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High-rise security and fire life safety / / Geoff Craighead
| High-rise security and fire life safety / / Geoff Craighead |
| Autore | Craighead Geoff |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4/77
658.473 658.477 |
| Soggetto topico |
Skyscrapers - Security measures
Skyscrapers - Fires and fire prevention |
| ISBN |
1-282-12065-4
9786612120657 0-08-087785-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Author's Biography; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Chapter 1. High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and Use; What Is a High-Rise Building?; Development of High-Rise Buildings; High-Rises Arise; The ""World's Tallest"" Race; Why Tall Buildings?; Three Generations of High-Rise Buildings; First Generation; Second Generation; Third Generation; Steel-Framed Core Construction
Steel-Framed Tube ConstructionReinforced Concrete Construction; Steel-Framed Reinforced Concrete Construction; Types of High-Rise Buildings; Summary; Key Terms; Additional Reading; Additional Resources; Chapter 2. Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings; What Is Security and Fire Life Safety?; What Is Security?; What Is Fire Life Safety?; Security of High-Rise Buildings versus Low-Rise Buildings; Fire Life Safety of High-Rise Buildings versus Low-Rise Buildings; Security of Modern Steel-Framed High-Rise Office Buildings Impact of New York World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks on Building SecurityNew York World Trade Center Profile; February 26, 1993, Bombing; September 11, 2001, Disaster; Fire Life Safety of Modern Steel-Framed High-Rise Office Buildings; Are Modern Steel-Framed High-Rises Less Fire Resistive Than Previous Generation Buildings?; New York World Trade Center of Investigation; World Trade Center Building (WTC 7); Principal Findings of the Investigation; Recommendations; Fire Risk in High-Rise Buildings; Other Fire Life Safety Features; Emergency Planning Essential Impact of New York World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks on Building SafetyFebruary 26, 1993, Bombing; September 11, 2001, Catastrophe; A Clear Message; Summary; Key Terms; Additional Reading; Chapter 3. Security and Fire Life Safety Threats; What Is a Threat?; Security Threats; Fire Life Safety Threats; Building Emergencies; Aircraft Collisions; September 11, 2001, New York World Trade Center Terrorist Attack; Sequence of Events; World Trade Center Building Performance Study and Final Report on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers; Bombs and Bomb Threats; Bombs; Suicide Bombers Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs)1993 New York World Trade Center, New York; 1993 Bishopsgate Financial Area, London; 1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City; 1996 Khobar Towers Residential Military Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 1998 U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 2002 Sheraton Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan; 2002 Nightclub, Bali, Indonesia; 2002 Hotel Mombassa, Kenya; 2003 Residential Compounds, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2003 JW Marriott Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia; 2003 HSBC Bank and British Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey 2004 Train System, Madrid, Spain |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911006626903321 |
Craighead Geoff
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New York City bank building fire [[electronic resource] ] : compartmentation vs. sprinklers (January 31, 1993) / / Investigated by J. Gordon Routley
| New York City bank building fire [[electronic resource] ] : compartmentation vs. sprinklers (January 31, 1993) / / Investigated by J. Gordon Routley |
| Autore | Routley J. Gordon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Emmitsburg, Md.] : , : Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, , [1993?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 volume (various pagings) : digital, PDF file |
| Collana | Technical report series |
| Soggetto topico |
Fire investigation
Fire investigation - New York (State) - New York Fire sprinklers Skyscrapers - Fires and fire prevention |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | New York City bank building fire |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695362303321 |
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Routley J. Gordon
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| [Emmitsburg, Md.] : , : Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, , [1993?] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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