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Codes In Context

BHMA Codes In Context is an ongoing series designed to provide relevant hardware changes and updates during the various code cycles. Each edition of this series will include one-page Focus documents, which are in-depth summaries of each code update covered in the report. Click on the Focus Documents down arrow to expand the menu and view, download and/or print each document.

2024 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code - Updates Affecting Doors, Door Hardware, and Door Operations

2024 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Focus Documents

Clear Width of Power-Operated Doors - Exemption related to the minimum clear opening width for pairs of power-operated doors

Egress Side Latch Release - Clarifies egress side latch release requirements

Latch Release for Residential Units - Clarifies releasing motions must not be simultaneous

Listings for Electrical Locking System Components - UL 294 or UL 1034

2024 IBC and IFC Updates Affecting Doors, Door Hardware, and Door Operations

2024 IBC and IFC Focus Documents

Bolts / Bolt Locks - New definitions and requirements refined with editorial clarifications of provisions for dead bolts, manual bolts, automatic flush bolts, and constant latching bolts

Key-Operated Locking Devices - Clarification of which exterior doors or main doors are permitted to be locked when a building or space is not occupied

Electrical Locking Systems - Requiring electrical locks in some types of systems to be listed to either UL 294 or UL 1034

Enclosed Elevator Lobbies - Permitting electrically locked exit access doors (locked doors to tenant spaces) where specific requirements are met

Stairway Reentry Release Methods - Revised requirements for unlocking stairway doors on the stair side to allow reentry from the stairway into the building

Multiple Occupant Toilet Facilities - Exception permitting locking of egress doors by authorized personnel

Maneuvering Clearance - Explicitly requires maneuvering clearance in compliance with ICC A117.1 to be provided at doors in the accessible means of egress

Hardware Projections - Clarifications related to projections permitted at the top of door openings

Access Control Systems - Clarification of the I-Code requirements related to egress doors equipped with electrified hardware that controls access/ ingress but does not affect egress

Doors with Panic Hardware - Change that prohibits sensor release electrical locking systems on doors required to have panic hardware

Automatic Operators at Accessible Public Entrances - Clarifications of requirements, and applications related to buildings with mixed occupancies

Doors in Existing Buildings - Updates to IFC requirements affecting hardware projections, door unlatching forces, and door opening force requirements, in alignment with the IBC

2021 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code – Changes Affecting Doors, Door Hardware, and Door Operations

2021 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Focus Documents

Clarifying Not More Than One Releasing Motion for Doors in the Means of Egress, and Mandatory Requirement of No Tight Grasping, Tight Pinching, or Twisting of the Wrist

Permitting Second Releasing Motion on Existing Doors in Existing Educational Occupancies

Door Unlatching Maximum Operating Forces, and Maximum Door Leaf Opening Forces

Stair Enclosure Doors Release, UL 294

Fire-Rated Door Assemblies in Applications Not Required to be Fire-Rated

Rearrangement of Chapter 7, Section 7.2 Means of Egress Components

For a NFPA section-by-section summary of revisions of the 2012 edition through 2024 regarding door operations and door hardware, CLICK HERE.

2021 IBC and IFC Updates Affecting Doors, Door Hardware, and Door Operations

2021 IBC and IFC Focus Documents

Clarifying One Releasing Motion for Doors in the Means of Egress

Door Hardware Maximum Operating Forces, and Maximum Door Opening Forces

Doors Serving Electrical Rooms and Refrigeration Machinery Rooms

Door Hardware Projecting Into the Door Opening Height

Power Operated Doors Required at Accessible Public Entrances

Terminated Stops on Door Frames of Fire Door Assemblies

Egress Doors Serving Exterior Spaces

Locking of Doors Permitted in Health Care Facilities

Rearrangement of IBC Section 1010 Means of Egress

For an IBC section-by-section summary of revisions of the 2012 edition through 2024 regarding door operations and door hardware, CLICK HERE.

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