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Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

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2015

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Comprehensive Fire And Life Safety Analysis Of Building 186, Construction Innovation Center, At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Chris Torres Jun 2015

Comprehensive Fire And Life Safety Analysis Of Building 186, Construction Innovation Center, At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Chris Torres

Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports

The report summarizes the analysis of the existing fire protection features and systems installed in the Construction Innovation Center at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The center is divided into three individual buildings (Buildings A, B and C) and are connected at each floor by an exterior balcony. The analysis includes two different approaches. A prescriptive analysis approach has been used to examine if the installed fire protection features and systems compliance with the latest edition of the codes and standards in California. This approach includes an evaluation of the fire structure protection, means of egress, fire alarm …