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Standard for Parking Structures
Tallinna Ülikool | University of Estonia | Parking place art
Parking — the lack of it, the cost of it — has always been a sensitive issue in education communities. Into the mix add the expansion of electric vehicle charging stations, ride sharing, and micromobility. Their construction characteristics make them ideal locations for storage enterprises and emergency generators. NFPA 88A Standard for Parking Structures asserts best practice of a small but important part of it; the construction and protection of, as well as the control of hazards in, open and enclosed parking structures. Things get complicated with other occupancy classes merge with it; especially so when electric vehicle battery fires present another order of magnitude of risk.
The 2023 Edition (recently released) can be read in the link below:
FREE ACCESS: Standard for Parking Structures
Insight into the ideas that are in play can be tracked in the transcripts linked below:
Note the concern for the overlap and space between this title and passages in International Code Council catalog. We limit our concern for fire safety and more education communities build high rise student accommodation with integral parking structures. The bibliography is extensive (References Pages 92 – 99):
The 2027 edition of this standard is open for public input until June 4, 2024. CLICK HERE to get started on your own.
We hold this title on the standing agenda of our Prometheus and Mobility colloquium. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [17-235]
Category: Parking & Transportation, Space Planning, Facility Asset Management
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Josh Elvove. Joe DeRosier
Beaux-Art on Campus
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Aerospace
Our coverage of aviation and aerospace standards is limited to the facilities that support teaching and research; a fairly large domain given the growing core of industries that depend upon the supply of specialty-trained graduates — civil aviation, space, defense, nuclear, telecommunications, manufacturing and medical. During today’s colloquium we will examine catalog of the following standards developers and the positions of adopting agencies of the United States federal government such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
American National Standards Institute
Federal Aviation Administration
International Building Code (§412.3 Aircraft Hangers)
International Organization for Standardization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Fire Protection Association (Fuel storage)
The incredible view during a spacewalk.
Full video on Youtube: https://t.co/xW7fR61oee pic.twitter.com/poJ4VnpVTr
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) February 6, 2023
Much of today’s discussion will be familiar to experts in the building construction, operations and maintenance; our core competency. Much will not; given the speed of leading practice discovery and promulgation. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
American National Standards Institute Report: Standardization and the Commercial Space Industry
Custodial FTE Calculation.
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Space Travel
“Illustration from Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon” Smithsonian Institution
Juan Davalos
Emory University School of Law
Abstract. The era of commercial space travel and the rise of abundant spacefaring nations has led to an increase in space activity, which has outpaced international space laws—laws that were originally imagined for state-sponsored space travel in an arena with only two spacefaring states. International space law began with the creation of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 1959 and the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, and has continued with conventions from the United Nations and treaties among nations, including the United States and the European Union, which have attempted to address the rise of commercial space travel. However, throughout this evolution in space law, significant ambiguities in terms and regulations have persisted. This Comment calls for a more uniform and clear description of the terms and regulations that govern international space law and leadership from the United Nations in establishing these regulations among the spacefaring nations of the world.
Specifically, this Comment discusses the importance of creating uniform and unambiguous definitions for terms of art within the field of international space law such as “space object,” the delineation of Earth’s air space, and “outer space” itself, as well as the importance of clarifying how a state becomes a launching state among several parties. Part I gives a history of the background of international space law from its inception in 1959 to the current day. Part II looks at the various national and regional attempts to codify and interpret domestic space law and the similarities and differences between these regulatory schemes. Part III analyzes the United Nations’ most recent attempts to clarify the ambiguities in international space law and how those recent attempts fall short of actual clarification. Finally, Part IV presents possible clarifications to the terms and regulations discussed in Parts I, II, and III.
Drone Safety
“Icarus” | Joos de Momper
“All limits are self imposed.”
― Daedalus and Icarus (Metamorphoses, Ovid)
The National Fire Protection Association has added another standard to its suite of public safety documents: NFPA 2400 Standard for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) used for Public Safety Operations. This standard covers the minimum requirements relating to the operation, deployment, and implementation of small unmanned aircraft systems for public safety operations. The standard is developed by two main committees — one committee for drone systems (UAS-AAA) and another committee for the professional qualifications to operate and maintain drone systems (PQU-AAC)
From the project prospectus:
This standard shall cover the minimum requirements relating to the operation, deployment, and implementation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for public safety operations. This standard shall establish operational protocols for public safety entities who use and support sUAS. This standard shall include minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for public safety personnel who operate and support sUAS. This standard shall include minimum requirements for the maintenance of sUAS when used by public safety entities. This standard shall provide additional minimum requirements specific to public safety entities.
The 2019 Edition of NFPA 2400 has already been released for public use. Because this is a relatively new addition to the NFPA suite we provide two links that offer insight into the ideas running through it: The First Draft Report for the AAA committee is linked below:
2400_Cust2020_UAS_AAA_FRReport
The First Draft Report for the AAC committee is linked below:
2400_Cust2020_PQU_AAC_FDagenda_04_18
We choose these reports to provide an overview of the technical and management concepts in play in the first draft. It is not uncommon, in the developmental trajectory of any accredited standard, that the bulk of it is largely administrative. You may view it with a (free) NFPA public review account. Get one by CLICKING HERE
Application of this technology for public safety on college and university campuses will likely accelerate and, hopefully, a catalog of case studies that will be shared. We find that several educational organizations are supporting faculty and staff involvement: University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Oklahoma State University and the University Of Cincinnati are supporting the participation of Special Experts. The Los Angeles Unified School District is supporting a User Interest.
We expect that agricultural colleges and universities will begin developing curricula around the use of drones for crop inspection.
We encourage operations and maintenance staff — the various roofing and landscaping and grounds shops; for example — to participate in the development of the next revision. You may do so here: NFPA PUBLIC INPUT PAGE. We recommend you communicate directly with NFPA staff — either Michael Wixler or Elena Carroll. CLICK HERE for contact help.
We maintain this title on the standing agenda of periodic Mobility, Risk and Aerospace colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Schriever School Age Care | Schriever Air Force Base Indoor Running Track
Issue: [18-269], [16-199]
Category: Public Safety, Risk Management, #SmartCampus
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben
LEARN MORE:
ISO/TC 20/SC 16 Unmanned aircraft systems
Drones are also being used for rooftop cooling tower inspection: ASTM Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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A jellyfish made of 1,000 drones
[📹 FireFly Drone Show]pic.twitter.com/A4peXTWFn1
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 28, 2025
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