NFPA Technical Committee on Building Systems NFPA 5000 Second Draft Meeting AGENDA Monday, May 20, 2013 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Diego Downtown San Diego, California 1. Call to Order: Call meeting to order by Chair, Joshua Green, at 8:00 a.m. on May 20, 2013 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, San Diego, California. 2. Self-introduction of Committee Members and Guests: A current committee roster is attached. (Page 3) 3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Approve the May 21, 2012 meeting minutes. (Page 5) 4. Staff Liaison Report: The New Process. See handouts from PowerPoint presentation, (Page 7) The Minutes item from the SAF-AAC Correlating Committee s November 6, 2012 meeting follows: Definitions. The committee agreed to have each defined term assigned to a specific technical committee so that committee would have responsibility for the maintenance and revision of such term. A task group is to be formed after the Second Draft meetings of the current revision cycle. The task group will report to the Correlating Committee (CC) its recommendations for the definitions assignments in time for the CC to review the recommendations at its first meeting of the 2018 revision cycle. Each Technical Committee chair is asked to identify a member to serve on the task group.
5. Chair s report: 6. NFPA 5000 Second Draft (formerly ROC) Preparation: Review of Public Comments (Public Comments to be distributed before meeting date.) 7. Other Business: 8. Adjournment:
Address List No Phone Building Systems Building Code Joshua D. Greene Chair The RJA Group, Inc. Rolf Jensen & Associates 600 West Fulton Street, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60661-1241 Alternate: Steven J. Whitman SE 1/15/2004 Allan Fraser Secretary (Staff-Nonvoting) National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 04/08/2013 Allan Fraser William Ambrefe City of Beverly Municipal Inspection 56 Water Street Beverly, MA 01915 E 7/20/2000 Mark Berg City of Rancho Cucamonga 6856 Sundance Trail Riverside, CA 92506 E 10/29/2012 Brian D. Black BDBlack Codes, Inc. 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive Hamburg, NY 14075 National Elevator Industry Inc. Alternate: Gary L. Nuschler M 1/18/2001 Phil Forner Allendale Heating Company Inc. PO Box 296 Allendale, MI 49401 Air Conditioning Contractors of America Alternate: Luis Romeo Escobar IM 10/6/2000 Raymond N. Hansen US Department of the Air Force HQ AFCEC/COSM 139 Barnes Drive, Suite 1 Tyndall AFB, FL 32403-5319 U 7/20/2000 Michael J. Reeser Santa Rosa Fire Equipment Service Inc. 595-A Portal Street Cotati, CA 94931 California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. Alternate: Shane M. Clary IM 7/20/2000 John A. Rickard Katus, LLC 5838 Balcones Drive, Suite B Austin, TX 78731-4206 SE 7/20/2000 Charles G. Riforgiate Lombard Fire Department 255 East Wilson Lombard, IL 60148 E 08/09/2012 Frank Shingleton Viega LLC 301 North Main, 9th Floor Wichita, KS 67202 M 10/29/2012 Shelley Siegel Universal Design & Education Network 9268 Palomino Drive Lake Worth, FL 33467-1024 American Society of Interior Designers SE 7/20/2000 Peter J. Willse XL Global Asset Protection Services 100 Constitution Plaza, 12th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 I 8/9/2011 Page 3 of 18 1
Address List No Phone Building Systems Building Code Shane M. Clary IM 7/20/2000 Alternate Bay Alarm Company 60 Berry Drive Pacheco, CA 94553 California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. : Michael J. Reeser Luis Romeo Escobar Alternate Air Conditioning Contractors of America 2800 South Shirlington Road, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22206 Air Conditioning Contractors of America : Phil Forner 04/08/2013 Allan Fraser IM 10/29/2012 Gary L. Nuschler Alternate Otis Elevator Company 5 Farm Springs Road Farmington, CT 06032-2575 National Elevator Industry Inc. : Brian D. Black M 4/15/2004 Steven J. Whitman Alternate The RJA Group, Inc. Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. 14502 Greenview Drive, Suite 500 Laurel, MD 20708 : Joshua D. Greene SE 10/27/2009 Allan Fraser Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Page 4 of 18 2
NFPA Technical Committee on Building Systems NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 FIRST DRAFT MEETING MINUTES Monday, May 21, 2012 Indianapolis Convention Center Indianapolis, IN 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair John Rickard at 8:00 a.m. on May 21, 2012 at the Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN. 2. Introduction of Committee Members and Guests. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT NAME John A. Rickard, Chair Allan Fraser, (Staff-Nonvoting) Joshua D. Greene, Shelley Siegel, Peter J. Willse, Shane M. Clary Alt. to Michael J. Reeser COMPANY Katus, LLC National Fire Protection Association The RJA Group, Inc. Universal Design and Education Network Rep: American Society of Interior Designers XL Global Asset Protection Services Bay Alarm Company Rep: California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. GUESTS NAME James Bowman Larry Brown COMPANY American Wood Council National Association of Home Builders TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOT PRESENT NAME William Ambrefe, Brian D. Black, Phil Forner, COMPANY City of Beverly Municipal Inspection BDBlack Codes, Inc. Rep: National Elevator Industry, Inc. Allendale Heating Company Inc. Rep: Air Conditioning Contractors of America 5-2012 FIRST DRAFT Meeting Minutes / Page 1 Page 5 of 18
