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Sustainable Construction - Building & Construction Authority

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A Guide Fire on Protection Fire Protection and Performance-based and Performance-based Fire Engineering Fire Engineering<br />

What is the rationale of allowing developers/Qualified Persons (QPs) to choose the<br />

type of approach (i.e. prescriptive or performance-based) to fire safety design?<br />

The introduction of a performance-based approach to fire safety design offers building designers<br />

greater flexibility in design and possible cost optimisation. The prescriptive approach is more<br />

restrictive in the sense that the building designers have to adhere strictly to the requirements<br />

stipulated in the Fire Code. The performance-based approach, however, provides a platform<br />

for customised building designs so long as fire safety standards are maintained.<br />

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