(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Please see the included description of the Complete SMA Certification Program in the course materials. This course is the initial step in a process that will involve all essential areas of a company to acquire Company Certification. All participants must successfully complete the level I test before taking the Level II and level III tests. Company certification requires that the Level I certification is attained by employees in the positions of Stair part sales, detailers/estimators, stairbuilders, installers or other positions fulfilling the responsibilities of: part only sales/selection, part take-offs/estimates, fabrication to specified design. Please see the additional requirements for Level II & III certification that must be fulfilled to apply for company Certification. www.stairways.org 1
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association This two fold purpose was described by the founding members of the SMA and remains in the by-laws to this day. www.stairways.org 2
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association For more than twenty years the SMA has made a significant difference. Without the work of the SMA it is likely you would be involved in another or entirely different profession. The concerted efforts of SMA members has provided for the improved regulation of Curved stairs, Post to Post Stair systems, Type II Handrails, Ornamental Balustrades and many other essential elements of our craft would have been simply dismissed as unsafe without scientific cause. The SMA ’ s efforts have brought the need for sound scientific reasoning to the forefront and the SMA in providing such has reinforced our concerns for safe stairways and held the code reform process to understand the need to regulate by changes in design factors that are proven improvements. www.stairways.org 3
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Each of these point to the Goal of all SMA Certification Programs to elevate our crafts and members by: Providing certification of education, and skill development by offering viable SMA branded certification programs to the stair industry that are recognized by the public as representing valuable professional accomplishments. www.stairways.org 4
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(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Why do we need building codes? www.stairways.org 6
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Fire protection. www.stairways.org 7
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Protection in the event of natural catastrophes … www.stairways.org 8
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Seismic engineering codes might have prevented this www.stairways.org 9
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Extremes of nature … www.stairways.org 10
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association In addition to the protection of property today ’ s codes also considers occupant safety. www.stairways.org 11
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association The first codes come from the ancients. www.stairways.org 12
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Early codes provisions were mostly related to building safety with consequences that were easily understood. However Life safety issues were a long time to come. These are excerpts from a section of the Code of Hammurabi one of the earliest written laws of governing civilization. www.stairways.org 13
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association These actions were directed following the London fire in 1666 to prevent/reduce the loss of property. www.stairways.org 14
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association No surprise our founding father ’ s, concern for personal freedom and well being also related that building standards could provide for Human health and safety as well as property protection. www.stairways.org 15
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association But it would be many years … www.stairways.org 16
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association and many incidents of catastrophic loss that finally brought public attention and support of the development of the first codes in the US. www.stairways.org 17
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Code development was lead by the Insurance companies ’ need to reduce property loss. Today ’ s life safety codes are a relatively new development. But this attention to how people use and inhabit the built environment is the basis for most codes related to stairways. Stairway codes are considered Life Safety Codes. Stairways are a major component of the means of egress (the path and components of a structure used to exit). www.stairways.org 18
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association In the US three major regional organizations developed model codes that were widely accepted each with a particular geographical sphere of influence. The world grew “ smaller ” . As interstate commerce and communication became an essential part of daily life these regional organizations lost their independent value and became cumbersome and their own competition complicated their mission in light of the Nations needs. www.stairways.org 19
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(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association This reasoning was the result of the National Conference of States on Building Code Standards. www.stairways.org 21
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association At first the combined efforts of BOCA, SBCCI, and ICBO resulted in one set of model codes in the year 2000. Within a few years a complete merger of the three organizations would be the glue to bond their efforts. Phasing out the older codes would be a matter of attrition as jurisdictions updated and adopted the new ICC codes. www.stairways.org 22
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Although the efforts of the model code authorities to develop the ICC codes originally included the NFPA they stepped aside and unsuccessfully tried to develop their own building code. Today their participation in building code development seems for the most part limited to the same issues that caused them to part from the effort. Thankfully we are well on the way to the adoption of one Model Code across the US. This picture was taken as those in attendance at the ICC Final Action Hearings in Minneapolis voted on the Residential Sprinkler Issues. This ballot included thousands of firefighters who came just to vote on Sprinklers. Moments before less than 500 were in the room. www.stairways.org 23
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Model codes are developed, maintained, and published by organizations like the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association. An enforcing jurisdiction, sometimes a state, but where there is no state code, a county or city, as the enforcing jurisdiction, will review a model code for adoption. www.stairways.org 24
(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association The Adoption process usually involves the decision to make some amendments for any number of reasons ranging from technical, administrative, or political, etc. For this reason it is likely that local codes vary from the Models. Particularly in the stair section it is still rare that either the riser height or tread depth or both is not changed. Other common changes affect guard design or opening limitations, or winder treads and curved stairways. www.stairways.org 25
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(c) 2015 Stairbuilders and SMA level I Code Certification Manufacturers Association Falls represent the largest segment of home injuries with falls in the home accounting for the majority of all fall accidents. www.stairways.org 29
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