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Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Of A University Conference Center, Amanda Beck Larkin
Fire Protection And Life Safety Analysis Of A University Conference Center, Amanda Beck Larkin
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
This project report analyzes various aspects of fire protection and life safety design for a University Conference Center, for both prescriptive and performance-based designs. The University Conference Center is a ten-story, high-rise building comprised of various gathering spaces, ranging from small conference rooms to large assembly spaces with auditorium-style seating. The building has a large two-story podium with basement below, with a smaller floor plate, ten-story tower offset to one side.
In the prescriptive analysis, no deficiencies were noted in the water-based suppression or fire resistance analysis. The building construction type, height, area, number of stories, wall and structural ratings, …
Fire Protection Analysis Project – 9220 Zanzibar Lane Maple Grove, Mn, Brian Vandal
Fire Protection Analysis Project – 9220 Zanzibar Lane Maple Grove, Mn, Brian Vandal
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
This report contains an analysis of the life safety and fire protection features of a four-story apartment building in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The report is a part of the final project intended to meet the requirements for the Culminating Experience of the California Polytechnic Master of Science Fire Protection Engineering Program.
The apartment building chosen for the analysis is a mixed-use four-story wood-framed structure. The first floor of this structure includes office space for building management, a meeting space, and various electrical and mechanical spaces as well as apartments. There are exit stairways on each end of the structure extending …