ARCH 465 (4605) Special Topics in Construction: Fire Safety
A seminar examining advanced topics in building fire safety
Prof. Jonathan Ochshorn
3 credit hours, Prerequisite or corequisite: ARCH 262/562 or permission of instructor
Satisfies "technology" elective requirement for B.Arch. students
Meeting time: Monday evenings, 7:30 - 9:25 pm
The course is currently under development. Probable topics include:
- Fire behavior and fire science
- Egress (including shafts, corridors, accesesibility concerns)
- Sprinklers
- Special wall considerations (exterior walls, fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions)
- Fire-resistance ratings for assemblies (including World Trade Center case study)
- Penetrations (in floors; in rated walls), and atria
- Compartmentation
- Smoke management
- Signage, warnings, alarms
- Passive versus active strategies
- General procedures for computing height and area limits
- Finishes, flame-spread ratings
- Fire command centers
- Site issues
Coursework will include reading relevant sections of the International Building Code and other references, viewing films and videos (showing building fires in popular culture as well as from a technical standpoint), building case study analyses, and a final project geared to individual interests.
Course outline (includes weekly reading assignments)
Course poster
Curricular presentation slides, 8-23-06
Online version of International Building Code (IBC)
Assign#1 | Assign#2 | Final project
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