Pearl Building Rating System - Estidama

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Safety & Security Risk Assessment
The risk assessment forms the basis for determining the extent of safety & security
measures implemented for a specific development. The scope of the risk assessment,
assumptions and relevant stakeholders must be identified.
Safety & Security Strategy
The strategy outlines the safety and security approach to mitigate the risks identified by
the risk assessment. Measures must be designed to mitigate risk in accordance with
international best practice and relevant guidelines issued by the Urban Planning Council and
Abu Dhabi Safety & Security Agencies.
Safety & Security Layout Plan
The Safety & Security Layout Plan identifies the location of inherent and built-in safety &
security measures (building site, building design and technologies). The plan must be drawn
at a suitable scale to allow detailed review and include the following information:
� Proposed buildings and structure locations, indicating:
o Land Use
o Setback distances from boundaries, vehicle parking and transportation
o Infrastructure i.e. roads, metro, railways
o Locations of loading bays
o Building heights / number of storeys
o Peak occupancy
� Site spot elevations at 0.5m vertical intervals;
� Transportation infrastructure (roads, rail, metro), highlighting details such as tunnels,
bridges, underpasses and podium structures;
� Emergency services vehicular access routes, marine approach or helipads;
� Any critical infrastructure (utilities) and exclusion zones;
� Building emergency exit locations, external evacuation routes and emergency refuge
areas;
� Location of Safety & Security Community Facilities (if relevant)
o Hospitals
o Health clinics
o CNIA facilities
o Police stations
o Civil Defence stations
o Command & control centres e.g. Integrated Situational Awareness Centres,
traffic management
� Location of physical security measures such as hardened facades, boundary treatments,
and vehicle barriers; and
� Areas and access points benefiting from security lighting, CCTV coverage and access
control.
School Transit Safety & Security Plan
The plan must cover and list all government agency requirements and address the following
additional requirements:
� Meet or exceed all vehicle registration guidelines published by the Department of
Transport related to school buses;
� All school buses must be serviced quarterly at a minimum, maintain full service history
documentation and undergo weekly tire, oil, coolant, washer fluid, light and indicator,
windscreen, windscreen wiper, brake and seat belt function checks;
� School premises must demonstrate and provide easily accessible and adequate pick-up
and drop-off facilities for school buses AND parent vehicles on-site that eliminate
impacts on traffic flows on all public roads. Traffic control or calming measures at
these facilities must also be addressed; and
� Develop and employ a scheme that enables parents and school staff to determine pupils
who are absent from school buses at the time of transit to and from school.
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