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Case Studies of Risk-To-Life Due to Fire in Mid- and High-Rise, Combustible and Non-Combustible Buildings Using CUrisk

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Year of Publication
2015
Topic
Fire
Material
CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber)
Application
Wood Building Systems
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Author
Zhang, Xia
Mehaffey, Jim
Hadjisophocleous, George
Organization
Carleton University
Year of Publication
2015
Country of Publication
Canada
Format
Report
Material
CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber)
Application
Wood Building Systems
Topic
Fire
Keywords
High-Rise
Mid-Rise
Residential
Tall Wood
Office Buildings
CUrisk
Risk-to-Life
Language
English
Research Status
Complete
Summary
Both the BCBC and the NBCC are objective_based codes whose provisions are deemed to be acceptable solutions.  Alternative solutions are permitted; however, they must be demonstrated to provide a level of performance equivalent to that of the acceptabl...
Online Access
Free
Resource Link
http://www.bcfii.ca/system/files/reports/public/fii416-2014-15-newbuilds-case-studies-of-risk-to-life-due-to-fire-using-curisk.pdf
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