Fireground strategies: The "new millennium" multiple dwelling

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2005

Abstract

The characteristic features of the latest type of multiple dwellings are presented. The new buildings make use of all construction types in the same building structure, from large steel members of fire-resistive construction that make up the building's skeleton to the unprotected lightweight steel of noncombustible construction. The new construction provides off-the-street parking for all residents, solving the parking problem. The roof construction can be of anything from concrete plank to corrugated steel supported lightweight steel trusses, although, majority of structures use a plywood roof deck supported by laminated wooden I-beams.

Publication Title

Fire Engineering

First Page Number

63

Last Page Number

80

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