This Technical Specification provides guidance for when and how to conduct review and control within the field of fire safety design as a part of the overall building process from planning and design to construction and finally operation and maintenance.
The aim of the process that has been developed is to facilitate verification of building solutions including innovative and sustainable solutions and to harmonise the process for control within the field of fire safety engineering.
The focus for the process is on a general level for review and control, independent of national legal matters in the European countries, with a primary focus on technical issues within fire safety engineering. But the process will also, to some extent, give guidance on how the fire safety design process, including engineering approaches, can be a normal part of the overall control and review of the building process and define eligibility criteria for those doing the control.
This specification includes:
• when to perform controls within the building process and within the specific fire safety design process;
• how to perform the controls;
• why the controls should be performed and their purpose.
This specification is intended to be used as a reference document for building authorities and for use in connection with regulations by designers, local authorities and stakeholders in the building industry.
NOTE Limitations regarding the use of this specification may be set in the National Annex.
The user of this specification must verify that the described processes are valid to the relevant design situation and that national requirements are met. It does not detail all the engineering knowledge required for the building fire safety design.
Registration number (WIID)
68931
Scope
This Technical Specification provides guidance for when and how to conduct review and control within the field of fire safety design as a part of the overall building process from planning and design to construction and finally operation and maintenance.
The aim of the process that has been developed is to facilitate verification of building solutions including innovative and sustainable solutions and to harmonise the process for control within the field of fire safety engineering.
The focus for the process is on a general level for review and control, independent of national legal matters in the European countries, with a primary focus on technical issues within fire safety engineering. But the process will also, to some extent, give guidance on how the fire safety design process, including engineering approaches, can be a normal part of the overall control and review of the building process and define eligibility criteria for those doing the control.
This specification includes:
• when to perform controls within the building process and within the specific fire safety design process;
• how to perform the controls;
• why the controls should be performed and their purpose.
This specification is intended to be used as a reference document for building authorities and for use in connection with regulations by designers, local authorities and stakeholders in the building industry.
NOTE Limitations regarding the use of this specification may be set in the National Annex.
The user of this specification must verify that the described processes are valid to the relevant design situation and that national requirements are met. It does not detail all the engineering knowledge required for the building fire safety design.
