Joe Versteeg
Profile
Principal of Versteeg Associates LLC, a consulting firm specializing in the interpretation and proper application of building, accessibility, and life safety codes since 1994. Previously serving over twenty years in code administration and enforcement with the Connecticut Department of Public Safety - Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Certifications
Codes and Standards Development Activities
Publications
AIA Connecticut Design Award - Gillette Castle, East Haddam CT. Restoration and Life Safety Enhancements - December 2002.
Code consultant to Barkin Andrade Architects.
Seminars
Former instructor for the National Fire Protection Association of open registration and contract seminars for over twenty years:
Organizations
Principal of Versteeg Associates LLC, a consulting firm specializing in the interpretation and proper application of building, accessibility, and life safety codes since 1994. Previously serving over twenty years in code administration and enforcement with the Connecticut Department of Public Safety - Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Certifications
- Certified Fire Marshal – State of Connecticut
- Licensed Building Official – State of Connecticut
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist – CFPS Board-National Fire Protection Association
Codes and Standards Development Activities
- Correlating Committee on Healthcare Facilities, NFPA-99 - Member
- Technical Committee on Alternate Approaches to Life Safety, NFPA 101A - Chair
- Technical Committee on Residential Occupancies, NFPA 101 & NFPA 5000 - Member
- Technical Committee on Means of Egress, NFPA 101 & NFPA 5000 - Member
- Technical Committee on Structures and Materials, NFPA 5000 - Member (Past Chair)
- Technical Committee on Building Construction, NFPA 5000 - Member (Past Chair)
- Technical Committee on Construction Types, NFPA 220 - Member (Past Chair)
- Technical Committee on Fire walls & Fire Barriers, NFPA 221 - Member (Past Chair)
- Technical Committee on Fire Retardant Treated Wood & Fire Retardant Coatings, NFPA 703- Member (Past Chair)
- Technical Committee on Means of Egress for the International Building Code - Past Member
- Technical Committee on Standard on Luminous Egress Path Marking Systems, UL 1994 - Member
Publications
- Coauthor, Performing Plan Reviews for Life Safety Code Compliance, National Fire Protection Association
- Contributing author, Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual, National Fire Protection Association
- Contributing author, National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code Handbook
AIA Connecticut Design Award - Gillette Castle, East Haddam CT. Restoration and Life Safety Enhancements - December 2002.
Code consultant to Barkin Andrade Architects.
Seminars
Former instructor for the National Fire Protection Association of open registration and contract seminars for over twenty years:
- NFPA-1, the Fire Code
- NFPA-101, Life Safety Code Essentials
- NFPA-101, Life Safety Code Essentials for Healthcare Occupancies
- NFPA-101, Life Safety Code Plans Review *
- NFPA 130, Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems
- NFPA 5000, Building Construction and Safety Code *
- NFPA-99, Healthcare Facilities
- NFPA Certified Fire Inspector I
Organizations
- National Fire Protection Association
- International Code Council
- International Fire Marshal's Association
- American Society of Hospital Engineers
- Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation