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Open plan flat layouts - assessing life safety in the event of fire

Publication NF 19

Open plan flat layouts - assessing life safety in the event of fire

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Current

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Abstract

Findings of a NHBC Foundation commissioned study to establish which fire safety systems are used for open plan flat layouts, evaluating these against the BRE risk assessment model CRISP to determine the risk levels for open plan flats and their equivalent AD B compliant designs.

Author

Fraser-Mitchell, J. and Williams, C.

History

Accompanied by a CD-ROM which is not available through The Construction Information Service. However, some of the information present on the CD-ROM in pdf format has been made available at the back of the document.

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Publisher History

The NHBC Foundation - National House Building Council's independent research institution - was established in January 2006 in partnership with the BRE Trust.


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