Improving the design of tall buildings after 9/11
Yean Yng Ling, Florence
Improving the design of tall buildings after 9/11 - 2005 - Structural Survey 23(4) 2005 265-281(17) .
Research paper investigating the design features that would enhance the safety of tall buildings in the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. Research carried out among architects and civil engineers in Singapore reveals that such buildings are generally considered to be safe, in relation to their structural design, fire safety features and means of escape, but that they would welcome performance-based design codes. The four most effective methods to improve the safety of tall buildings are deemed to be lighted exit signs at floor levels, a design code for super tall buildings, the provision of fire refuge and rescue floors, and decentralization of fire systems.
Improving the design of tall buildings after 9/11 - 2005 - Structural Survey 23(4) 2005 265-281(17) .
Research paper investigating the design features that would enhance the safety of tall buildings in the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. Research carried out among architects and civil engineers in Singapore reveals that such buildings are generally considered to be safe, in relation to their structural design, fire safety features and means of escape, but that they would welcome performance-based design codes. The four most effective methods to improve the safety of tall buildings are deemed to be lighted exit signs at floor levels, a design code for super tall buildings, the provision of fire refuge and rescue floors, and decentralization of fire systems.