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CHICAGOCOOPERATOR.COM THE CHICAGOLAND COOPERATOR — FALL 2019 17 McClurg Court Center residents are protected with fire sprinklers after building owners chose to retrofit. After purchasing the McClurg Court Center twin towers, RMK Management Corporation began a six-month project to modernize the building’s life-safety systems. Working with United States Alliance Fire Protection, a fire sprinkler system was installed, providing the maximum fire safety protection for 1,080 residential units as well as occupants in the common areas and commercial spaces. Although Chicago’s fire sprinkler ordinance only requires Life Safety Evaluations for residential buildings, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Life Safety Code 101 (2000 Edition), which has been adopted by the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office, requires existing high- rise buildings in excess of 75 feet in height to be equipped with fire sprinklers or an engineered life-safety system. In response to the Chicago High-Rise Ordinance, RMK Management decided to put its property into the premium category. Other high-rises still without fire sprinklers are dangerous, obsolete and less marketable. RMK Management should be commended for voluntarily choosing to retrofit McClurg Court Center with fire sprinklers for the safety of the property, its residents and responding Chicago police and firefighters, joining more than 88 other high-rise buildings in Chicago that chose to retrofit fire sprinklers. ©2019 Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board. All rights reserved. A not-for-profi t organization. HomeLifeSafety.com With fi re sprinklers, McClurg Court Center provides the maximum fi re safety protection for 1,080 residential units. FireSprinklerAssoc.com RB2758-NIFSAB-AD19-McClurg-USAFP_10'125x12'75_v1.indd 1 9/11/19 10:45 AM