Colleagues
I have just seen this thread as I have been travelling and wonder if
some facts might help ?
In my consultancy role I am working on a number of projects in the
UAE including acting as the insurance advisor on two very tall
buildings (confidentiality forbids me to state which ones) and am
happy to confirm that the building codes being applied are in
accordance with international best practice. Can I also suggest that
it can be sometimes a mistake to rely on information from Wikipedia -
many of the facts about the Burj Dubai project in the reference are
incorrect.
While the local building codes in Dubai do not specifically cover
very or super tall buildings I would be interested to learn of any
such codes which do.
All high rise hotels and non residential buidlings in Dubai are fully
sprinklered, have standpipes and hose racks/reels, voice alarm
systems and fitted with full fire detection monitored on a 24 hour
basis by trained personnel. (I wish I could say the same things
about the hotels in some other countries - including those in Europe.)
It is worth noting that the owners of the Burj Dubai employed a
highly competent US based international practice to design the tower
and also a very reputable US firm of code consultants to advise on
the fire safety of the building.
What should be of more concern is that there are more than 20 super
tall (over 400m buildings) either under construction or being
planned. Only one of these is in the US and one in Europe - the rest
are in the Middle East or Far East and I have grave concerns that in
some countries the codes in place are totally inadequate for the
design of such structures. Perhaps what is needed is an ISO for very
and super tall buildings ?
Regards to all
Stewart
Stewart Kidd
Loss Prevention Consultancy Ltd
England
Dubai has been in the news lately with its latest endeavor Burj Dubai
which when completed will be the world's tallest building at
approximately 2600ft ((800+meters).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai) (http://www.burjdubai.com/)
With all the "unique" and seemingly cutting edge buildings/structures
Dubai is constructing, I am curious to know about their fire protection.
Are there any new concepts coming out these radical structures? I'm now
reading an article about Burj Dubai in the latest NFPA journal. But
wondered if anyone here had any info/insight.
Steve Smith
Colorado Springs FD
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