Assignment 1
Assignment 1
Assignment 1
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Background
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
To introduce and reinforce the concepts of Fire Safety engineering and compliance
through assessment of a proposed building, and preparation of a professional report.
(b)
(c)
2.1.1
This assessment item-briefing document provides the information necessary to complete the
assignment. You may be required to make assumptions or educated guesses on any
information/material that you believe to be missing. If this is the case you are to
explain/justify these assumptions.
The building
3.1
Description
3.1.1
The proposed building is a single storey mixed use centre located in the Eastern suburbs
of Newcastle. The internal height from floor to ceiling is approximately 5 metres. The
building will accommodate two majors, a food court, specialty shops and small kiosks.
3.1.2
The building has a floor area of more than 20,000 m and has multiple access and egress
points around its perimeter. The site is served by two public roads and has an at grade
carpark. The proposed site and floor plan is provided on page 3 in 3.4.
3.1.3
The proposed construction comprises a reinforced concrete ground floor slab, a steel portal
frame (loadbearing columns incorporated into the external wall, loadbearing internal
columns, roof beams and bracing), lightweight metal cladding to the external walls and roof,
and glazed infill panels as required. None of the proposed building elements will achieve a
fire resistance level.
3.2
Exit system
3.2.1
Each exit as shown on the floor plan has a clear, unobstructed width of 1.1 metres.
3.2.2
The openings through internal walls and external walls nominated as flow paths, comprise
sliding and other doors that do not form part of the exit system, as they do not comply
with the deemed to satisfy (DTS) provisions, and are considered unsuitable.
3.2.3
The openings through internal walls generally comprise roller shutters that will be in
the open position when the building is legally occupied, and locked at all other times.
3.3
Fire services
3.3.1
The building will be served by a sprinkler system complying with AS 2118.1, external
hydrants located adjacent to the external walls at 30 metre intervals around the perimeter of
the building, an automatic fire detection and alarm system complying with Specification
E2.2b of BCA2015, portable fire extinguishers complying with AS 2444 and emergency
lighting and exit signs complying with AS2293
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Offices
Lot 2
Major
At grade carparking
Back of house
Lot 1
loading dock
8m
Food court
Amenities
Major
At grade carparking
Public Road
Kiosk -
Specialty -
Flow Path
Scale: 1-1000 @A4
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Other information
4.1
The assignment
4.1.1
(b)
(c)
(d)
Develop a framework for the alternative solution that would involve using fire safety
engineering
4.2
Notes
4.2.1
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