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Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Of A Chicago Hotel, Thomas Hampton
Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Of A Chicago Hotel, Thomas Hampton
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
The following report contains an analysis of the life safety and fire protection features of a Chicago Hotel. The report is intended to meet the requirements for the Culminating Experience of the Cal Poly Master of Science Fire Protection Engineering Program.
The Chicago Hotel building chosen for the analysis is a mixed-use 7-story hotel. On the 1st, 2nd, and 7th floors of the building are spaces for mercantile and restaurant tenants as well as other spaces necessary for the operation of the building such as back of house space for the hotel, storage, employee locker rooms, hotel and retail lobbies, …
Cal Poly Engineering Iv Building, Kai Liu
Cal Poly Engineering Iv Building, Kai Liu
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
This report analyzes the fire protection systems of Engineering IV building at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. It is a cumulative project of the Fire Protection Engineering Program at Cal Poly. The report consists of a prescriptive analysis and a performance-based design analysis. The building contains dry laboratories, classrooms, offices, and administrative spaces. The building is a three-story structure. There is an atrium that connects the first floor to the third floor. However, the building has a horizontal enclosure to separate the connection between the second floor and the third floor.
The prescriptive analysis is based on the …