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Keys to Successful Design

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The primary keys to a successful structural fire engineering design include the following: effective conveyance of the method's benefits, setting realistic expectations, and proper execution of the design. As structural fire engineering design is relatively new to many jurisdictions (e.g., North America) the impact of these aspects can become amplified. Hence, the designer should be well prepared when embarking as such, and this section provides applicable guidance.

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  1. Holmes Fire, Auckland, New Zealand

    Martin Feeney

  2. Warringtonfire, Boston, MA, USA

    Kevin LaMalva

  3. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

    Spencer Quiel

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  1. U.S. Consultancy, Warringtonfire, Boston, MA, USA

    Kevin LaMalva

  2. U.K. Consultancy, OFR Consultants, Manchester, UK

    Danny Hopkin

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Feeney, M., LaMalva, K., Quiel, S. (2021). Keys to Successful Design. In: LaMalva, K., Hopkin, D. (eds) International Handbook of Structural Fire Engineering. The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77123-2_3

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