Raymond N. Hansen, John E. Munroe, Jim Pauley, Robert Van Becelaere, US Dept. of the Air Force AECOM Design, Canada West Square D Company/Schneider Electric Rep: National Electrical Code Correlating Committee Ruskin Company Rep: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 3. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes. The October 4, 2010 meeting minutes were approved as written and distributed. 4. The New Process Review. 5. NFPA 5000 First Draft (formerly ROP) Preparation. The committee reviewed and resolved 10 public inputs. The committee created seven (7) first revisions and one (1) committee input. 6. New Business. The committee created and the Chair appointed members to the following task groups who are charged with completing their work in time to submit them as public comments prior to the closing date: a. Task group on Site impracticality : Jake Pauls, Eleanor Smith. John Rickard, Shelly Siegel and Shane Cleary. The Chair will draft the charge and e-mail to members. b. Task group on Updating Extracts : The Chair and staff will draft this work and send out to the committee prior to submitting for public comment. 7. Date and Location of Next Meetings. To be determined 8. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012 Respectfully Submitted: Allan B. Fraser, Staff Liaison 5-2012 FIRST DRAFT Meeting Minutes / Page 2 Page 6 of 18
NFPA Second Draft Meeting NFPA 5000 BUILDING SYSTEMS COMMITTEE May 20, 2013 San Diego, CA 1 General: At this and all NFPA committee meetings we are concerned with your safety If the fire alarm sounds, please proceed to an exit 2 General: Members, please verify/update your contact information Use of tape recorders or other means capable of reproducing verbatim transcriptions of this meeting are not permitted 3 Page 7 of 18 1
Guests: All guests are asked to sign in and identify their affiliations Participation is limited to TC members or those individuals who have previously requested time to address the committee Other participation is granted at the discretion of the Chair Guest seating is located around the room 4 Disclosure: Members categorized in ANY interest category who have been retained to represent the interests of ANOTHER interest category must declare those interests to the committee and refrain from voting, both in the meeting and on the ballot item 5 General Procedures: Follow Robert s Rules of Order Discussion requires a motion 6 Page 8 of 18 2
Committee member actions: Member addresses the chair Receives recognition from the chair Introduces the motion Another member seconds the motion 7 Committee chair actions: States the motion Calls for discussion Ensures all issues have been heard Takes the vote Announces the result of the vote 8 Motions for Ending Debate - Move Previous Question or Call the Question Not in order when another has the floor Requires a second This motion is not debatable and does not automatically stop debate A 2/3 affirmative vote immediately closes debate and returns to the original motion on the floor Less then 2/3 allows debate to continue 9 Page 9 of 18 3
Technical Committee on Building Systems Consumer: 0 Members: 0% Enforcer: 3 Members: 25% Insurance: 1 Members: 8% Manufacturer: 2 Members: 17% Research & Testing: 0 Members: 0% Special Expert: 3 Members: 25% User: 1 Members: 8% Installer/Maintainer: 2 Members: 17% Labor: 0 Members: 0% Total: 12 members 10 Timeline: Comment Stage (Second Draft): Public Comment Closing Date: 05/03/2013 Second Draft Meeting: Today Posting Second Draft TC Balloting: 08/23/2013 Posting Second Draft for NITMAM: 01/03/2014 11 Timeline: Tech Session Preparation: NITMAM Closing Date: 02/07/2014 NITMAM /CAM Posting Date: 04/04/2014 NFPA Annual Meeting: 06/09-12/2014 (Las Vegas) Standards Council Issuance: Documents w/cam issued: 08/14/2014 (edition date 2015) 12 Page 10 of 18 4
New Process What s New? New Term Comment Stage Public Comment Second Draft Meeting Second Revision Committee Comment (a Second Revision that failed ballot) Second Draft Report Second Draft Changes in Terms: Old Term ROC Stage Public Comment ROC Meeting Committee Comment or Accepted Public Comment (Comment reported as Rejected due to failed ballot) ROC ROC Draft 13 Technical Committee Actions: Resolving Public Comments Committee Action and Committee Statement Creating Second Revisions 14 15 Page 11 of 18 5
Resolving Public Comments (See Regs 4.4.8.1) Committee Actions: Accept Reject but see Reject Reject but Hold 16 Committee Statements: Committee must clearly indicate reasons for not accepting the recommendation and/or point to a relevant Second Revision All Public Comments Actions must have a Committee Statement Must include a valid technical reason 17 Committee Statements: Committee Statements: No vague references to intent Explain how the submitter s substantiation is inadequate Neither Public Comment Actions nor Committee Statements get letter balloted, simple majority vote at the meeting 18 Page 12 of 18 6
