- Author
-
Nakamura, H.
|
Yashiro, Y.
- Title
- Analysis of the Fire Protection Cost Index.
- Coporate
- Shimizu Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
-
Fire Science and Technology,
Vol. 4,
No. 3,
47-64,
1984
- Report
-
NBSIR 85-3118,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. 7th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety. October 24-28, 1983,
Gaithersburg, MD,
629-642 p.,
['1983', '1985']
- Keywords
-
costs
- Abstract
- This report presents the analysis of the costs of fire protection in the "electrical and mechanical" works. The purpose of this research is to evaluate an optimal cost for carrying out the fire safety, and to contribute to working out a rational design method of fire safety. It is commonly believed that the costs relating to fire protection are usually unduly large in comparison with the entire construction cost of a building. Yet, on the other hand, detailed researches into the exact costs of fire protection do not seem to have been made. There are difficulties in such researches: many fire protection items are not merely made for the single purpose of fire fighting, but are multi-functional. For example, fire wall, staircase, safety zone, etc. Under these circumstances, designers tend to take an easy way out and plan the fire protection only according to the relevant laws and regulations, instead of working out a fire protection plan which would be truly suitable and efficient for the characteristics of building that they designed. In this report, being well aware of the situations described above, we must nevertheless start where we can: the "fire protection costs" included in our past estimates as such will be first extracted from the record of estimation, and will be analysed in relation to the characteristics of the buildings in which such items were used.