Fire This chapter focuses on how the use of mass timber impacts fire safety requirements, the additional hazards that a combustible frame introduces and how these can be addressed.
These examples serve as practical models to guide designers, developers, and insurers in applying good practice design and risk mitigation strategies in terms of fire safety and durability. The use of the guidelines provided do not replace the need for design and calculations by responsible and competent designers.
This includes technical guidance on:
– The goals and objectives that may form part of a fire safety design, including the minimum statutory goal of life safety and how fulfilling this goal may contribute to property protection and business continuity goals. – An overview of the burning of wood and its implications on the fire hazards within a building. – A set of proposed principles that can be adopted by designers to demonstrate the adequacy of the fire safety design in a commercial timber building. – Discussion on the anticipated implications of these principles in the fire safety design of a commercial building, and on the potential benefits for property protection and business continuity by addressing the proposed fire principles.
EXAMPLE BUILDINGS
The technical guidance in the Guidebook will allow design teams to establish good practice and appropriate durability and fire safety provisions for mass timber buildings they are designing. This chapter presents an appraisal of four mass timber commercial building examples, highlighting fire safety and durability considerations for each, based on the principles established in the technical guidance in the Guidebook.
The following building typologies are considered:
1. Full timber offices below 18 meters, up to 4 storeys. 2. Full timber offices between 18 and 30 meters, up to 15 storeys. 3. Hybrid offices between 18 and 30 meters, up to 15 storeys . 4. Hybrid offices over 30 meters or over 15 storeys.
INTRODUCTION
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