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Fire Protection Design Requirements: Mutual of Omaha Headquarters Tower, Omaha, Nebraska
August 3, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design for the 677-foot Mutual of Omaha Tower in Omaha — high-rise NFPA 13, NFPA 72, standpipe pressure zoning, and smoke control under IBC 2018.Section 1: Project OverviewThe Mutual of ...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: Vantage Lighthouse Campus (Stargate), Port Washington, Wisconsin
July 31, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design for Vantage's Lighthouse campus in Port Washington, WI — 902 MW, four data center buildings, NFPA 13 (2019) and NFPA 72 (2019).Section 1: Project OverviewVantage Data Centers brok...
Deferred Submittals in Fire Protection Design: What IBC Section 107.3.4.1 Requires and Where the Process Breaks Down
July 29, 2026
Meta Description: Fire sprinkler and alarm systems are routinely submitted as deferred items under IBC Section 107.3.4.1. Here is what the code requires and where the process breaks down.On most commercial construction p...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: Harris Health John M. O'Quinn Hospital, Houston, Texas
July 27, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection requirements for a 12-story, 390-bed Level I trauma hospital under construction in northeast Houston. NFPA 101, NFPA 13, and NFPA 72 code analysis.Section 1: Project OverviewHarris Healt...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: 50 West 66th Street, New York, New York
July 24, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design for a 69-story, 775-foot luxury residential tower on Manhattan's Upper West Side under NYC Building Code 2022 and NFPA 13 (2016).Section 1: Project Overview50 West 66th Street is ...
NFPA 13's 2022 Working Drawing Requirements: What Changed and Why It Matters on BIM-Coordinated Projects
July 22, 2026
Meta Description: NFPA 13-2022 overhauled its working drawing requirements. Here's what changed in Section 28.1.3 and how it intersects with BIM coordination workflows on commercial projects.IntroductionThere are two dis...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: Equinix DA12 Campus, Dallas, Texas
July 20, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design for Equinix's $835M DA12 data center campus in West Dallas — NFPA 13, NFPA 72, NFPA 75, and the 2021 Dallas Fire Code.Section 1: Project OverviewEquinix is constructing a two-phas...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: Hillman Group Distribution and Operations Center, Forest Park, Ohio
July 13, 2026
Meta Description: A review of fire protection design requirements for Hillman Group's 715,000-sq-ft distribution center under construction in Forest Park, Ohio, including NFPA 13 (2022).Section 1: Project OverviewOn June...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: 400 Lake Shore, Chicago, IL
July 6, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design requirements for 400 Lake Shore, a 72-story, 875-foot residential tower under construction in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.Section 1: Project Overview400 Lake Shore is a t...
What the AHJ Actually Reviews on a Fire Protection Submittal
July 1, 2026
Meta Description: What AHJs check in fire alarm and sprinkler submittals — code editions, complete documentation, first-pass rejection triggers, and how to manage the review.The Authority Having Jurisdiction—the AHJ—is t...
Fire Protection Design Requirements: University Health Palo Alto Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
June 29, 2026
Meta Description: Fire protection design requirements for University Health's $550M Palo Alto Hospital in San Antonio — NFPA 101, 99, 13, and 72 editions, smoke compartments, and EES.Section 1: Project OverviewUniversity...
Coordinating Fire Protection Systems in BIM: Where the Clashes Hide and What NFPA Requires
June 24, 2026
Meta Description: How sprinkler and alarm rules drive BIM coordination: NFPA 13 obstruction and clearance limits, NFPA 72 device spacing, clash detection, submittal alignment.Fire protection design rarely fails on the hy...