The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Survey & Certification Group issued a memorandum this month concerning waivers allowing health care facilities to take advantage of certain provisions of the 2012 edition of the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.

Calgary's South Health Campus will be the first building in Canada to be digitally certified by an Electronic Barrier Management Program, thanks to a new service by Lockerbie and Hole's fireproofing and insulation division and Specified Technologies, Inc.