HMEx Assistant™ is the #1 best-selling software used by architects, design professionals, facility managers, and code officials to classify hazardous materials and manage chemical inventory for compliance with the Code Council’s International Fire Code and International Building Code. Use CAS numbers, RTECS numbers, or chemical names and synonyms to search for IFC/IBC hazard classes, and hazard ratings for NFPA 704 building signage. HMEx Assistant has been the industry standard since 1993.
Problem
Whether you’re the code official, building architect, or facility manager for a facility that handles hazardous materials, you need to know which chemicals are used, their hazard classifications, and if they’re over or under quantity limits that might require special treatment as a hazardous occupancy.
If you’re the fire or building official, you need the materials pre-classified by hazard class and summarized by control area, or you can’t approve the building plans or operating permits… resulting in project and possibly operating delays. Beyond that, you need a way to validate the hazard classes assigned and control area analysis submitted.
As the architect or facility manager, you have to compile the list of chemicals on-site and understand hazard classifications and control areas to comply with the fire and building code. Like you know how to do all that!
Unfortunately...
Most architects and facility managers either have to learn the code requirements and how to classify the chemicals—or, they have to hire a pricy consultant.
And code officials, with limited time and resources, are hard pressed to validate hazard classes and control area analyses that drive the occupancy classification and the fire and life safe controls installed.
Every part of the process is a struggle without a detailed chemical database that includes the unique hazard classifications used by the fire and building code—and it’s seldom found on websites or in product safety data sheets.
If you’re lucky, you might find a database—only to discover it’s incomplete.
#1 Best-Selling Fire and Building Code compliance, chemical classification and inventory management tool available.
HMEx is the ONLY system to combine an online chemical database with a chemical inventory management system to classify chemicals, create Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements (HMIS) and Summary Reports, and automatically evaluate compliance with IFC/IBC quantity limits.
Five Reasons to Consider HMEx
1) One of the BEST chemical databases
Unlike manual research that can literally take hours if not days, or grossly incomplete existing databases, HMEx gives you access to critical fire and life safety data for thousands of chemicals in one place, allowing you to validate chemical information in minutes, not hours. Features include:
2) Offers the BEST chemical classification for hazardous materials
Unlike most chemical databases that do NOT include fire and building code hazard classifications, a simple search in HMEx ensures materials are properly and consistently classified for code compliance.
3) BEST Chemical Inventory Management of Hazardous Materials
Most generic chemical inventory management software is not designed for chemical classification of hazardous materials for fire and building code compliance. In contrast, HMEx empowers you to classify, create and keep your inventory in compliance with the latest fire and building code in a fraction of the time, and have more accuracy.
4) Absolute BEST reporting
Instead of spreadsheets that require complex formulas, extensive formatting and often still lack all the information needed for approval, HMEx automatically creates Inventory Statements and Summary Reports that demonstrate competence and compliance, making it a breeze for code officials to review and approve submittals.
5) Strongest Industry Security
Extensive data security features include SOC 2 compliance, data encryption, firewall-secured operating system, infrastructure redundancy, multi-factor user authentication, data protection daily back-up, and ISO 27001 certification.
These features ensure your chemical inventory and facility data, as well as user and payment information, remain secure and accessible only to authorized users.
