that justifies such an analysis. This analysis could consider fire exposure from the maximum number of stories that would not yet have passive and/or active fire protection installed, the separation distance to exposed structures and the critical heat flux (CHF) that would cause ignition or cause windows to fail on the exposed structures. As the building under construction may not yet be enclosed enough to protect fire resistant sheathing or fire resistive coatings from rain or moisture, consideration could be given to the use of passive protection products that are moisture resistant or exterior grade Wood structural panels. Wood structural panels shall be designed, manufactured and identified in accordance with Chapter 35 of NFPA Site Security * Guard service or other methods acceptable to the AHJ shall be required at all times that combustible construction has exceeded three (3) stories and workers are not on the site and Page 11 of 13

12 guards shall be trained in accordance with A Where video surveillance is intended to serve as an alternative method to watch service, all areas of the construction site should be visible Minimum 6 ft (1.8 m) high security fences shall be provided around the entire exterior of the construction site. Add to Annex B Informational References: B.2 Other Publications B.2.1 American Wood Council Basic Fire Precautions during Construction of Large Buildings Fire Department s Role in the Prevention and Suppression of Fires during Construction of Large Buildings Hot Work during Construction of Large Buildings B.2.2 Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Queen s Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Fire Safety During Construction for Five and Six Story Wood Buildings in Ontario: A Best Practice Guideline, May B.2.3National Institute for Standards and Construction (NIST) NIST-GCR , Window Breakage Induced by Exterior Fires, June B.2.4 Rocky View County Fire Service The Role of the Fire Inspector for Heavy Timber Construction of Buildings Using Cross Laminated Timber, Monty Armstrong, Deputy Fire Chief. NFPA 2015 Conference and Expo. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Comment Substantiation: The construction of tall wood structures presents a significantly increased fire hazard during the construction process. The installation of active and passive fire protection systems may be delayed awaiting other stages of the construction process. Fuel loading and exposed surface areas from the structure may be much higher. Radiant heat exposure to adjacent structures during a fire, and the potential for damage to adjacent structures from collapse may be more significant. Challenges for first responders, including fire fighter safety, may be significantly increased. This justifies having a separate chapter on this subject and the need for additional requirements. FYI: Link to NIST report by Fred Mowrer on window breakage from fire exposure: Related Item First Revision No. 7-NFPA [Section No ] Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Organization: Affilliation: Street Address: City: Richard Davis FM Global NFPA 241 Tall Timber Task Group (Bruce Campbell, Don Goosman, James Smith, Sean DeCrane, Chris Towski) Page 12 of 13

13 State: Zip: Submittal Date: Wed Nov 16 15:49:41 EST 2016 Page 13 of 13

AGENDA NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition Report on Comments (ROC) Teleconference Meeting Wednesday, April 11, 2012

National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Phone: 617-770-3000 Fax: 617-770-0700 www.nfpa.org AGENDA NFPA Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition Report