Ontario Building Code and Other 2012 Code Changes

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At this year’s Canadian Fire Alarm Association Seminar, Ken Baird the Vice-President of Systems for LRI Engineers made a great presentation that summarized many of the upcoming OBC changes affecting life safety systems and also some other code changes like the TSSA enforcement of CSA B44, which affects elevating devices. If you are doing enforcement or inspections, this is a must read for you.

You can access the CFAA 2013 OBC 2012 Changes KB.

2012 Ontario Building Code Changes Affecting Fire Alarm Systems