New engineering guide 'Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings' now available
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, the International Code Council (ICC), a global source of model building codes and standards and building safety solutions, and Springer, a global scientific and technical publisher, announced the release of a new engineering guide: “Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings.”
The 2021 edition of “Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings” provides information on the fire safety performance of tall, very tall and super tall buildings. Topics featured in the engineering guide include emergency egress, fire resistance, building envelope, suppression, detection, alarms and smoke control, with new guidance on considerations for existing buildings, energy storage systems, aerial vehicle platforms and unique building features such as observation decks and fireworks displays. Additional information in the guide consists of performance-based design and international practices.