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Author
Kip, S.
Title
Legislated Quantifiable Performance Based Risk Environment: How Do We Get There?
Coporate
Building Control Commission, Victoria, Australia
Book or Conf
Pacific Rim Conference and Second (2nd) International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods. Proceedings. International Code Council and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). May 3-9, 1998, International Code Council, Birmingham, AL, Maui, HI, 177-189 p., 1998
Keywords
performance based codes | fire safety | building codes | regulations | standards | fire codes | safety engineering | human beings
Identifiers
limitations of building control; request for use of performance based code; indicative example of performance versus prescriptive risk levels; fire safety engineering and its impact on regulators; value of human life and harmonisation of performance regulations and standards internationally