Construction

The final acceptance tests of all fire protection and life safety systems shall be witnessed by the GSA Fire Protection Engineer or their designated representative. Testing and commissioning for the fire protection and life safety systems shall be per the requirements of those sections of the specifications and the applicable governing codes and standards. 

Once the GSA Fire Protection Engineer has ensured that to the best of their knowledge all the fire protection and life safety systems have been completed, inspected, successfully tested and approved and all outstanding fire and life safety deficiencies have been corrected to afford a reasonable degree of safety to the building occupants from fire and similar emergencies, a certificate of occupancy will be issued

Last Reviewed 12/10/2008