HIGH RISE TRAINING SERIES

• New definitions
• Transition rules
• New fire & smoke safety provisions
• Exposure protection
• Spatial separation changes and enhancements
• New fire alarm and smoke alarm provisions

The session will also clarify the application of Measure A to sprinklered, multi-residential, high rise and Part 3 building including:

• When does a building become a high rise
• Treatment of garage elevator lobbies
• Stair pressurization and ventilation
• Fire fighter elevator protection and
• Smoke venting consideration

Accessibility

The Accessibility Amendment will come into force on January 1, 2015 and has significant impacts on requirements for:

• Smoke alarm, fire alarm and detection systems
• Emergency power
• Power door operators
• Dimensions of barrier-free paths of travel
• Design of 15% of apartment suites in each multi-residential building 
• Design of washrooms and 
• Passenger elevators

About the Facilitator:

David Johnson, LEL, C.E.T., CFPS, BCIN, Senior Project Manager, Associate, RBA Engineering

With approximately 20 years of experience in building code consulting, David is a Senior Project Manager and an Associate at RBA Engineering.  David holds a Limited Engineering License from Professional Engineers of Ontario in the category of Buildings: Life Safety for Life Safety Studies and Reporting Related to Part 3 of the Building Code. David is a certified Engineering Technologist and a Certified Fire Protection Specialist. David is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and received both the CFSA Scholarship and the prestigious Governor General of Canada’s Bronze Cross Medallion recognizing the highest academic standing in any college across Ontario. David has been a guest lecturer for courses at the Ontario Association of Architects and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture.

Alek Antoniuk, B.E.S., B. Arch., OAA

Alek Antoniuk has over 34 years of experience in building code development and design and is a recognized expert in the development of construction codes in Canada.  Although he is best known for coordinating and managing the technical development of the 2006 and the 2012 editions of the Ontario Building Code, he played a lead role in managing the code advisory services of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing since 1989.  He was the principal of his own architectural design practice for 5 years and the Deputy Chief Building Official for the former Borough of East York (now City of Toronto). Alek Antoniuk is a member of the OAA and holds an Ontario BCIN for all OBC category of qualifications.