sITE rEPORT pART 1: SITE REPORT (25% of Course Grade)
AIMS:
The purpose of this project is to enable students to apply fire behaviour knowledge gained during the course to an existing building or space within a building.
Course Objectives:
It is beneficial to familiarise yourself with the relationship between the assessment and the course objectives:
CO1 Demonstrate an understanding of fire chemistry and fire and smoke behaviour, and active and passive fire safety systems.
CO2 Evaluate the design and construction of buildings in terms of fire safety, the behaviour of materials and the application of fire safety systems in buildings
CO3 Apply legislative frameworks to the design, construction and maintenance of buildings
CO4 Apply fire engineering principles and methodologies to performance based designs in buildings
CO5 Integrate and apply fire protection measures to existing and heritage buildings
Assessment Summary:
Assessment
Course Objectives
Weighting
(% of course grade)
Due date (Adelaide time)
Individual or pairs
Submission process
Site Report
CO1, CO6
25%
See course outline
Individual
LearnOnline
assessment description
Identify and visit an existing building that you have reasonable access to : an apartment building, office building, shopping centre. Do not use a building that you have previously studied for Development Regulation. The building must be greater than 2000m2, and Class 2-9. Note that a building with sprinklers and alarm systems will give you further data for your responses.
1. Identify the building in terms of: use (retail, wholesale, office), classification in accordance with BCA Part A6, function (sell furniture, store clothing, 9-5 Mon-Fri), floor area, location.
2. Design a specific design fire scenario for the building you have chosen and:
a) Describe the fire chemistry and fire mechanics involved from ignition to decay and include all phases of the fire. Provide a specific timeline of events within the fire scenario and a fire growth curve from the temperature and times identified in the timeline.
) Provide details of an ignition source, including the likelihood of ignition relative to flammability range and heat of ignition of fuels involved.
c) Describe the fire load of the space in which your fire scenario is located, including the fuel types and potential calorific value of materials stored, the a
angement of the fuel, and ventilation to the fire.
d) Describe potential smoke behaviour and movement from a fully developed phase of your design fire in your building or space within your building.
The report should include:
1. Identification of the building addressing all of the criteria in (1) above.
2. A paragraph describing the fire scenario in terms of fire chemistry and mechanics.
3. A time line of the fire scenario.
4. A fire growth curve derived from the timeline.
5. A paragraph describing the ignition source and the properties of fuels involved.
6. A paragraph describing the fire load of the space where the fire scenario occurs.
7. A paragraph describing the behavior of smoke for the space where the fire scenario occurs.
Assignment advice
Ensure that you use the appropriate resources for the assignment.
Visit your building early in the semester to ensure it is appropriate and accessible, and return once you have gained knowledge on the inputs to the design fire which you will create.
Use the ru
ic to assist in understanding what is required to achieve success.
Support your descriptions with photographs and sketches, but do not include copies of architectural plans or fire services plans. Label all images.
Discussion in the report must be fully supported by citations. A list of references must be provided at the end of the report. Harvard referencing format must be used.
A maximum word count of 1000 words is to be complied with.
Submit the completed assignment via the course site.