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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.
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With fi re sprinklers, McClurg Court Center provides the
maximum fi re safety protection for 1,080 residential units.
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