Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings

Cowlard, Adam; Bittern, Adam; Abecassis-Empis, Cecilia; Torero, José L.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.08.053

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“…This low success probability relates to the observation by Bittern et al (2011) that stairwell pressurization failed to operate in 9 out of 10 the investigated cases. Less onerous, but still considerable failure probabilities have been reported in (Cowlard et al, 2013). Furthermore, Eq.…”

Section: Stairwell Design Optionsmentioning

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A fire risk assessment model for residential high-rises with a single stairwell

Hansen

Steffensen²,

Valkvist³

et al. 2018

Fire Safety Journal

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Section: Stairwell Design Optionsmentioning

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A fire risk assessment model for residential high-rises with a single stairwell

Hansen

Steffensen²,

Valkvist³

et al. 2018

Fire Safety Journal

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“…Concreting of underlying floors is carried out in sequence as the ground is removed. In the construction of the "Top-Down" technology to protect the excavation in modern conditions, the "wall in the ground" is often used, as the most versatile structure capable of absorbing vertical loads from the weight of underground floors and protection from groundwater [18,19].…”

Section: Construction Features Of High-rise Buildingsmentioning

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Trend analysis of modern high-rise construction

Radushinsky¹,

Gubankov²,

Mottaeva

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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The article reviews the main trends of modern high-rise construction considered a number of architectural, engineering and technological, economic and image factors that have influenced the intensification of construction of high-rise buildings in the 21st century. The key factors of modern high-rise construction are identified, which are associated with an attractive image component for businessmen and politicians, with the ability to translate current views on architecture and innovations in construction technologies and the lobbying of relevant structures, as well as the opportunity to serve as an effective driver in the development of a complex of national economy sectors with the achievement of a multiplicative effect. The estimation of the priority nature of participation of foreign architectural bureaus in the design of super-high buildings in Russia at the present stage is given. The issue of economic expediency of construction of high-rise buildings, including those with only a residential function, has been investigated. The connection between the construction of skyscrapers as an important component of the image of cities in the marketing of places and territories, the connection of the availability of a high-rise center, the City, with the possibilities of attracting a "creative class" and the features of creating a large working space for specialists on the basis of territorial proximity and density of high-rise buildings.

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“…Still, the major concern is; does Architectural design is keeping up with the needs of fire safety design revolution in tall building? [4] It is undesirable to see the future advanced tall building, is still relies on ordinary staircases for emergency evacuation route [5], [6]. Therefore, in this paper, comprehensive review of the existing engineering practices on tall building evacuation planning systems and design are discussed.…”

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Evacuation egress in high rise building: Review of the current design evacuation solution

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In the aftermath of the September 11th attack, design of tall buildings particularly in the aspect of safety systems and structural robustness, arguably the most crucial issues that is deliberated till to date. Concerning the safety systems specifically on evacuation egress, many novels and innovative evacuation solutions for high rise buildings that have been researched and put forward, for instances Platform Rescue Systems (PRS), Controlled Descent Devices (CDD) and Escape Chutes. Still, the practicability of the existing proposed egress systems to be implemented in the real-life situation and its compliance with the tall building design legislation remain unknown. For developing countries such as Malaysia and United Arab Emirates, tall buildings play a role as an iconic landmark. While countries like China and Hong Kong, tall building is needed due to the scarcity of land and high populations. As more than one hundred tall structure exists in the world, and will be increasing by 2020; therefore, it is urgently needed that existing engineering practices in designing tall building to be reviewed with respect to evacuation egress. The main objective of this paper is to create awareness among developers, consultants and contractors that proper evacuation egress in tall building design and development is a must. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the existing engineering practices on tall building evacuation planning systems and design. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the currently proposed systems and its consideration amongst structural and safety engineers are also reported.

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Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings

Cited by 69 publications

References 12 publications

A fire risk assessment model for residential high-rises with a single stairwell

A fire risk assessment model for residential high-rises with a single stairwell

Trend analysis of modern high-rise construction

Evacuation egress in high rise building: Review of the current design evacuation solution

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