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Means of escape from fire

By Ed Soja 1 February 2008, Build 104, Feature article

Most fire-related deaths occur because people don’t escape before they are affected by either smoke or by the fire itself. ‘Means of escape’ is therefore an important aspect of any building design.

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Fire models

By Amanda Robbins 1 October 2013, Build 138

Successful fire modelling is a specialist field that requires the correct choice and application of the modelling tool and careful selection of experiments to validate the design.

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Limiting fire spread

By Greg Baker 1 October 2014, Build 144, Feature article

Fire research led by BRANZ is studying the best design approach for stopping fire spread in buildings. It’s part of a project to keep people safe and to reduce property damage.

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Imperfect world of firestopping

By Kevin Frank 1 April 2019, Build 171, Feature article

Resolving firestopping compliance issues in existing buildings can be difficult. BRANZ research is helping bring consistency to the process of determining what is reasonable and practicable when undertaking building alterations.

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EQ + Fire = PFP

By Greg Baker 1 February 2014, Build 140

BRANZ research investigating the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes on passive fire protection (PFP) has found awareness about the seismic performance of these important systems needs to be raised.

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Safe as houses?

By Ian Page 1 October 2013, Build 138

A BRANZ project found that over 10% of owner-occupied housing is at risk should a fire break out. Several things can be done to help fireproof homes, and most are reasonably low cost.

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Concrete fire spalling

By Robert Jansson 1 June 2014, Build 142, Feature article

Fire spalling can drastically reduce the fire resistance of a concrete structure. During a PhD study, significant differences in spalling behaviour of concrete were found under different test conditions.

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