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Sinterklaas Koffie
An "gezelligheid" moment on the evening of December 5th (Sinterklaasavond). Adults gather after children go to bed with gifts (remember children?), enjoying strong coffee laced with genever or another jenever-like spirit, spiced with cinnamon or anise; topped with whipped cream, it warms the festive mood while singing traditional Sinterklaas songs and sharing stories of Sint and his Zwarte Pieten who arrive on a boat from Spain.
Interiors
Today we unpack the latest in codes, standards, guidelines, recommendations and safety legislation that set the standard of care for the design, manufacture and maintenance of interior fixtures such as carpet, furniture, bookshelves and ceiling tiles, plumbing fixtures -- a large part of what construction industry professionals find in CSIGroup MasterFormat Division 12 -- Furnishings.
Furniture
This guide addresses children’s furniture, upholstered furniture and other types of furniture essential to the use of spaces within education and healthcare facilities. It explains the regulatory framework for the safety and sustainability of non-fixed objects that support various human activites in the built environment
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Educational Seating
FROM OUR VIDEO ARCHIVE: Dave Panning explains BIFMA's Educational Seating standard X6.1. (December 1, 2016)
I-Code Group B Committee Action Hearings
Follow up to the Committee Action Hearings for the Group B tranche of titles that concluded in Cleveland with special interest in interior furnishings. Preliminary results have been released. Public comment on the results of Committee Action taken will be received until January 5, 2026.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Modular Office Furniture Wiring
The "Computer Center" is as central education communities as chapels and libraries and campus gathering places. Our place our focus on the safety and sustainability subtleties of power and telecommunication pathways to these facilities and fixtures. We are tooling up proposals to present to Committee 18 for the 2029 Revision. Public input will be received until April 9th.