Director of Fire & Life Safety at Osborn Engineering
Scott Voelkerding the Director of Fire and Life Safety at Osborn. He is technically experienced in many aspects of fire protection engineering including fire, building, and Life Safety Code consulting, hazardous materials storage, due diligence studies, and various design concepts for fire protection systems, fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems, smoke control systems, means of egress, and other life safety systems. Scott has managed a range of projects from engineering studies to Blank Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for fire protection services. He is member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and an Associate Member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). Scott passed the Fire Protection Engineering PE Exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and practices engineering as a full-time fire protection engineer and life safety consultant.
This presentation is an overview of the building codes and standards applicable to historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects, including an overview of alternative approaches to building, fire, and life safety code compliance. The program also includes two case studies based on two Ohio projects as examples of two tools available to design professionals to demonstrate compliance using an alternative approach to compliance. Approved for 1.50 AIA HSW credit.