Integrated Buildings & Structures

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OF THIS SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION, IN MOST BUILDINGS OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON SITE FIRE ENGINEERING DESIGNS ARE RARELY, CONSIDERED, IT APPEARS TO BE NEW CONCEPT, THAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO REMEBERED,WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTIONS DETAILED DESIGNS ON THE IDEA  OF ARCHITECHITURAL FIRE ENGINEERING DESIGNS FITTINGS, AND ALL OF THE INPUTS, MAY BE CALCULATED, THIS IS TO SAY,REGARDLESS OF ANY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FITTINGS OF FIRE EMERGENCIES, ARE A FIRST PRIORITIES TO BE CONSIDERED, BECAUSE , SAFETY OF THE BUILDING IS A PRE-REQUISTE TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY IS PRESERVED.

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Davy Johnson Chigali GIT, S.M.ASCE
manager
Edenvale
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Dear Davy, thanks for bringing this matter to our attention. Nowadays, Fire design in construction considers passive or active methods. Nevertheless, those are methods based on "recipes" that are one-fit-all. Fire design should be considered in the architectural design, assuring the proper materials, spaces, barriers, etc. ASCE has several interesting materials related to this subject (i.e., https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784409633). For ASCE members, there are a lot of free access documents.
We will have a seminar in Colombia related to fire design (Friday, June 14th, in-person event), trying to respond to this concern.
Regards,

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Andres Guzman D.Eng., MEng, Ing., M.ASCE
Associate Professor
UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE
Barranquilla
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