Sustainable Construction - Building & Construction Authority
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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