- Author
- Sullivan, P. D.
- Title
- World's First Performance-Based Building Code "The New Zealand Experience".
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Report
- Thesis, December 14, 1993, 251 p.
- Keywords
- building codes | fire protection engineering | methodology | fire endurance rating | fire load | computer simulation | fire severity
- Identifiers
- historic development and background of traditional building codes; early performance-based designs; New Zealand - the worlds first performance-based building code; New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) - critique of approved documents C1 and C2; NZBC - critique of approved documents C3 and C4; calculation of fire endurance ratings using internationally accepted and scientifically proven methods; recommendations for the implementation of internationally accepted fire endurance ratings into the NZBC; implementation of internationally accepted fire endurance ratings into the NZBC; NZBC and worldwide building codes in the 21st century
- Abstract
- The objective of this Masters Thesis, which was conducted in New Zealand, is to determine the integrity of the fire protection engineering methodologies behind the performance-based New Zealand Building Code. The study examines current fire protection engineering methodologies utilized within the code and targets deficiencies. These deficiencies were identified and recommendations for their rectification were proposed to the Building Industry Authority of New Zealand. The proposed fire protection engineering methodologies behind these recommendations were subsequently implemented into the New Zealand Building code.