Sustainable Construction - Building & Construction Authority

A Guide Fire on Protection Fire Protection and Performance-based and Performance-based Fire Engineering Fire Engineering
What is the rationale of allowing developers/Qualified Persons (QPs) to choose the
type of approach (i.e. prescriptive or performance-based) to fire safety design?
The introduction of a performance-based approach to fire safety design offers building designers
greater flexibility in design and possible cost optimisation. The prescriptive approach is more
restrictive in the sense that the building designers have to adhere strictly to the requirements
stipulated in the Fire Code. The performance-based approach, however, provides a platform
for customised building designs so long as fire safety standards are maintained.
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