| Download | - View final version: Fire safety of CLT buildings in Canada (PDF, 242 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Su, Joseph1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | cross-laminated timber; building fire safety and protection; fire resistance; performance based design; alternative solution |
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| Abstract | This article provides an overview of the code requirements pertinent to large cross-laminated timber (CLT) buildings and the methods for meeting the requirements in Canada. Canadian building codes are objective-based. Compliance with the code is achieved by directly applying the acceptable solutions up to certain prescriptive building sizes (height and area) or by developing alternative solutions beyond the height and area limits. The fire safety design for a CLT building larger than the prescriptive limit must demonstrate that the building will achieve at least the minimum level of performance afforded by noncombustible construction in limiting the structural involvement in fire and contribution to the growth and spread of fire during the time required for occupant evacuation and emergency responses. |
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| Publication date | 2018 |
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| Publisher | Society of Wood Science and Technology |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC-CONST-56286E |
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| NPARC number | 23004644 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 9cc26d3a-8726-4edf-8639-13e3f0d44bfb |
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| Record created | 2018-12-04 |
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| Record modified | 2020-05-30 |
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