Klausbruckner & Associates News

‘Ground Braking’ Tests On Earthquake And Fire Readiness For A Five-Story Building

KnA Editor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:32 +0000

The University of California, San Diego is performing one of the largest fire and structural research projects in the United States. Full-scale fire tests will be conducted on May 9th – 11th 2012 to assess the performance of active and passive fire protection systems and impacts and effects of fire spread and smoke movement in an earthquake-damaged high-rise building (in part co-sponsored by Klausbruckner & Associates).

A series of tests will be used to examine the performance of [...]

ICC Announces Availability of New Green Code

KnA Editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:17:07 +0000

The International Code Council released a new version of the “Green Code”, the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). This updated code is used to make construction and remodel of buildings more energy efficient and reduce waste in the process by providing direction and oversight through green design and construction principles.

Release Notes

Today, the Code Council and its sponsors announce a new green construction code that will make a contribution toward healthier, lower impact, and more sustainable building [...]

Water Mist For North America

KnA Editor — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:10:36 +0000

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers is providing a FREE webcast on Water Mist Fire Suppression on Wednesday, May 2nd from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT). Reviewed are Water Mist technology applications for data centers, marine vessels, offshore installations and power generation sites. The session will explain the critical changes to and requirements of NFPA 750.

Are you comfortable in approaching jobs that require water mist fire suppression?

Who in your organization is knowledgeable in the technology to determine where and [...]

Why Do Sprinklered Buildings Have To Pay Higher Water Fees?

KnA Editor — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:20:22 +0000

Some municipal water authorities have assessed water fees related to the recovery cost of unmetered water used in the event of a fire in sprinklered buildings. However, owners and operators of unsprinklered buildings have typically not been assessed this fee – even though water usage is also unmetered during a fire. This is even more surprising given the expectation that buildings equipped with a fire protection system use less water during a fire than buildings without a fire protection system. [...]

K&A Seminar – Introduction To Hazardous Materials

KnA Editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:25 +0000

Klausbruckner & Associates is announcing the seminar “Introduction To Hazardous Materials” for March 22nd 2012 in Riverside, California. The material presented in the seminar is targeted towards Fire and Building Inspectors and Plan Checkers.

The seminar will be providing a basic understanding of:

Hazardous Materials – Processes and Conditions & Differences in Classification Between Agencies Storage Versus Use Hazardous Materials Effect on Occupancy Classification Maximum Allowable Quantities Control Area Concepts Different H-Occupancy Classifications

For more event details, please see Section Upcoming Seminars

NFPA Seminar On Global Research Of High Challenge Warehouse Storage

KnA Editor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:52:02 +0000

NFPA and the Fire Protection Research Foundation will present the latest global research on high challenge warehouse storage. The one-day seminar, titled “Global Research Update: High Challenge Storage Protection,” will be held on June 27, 2012 at the Marriott Rive Gauche, in Paris, France, in cooperation with the European Fire Sprinkler Network conference.

“Many of today’s products including aerosols, lithium-ion batteries, and flammable and combustible liquids increasingly pose storage challenges in warehouses around the world, participants at this event will explore [...]

K&A Helps “The Waterman”

KnA Editor — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:26 +0000

This holiday season the Klausbruckner and Associates team set out again to make a difference in the community of San Diego setting up a ‘Let’s do it caring bag drive’ for the homeless using the motto people helping people donating 50 bags, each containing a sleeping bag and miscellaneous personal items, some of which were donated by other businesses supporting this drive.

The bags were donated to the “Waterman”, http://helpthewaterman.com, a nonprofit organization in San Diego (The Waterman Check-In Center provides [...]

New Facility Code Challenges at NASSCO Shipyards

KnA Editor — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:00:46 +0000

General Dynamics NASSCO, designer and ship builder for the U.S. Navy, required an upgrade of their steelblasting and paint facility at their shipyard location in San Diego, California. During the planning and building phase Klausbruckner & Associates was contracted to provide expert fire and building code services on Navy’s largest new construction shipyard on the West Coast.

General Dynamics NASSCO has been designing and building ships since 1959 focusing on the design and development of auxiliary and support ships for [...]

NFPA Offers Fire Service Online Access To Codes And Standards

KnA Editor — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:52:39 +0000

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) made their codes and standards accessible online to members of the fire service. This complimentary service is outlined in step-by-step instructions in the video shown in the following.

NFPA publishes a number of standards that deal with important fire service issues such as firefighter training and the organization and deployment of fire department resources. Because it is important that members of the fire service have access to these documents, NFPA’s Ryan Depew hosts this [...]

Warehousing & High Piled Storage – Meeting the Fire Codes

KnA Editor — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Klausbruckner & Associates is announcing the seminar “Warehousing & High Piled Storage – Meeting the Fire Codes” for September 15th. This seminar provides an overview of the fire hazards associated with warehousing and high-piled combustible storage and reviews the associated fire code requirements for successful fire protection.

Topics will include

Commodity classification Definition of High Piled Storage Differences between types of storage High Piled Storage Requirements including protection systems required based on commodities, storage heights, and square footage Additional tips for business owners and [...]