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Author
Sheridan, L. | Visscher, H. J. | Meijer, F. M.
Title
Buildings Regulations on Fire Safety in Europe.
Coporate
University of Liverpool, England Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Book or Conf
Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 163-174 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | high rise buildings | planning | management systems | regulations | fire safety | formulations
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; performance requirements; example of the formulation of requirements of the Dutch Building Decree; comparisons of levels of requirement for fire safety in different countries; differences in description of travel distances from within dwellings inblocks of flats or maisonettes; example of the tabulation of requirements: comparison of minimum periods of fire resistance or fire retardance, vertical load-bearing elements of structure