Construction Codebooks > NFPA Standards

We have also have the National Electrical Code in softbound and spiral formats, plus tabs and other aids that help you efficiently use the NEC.

• Drawings can easily contain code violations. You need to check the drawings before doing the work. That protects your company and it protects you.
• When a question of "Can we do it this way?" arises, you'll be able to find the answer yourself.
• If a question arises about something you did, you can look up the Code requirement rather than taking someone else's word for it.

• Codes are revised on a regular basis to accomodate new methods and materials. This way, users and regulators can plan on code cycle schedules. It's typycally every three years, a with the NEC.
• If your code books is not current with the latest revivision, you may miss a requirement and thus commit a violation.
• You may do something in a more time-consuming or costly way than the code actually requires.

The NFPA claims to be "the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety," and few would argue that is is. The NFPA is most well-known as the publisher of the Life Safety Code and the National Electrical Code, but it also develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 other codes and standards. All of these codes are intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.

These documents are called "consensus codes and standards" because they are developed by experts working in the applicable fields. For example, a code-making panel for a given standard or part of a standard might consist of ten or more people with varying backgrounds all pertinent to that standard. Those backgrounds might be: design engineer, field engineer, consulting engineer, tradesperson, manufacturer's engineer, subject instructor, trade publication editor (with appropriate engineering or trade experience credentials), or (related) association representative. What you won't find is a code-making panel consisting of people who have no stake in developing a workable, useful code.

NFPA membership totals more than 70,000 individuals around the world. Employers often pay for membership, plus for participation in NFPA activities. The NFPA has many programs and initiatives to further the cause of public safety.

• Obviously, you need to know what the regulations and requirements are. That's why you should buy this standard.
• As you apply a requirement, look at the principle behind it. If you satisfy the principle, you won't be subject to "interpretation revisions" being forced on you later.
• To understand a particular provision, understand its context. So rather than look up a sentence and try to parse out its meaning, look at the entire code and how it's arranged. Where does the provision fit within this framework, and what is that chapter or section trying to accomplish?
• Remember that members of all code-making bodies write the codes in respect to the laws of physics, and to the body of knowledge in the respective trade or skill area addressed by the code. If you also understand these things, then you will be able to more properly apply a given code requirement.
• Codes are nearly always written as minimum requirements. You may need to go beyond the code requirements for optimum operational efficiency or to satisfy engineering requirements based on best practices. The codes almost never limit you from going beyond the requirements.

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