Fire protection engineering in building design
A clear and concise reference guide on integrating fire protection design, Fire Protection Engineering in Building Design encompasses not only the basic information on the functions, design, and applications of fire protection systems; but also reveals how this information can and should be integrat...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
©2003.
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| Series | Plant engineering (Butterworth-Heinemann (Firm))
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780750674973 0750674970 9780080506494 0080506496 1281077488 9781281077486 9786611077488 6611077480 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 133 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- The Importance of Integrating Fire Protection Design; What is Fire Protection Engineering?; The Discipline; The Professional Society; What FPEs Do; How Fire Protection Differs; Functions of Fire Protection Systems; Preventing and Protecting Against Fire; Reasons for Installing Fire Protection Systems; Protecting Assets; Relating Design Features to Function; Performance-Based Fire Protection Design; Design Elements; Fire Science; Design Fire Scenarios; Other Design Considerations; Examples of Performance-Based Design; Prescriptive Fire Protection Design; Desirability of Prescriptive Design; Prescriptive Codes; Inherent Risk; Design Coordination; Interfacing With the Other Disciplines; Architectural; Chemical; Electrical; Mechanical; Structural; Fire Protection for New and Existing Buildings; The Design Process; New Construction; Existing Buildings; Writing Fire Protection Specifications; Coordinating the Specifications; Traditional Project Specifications; Division 13
- Special Construction; Fire Protection References; Related Professional Societies.