BUILDING HEIGHT, AREA,
& CONSTRUCTION TYPE


How do we determine Allowable Building Height? Allowable Area? What is Construction Type? How are these decisions made, and what do they affect? 

Objectives:

  1. Understand terminology on Allowable Building Height and Area.
  2. Be able to calculate the Allowable Building Height and Area for a building.
  3. Understand construction types for buildings in the IBC and NFPA codes.

LS131 - 2023 - 2.0 HOURS

MODULES

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

Steven Barrett, PE

Fire Protection Engineer IV at SmithGroup | Chicago, Illinois, USA
Steven Barrett is a licensed professional engineer in the discipline of fire protection with over 14 years of design experience in the practice of fire protection, fire alarm, building code, and life safety in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. Mr. Barrett is the Fire Protection Discipline Leader for the SmithGroup Midwest Region (including Madison, Milwaukee, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Chicago – the office where he is based). Mr. Barrett is also an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois where he teaches Plumbing and Fire Protection Design in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department to bachelor’s and master’s students.