High-Rise Buildings

Understanding the Vertical Challenges
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-59370-580-0
Verlag: Fire Engineering Books & Videos

Buch, Englisch, 726 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm

Authors Jerry Tracy, Jack J. Murphy and James J. Murtagh invite fire chiefs, fire officers, firefighters, fire protection engineers, building management and the greater fire community to explore High-Rise Buildings: Understanding the Vertical Challenges as a foundation for coordination and control of high-rise building operations.Features: - Learn about cognitive command from many invaluable high-rise fire case histories.
- Manage and respond to all-hazards events within the high-rise environment for generations to come.
- A guideline and reference for fire professionals, building owners and system engineers, the building construction community, property managers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Gebäudebrandschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I: Understanding the Vertical Challenges1 The vertical challenges2 Building/fire codes--Impacting tall buildings3 Building construction4 Fire protection systems5 Building systems6 Other building systems7 If these walls could talkPART II: Command and firefighting unit responses8 Command, management, and administration of high-rise fires and emergencies9 Firefighter fire unit response10 The vertical challenge and occupancy typesPART III: Erecting a skyscraper and looking ahead to new designs and techniques11 The ever-changing skyline: The evolution to building a skyscraper12 Looking ahead to new tall building designs and techniquesList of abbreviationsIndexAbout the authors