B003 Building fire code

Fire safety codes for building design

Brief:

This work briefly reviews the minimum fire safety measures specified for buildings in Hong Kong. Feasibility of applying performance-based fire code in local context is discussed.

Further information:

Wong LT, 1998. Fire safety codes for building design, Proceedings of The 3rd CAST Conference of Young Scientists, Sciences of Resources & Environment and Technologies for Sustainable Development. China Association for Science & Technology (CAST), Beijing, China, August 20-22 pp. 372-375. (In Chinese)