Creating a Second Revision (SR): Committee wants to make a change (to add, delete or modify) the First Draft Committee develops the change text and a Committee Statement (CS) substantiating the change Each SR gets letter balloted 19 Creating a Second Revision (SR): No new material after the Public Input Stage since it hasn t had the benefit of public review What constitutes new material is decided by the Technical Committee or Corr. Comm. Adding new material at the Comment stage could successfully be challenged through appeal to the Standards Council 20 Voting: Voting during meeting is used to establish a sense of agreement (simple majority) Formal vote secured by letter ballot (2/3 agreement) Only the formal ballot determines the committee s official position on the Second Draft 21 Page 13 of 18 7
Ballots are ONLY on Second Revisions (SR): Public Comment Actions and Committee Statements not balloted Reference materials are available - Second Draft, Public Comments, First Draft Report 22 Ballot form allows you to vote: Affirmative on all SR Affirmative on all SR with exceptions specifically noted Ballot form provides a column for affirmative with comment: Note: This box needs to be checked only if there is an accompanying comment Reject or abstain requires a reason 23 Ballot Process: Initial ballot Circulation of negatives and comments Members may change votes during circulation A Second Revision that fails letter ballot is changed a Committee Comment (in the 2 nd Draft Report), marked as Reject and deleted from the Second Draft. 24 Page 14 of 18 8
Ballot Process: If SR fails ballot and subject text was a result of a First Draft change, a Supplementary Ballot is conducted Ballot asks if TC still favors the FR change in the First Draft If Yes, that FR change appears as SR in the Second Draft If No, the change appears as a Committee Comment (rejected) and the text reverts to previous edition (See Regs 4.4.10.2.1) 25 Electronic Balloting: Ballots will be an online format Alternates are strongly encouraged to return ballots Ballot session will time out after 90 minutes Use submit to save your work 26 Electronic Balloting: Click link on the ballot email received Sign in with NFPA.org Committee Login and Password 27 Page 15 of 18 9
Electronic Balloting: Select either Affirmative on All or Affirmative with Exception(s) 28 Electronic Balloting: AFFIRMATIVE ON ALL Use See FR/SR - # link to review all First/Second Revisions Use Edit election to change individual votes or to modify vote after submitting ballot 29 Electronic Balloting AFFIRMATIVE WITH EXCEPTION(S) Make selection: Affirmative with Comment, Negative, or Abstain No selection made-defaults to affirmative Must include comment on each vote 30 Page 16 of 18 10
Electronic Balloting: To complete ballot click Participant Consent and Submit Return and edit any votes before ballot due date 31 TC Struggles with an Issue TC needs data on a new technology or emerging issue Two opposing views on an issue with no real data Data presented is not trusted by committee Code Fund Lends a Hand TC rep and/or staff liaison submits a Code Fund Request Requests are reviewed by a Panel and chosen based on need / feasibility Research Project Carried Out Funding for project is provided by the Code Fund and/or industry sponsors Project is completed and data is available to TC www.nfpa.org/codefund 32 Legal: Antitrust: the single most important provision- Federal law prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies which unreasonably restrain trade or commerce Section 1 of the Sherman Act Patent: Disclosures of essential patent claims should be made by the patent holder, but others may also notify NFPA if they believe that a proposed or existing NFPA standard includes an essential patent claim 33 Page 17 of 18 11
Leg:al Activities Disapproved by the Courts: Packing meetings Hiding commercial interest throwing the committees out of balance No final decision-making authority to unbalanced Task Groups; include all interested parties Hiding scientific or technical information from committees 34 Document Information Pages: Document Information Document scope Current/Previous Edition information Issued TIAs, FIs and Errata Archived revision information Standard Council Decisions Articles and Reports Read only document Next Edition Submit Public Input/Comments via Electronic Submission System. Meetings and Ballots ROP/ROC or First Draft Report and Second Draft Report NITMAM and Standard Council Decisions Private TC info Ballot circulations, informational ballots and other committee info Technical Committee Committee name, responsibility and scope Staff liaison Committee list Private committee contact information Current committee documents in PDF format Committees seeking members and committee online application 35 NFPA Second Draft Meeting Any questions? 36 Page 18 of 18 12