- Author
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A. T. Hansen Consulting Services
- Title
- Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Installing Fire Sprinklers in Houses. Phase 1. Selecting an Appropriate Assessment Procedure.
- Coporate
- A. T. Hansen Consulting Services, Ontario, Canada
- Sponsor
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., Ontario, Canada
- Report
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Summary Report,
August 31, 1988,
64 p.
- Keywords
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sprinklers
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residential buildings
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cost benefit analysis
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installing
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standards
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costs
- Abstract
- Concern by the Canadian house building industry about the cost implications of mandating the use of sprinklers in houses, now being advocated for the National Building Code, prompted Canada Morgtgage and Housing Corporation to undertake a cost-benefit study to investigate the merits of this proposal. This report represents Phase 1 of the study. Its purpose is to outline a procedure for determining cost-benefit relationships in sprinklering one and two-family dwellings.