Help protect people and property from man-made and environmental hazards in the fast-paced built environment with NFPA 5000®, Building Construction and Safety Code®.
This comprehensive code offers provisions for regulating and controlling the permitting, design, construction, materials, and use, occupancy, and location of buildings, structures, and specific equipment. This vital resource addresses dangers such as fire, flood, earthquake, wind, and other hazards and environmental concerns.
The 2024 edition contains several updates related to new trends and construction practices, including:
- New requirements for alternate care sites used as health care occupancies
- Podium construction revisions
- Revised requirements for exterior walls
- Changes to reflect the latest edition of ASCE SEI7
- New requirements for carbon monoxide detectors
- Revised automatic sprinkler requirements for lodging and rooming and hotel and dormitory occupancies as well as open parking structures
- Revisions to the allowance for exit discharge through interior building areas
- New exemption for smokeproof enclosures in new high-rise buildings
- New provisions to address cybersecurity
- Revisions to alcohol-based hand-rub dispenser and storage requirements.
