Evacuation egress in high rise building: Review of the current design evacuation solution

Hazrina Mansor,Noorfaizah Hamzah,Yazmin Sahol Hamid,Nursafarina Ahmad,Nurul Huda Suliman,A Awaludin,H Jonkers,S Siswosukarto,T Matsumoto,A Fajar Setiawan,S Pessiki,K Nur Rahma Putri

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201925803012

Abstract

In the aftermath of the September 11th attack, design of tall buildings particularly in the aspect of safety systems and structural robustness, arguably the most crucial issues that is deliberated till to date. Concerning the safety systems specifically on evacuation egress, many novels and innovative evacuation solutions for high rise buildings that have been researched and put forward, for instances Platform Rescue Systems (PRS), Controlled Descent Devices (CDD) and Escape Chutes. Still, the practicability of the existing proposed egress systems to be implemented in the real-life situation and its compliance with the tall building design legislation remain unknown. For developing countries such as Malaysia and United Arab Emirates, tall buildings play a role as an iconic landmark. While countries like China and Hong Kong, tall building is needed due to the scarcity of land and high populations. As more than one hundred tall structure exists in the world, and will be increasing by 2020; therefore, it is urgently needed that existing engineering practices in designing tall building to be reviewed with respect to evacuation egress. The main objective of this paper is to create awareness among developers, consultants and contractors that proper evacuation egress in tall building design and development is a must. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the existing engineering practices on tall building evacuation planning systems and design. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the currently proposed systems and its consideration amongst structural and safety engineers are also reported.

Highlights

There are more than one hundred tall building structures exist in the world and will keep increasing by 2020
The risk that allied with this type of property is significantly high when it comes to fire incidents
On the conceptual design stage, Architects and Engineers are suggested to emerge with the idea considering a design that comes with the appropriate level of safety measure per engineering and legislative requirement, including the installation of systems to mitigate against all potential causes of fire and after that be continuously maintained [3]

Summary

Introduction

There are more than one hundred tall building structures exist in the world and will keep increasing by 2020. The increase in the number of developed tall buildings across the globe started in the year of 2015. The most appropriate solution to the risk of fire in high-rise building should be considered as early as on its critical conceptual design stage. On the conceptual design stage, Architects and Engineers are suggested to emerge with the idea considering a design that comes with the appropriate level of safety measure per engineering and legislative requirement, including the installation of systems to mitigate against all potential causes of fire and after that be continuously maintained [3]. It aims to create awareness among Architects, consultant’s engineers and contractors that proper evacuation egress in tall building design and development must be incorporated at the fundamental design stage

Notable Fire Incidents

Fire safety design and evacuation guideline for high-rise buildings

Conclusion and recommendation of the potential research area

Daeyonggak

14. The Council on Tall Building and Urban