Abstract
Buildings must be designed for both normal and emergency conditions. Building designers should, in initial design of buildings, take precautions to protect property from major damage, and especially from collapse, due to accidents or disasters; but designers must also provide for life safety of occupants, neighbors and passersby in emergency situations. Such situations may be caused by high winds, earthquake, intruders or fire. Cost-effective protection against their adverse effects can be achieved with the systems-design approach, applied from the start of conceptual design.
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Merritt, F.S., Ambrose, J. (1990). Life Safety Concerns. In: Building Engineering and Systems Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0148-7_6
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