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Taft Community College- New Student Center- Fire And Life Safety Analysis, Matthew Winston
Taft Community College- New Student Center- Fire And Life Safety Analysis, Matthew Winston
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
The following report is a fire and life safety investigation into a new facility. The planned facility is a new Student Center at Taft Community College. The prescriptive requirements as set forth by the most up to date codes and standards chosen for the project are met. The building has been properly classified with respect to occupancy and construction type. Appropriate design for interior partitions and exterior walls have been identified. Interior finish requirements are elaborated so that adherence to these guidelines is made clear. The fire sprinkler system has an adequate supply of water from the municipal water supply …
Fire And Life Safety Evaluation Of Christopher Cohan Center, Mishuk Datta
Fire And Life Safety Evaluation Of Christopher Cohan Center, Mishuk Datta
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
A prescriptive and performance-based fire and life safety evaluation for Christopher Cohan Center is performed. The results and findings of the evaluations are conveyed in this report. Christopher Cohan Center was built in accordance with California Building Code (1992 Edition) and California Fire Code (1992 Edition). The current version (2015) of International Building Code is consulted for prescriptive evaluation. The protection requirements set forth in IBC are intended to limit the threat from stage fires to an audience, to reduce the likelihood of a large fire in the stage area and to reduce the possibility of irrational mass response. These …