- Author
- Takeichi, N. | Matsumoto, K. | Gojo, W.
- Title
- Review for Japanese Performance-Based Code: Recommendation by Research Committee on Building Legislation in AIJ.
- Coporate
- Takenaka Corp., Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0075, Japan Meikai Univ., Japan National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Japan
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, Auckland, New Zealand, 25-33 p., 2008
- Keywords
- performance based codes | fire safety | safety engineering | regulations | legislation | architecture | risks | verification | acceptance criteria | evacuation | compartments
- Identifiers
- Japanese Building Standard Law (BSL); framework of documentation; closed system; qualitative/quantitative definition of performance requirement; theoretical verification and measurement for real buildings; handling discretion on judgments for compliance with the code; law by the parliament; dealing with the performance requirement; management of expert judgment in the performance-based code; example of qualitative performance requirement; preconditions to set deemed performance requirement or verifications; existing verification method for the fire floor evacuation; verification methods for safe compartments; probabilistic safety assessment