Hazard II: Implementation for Fire Safety Engineering.
Hazard II: Implementation for Fire Safety Engineering.
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Bukowski, R. W.
Fire Safety Design of Buildings and Fire Safety
Engineering. Conference Compendium. Proceedings.
Session 3: Fire Safety Engineering Tools. August
19-20, 1996, Oslo, Norway, 1-7 pp, 1996.
Keywords:
fire safety; building codes; safety engineering; fire
research; egress; evacuation time; fire growth; fire
hazards; hazard assessment; fire models; smoke filling;
performance based codes
Abstract:
Much of the world is engaged in the transition from
prescriptive codes to performance-based codes for the
regulation of safety in the built environment. The
motivation for these changes is the concept that
sensible regulations lead to improved flexibility of
design and lower costs for no reduction in safety. In
such a construction climate it is easier to attract
international business development with its attendant
jobs and growth of the tax base, especially in these
times of the global marketplace. This paper presents a
vision of the futuer development of HAZARD I and its
primary components in the context of its application to
fire safety engineering analysis supporting
performance-based codes.
