Fire Services In SCI-Tech Building

The Sci-Tech building of Queensland University is equipped with advanced fire services including fire sprinklers, fire hydrants, fire storage tanks, fire service riser, and fire doors. These services are designed to ensure the safety of the building in case of a fire breakout. However, the system may have weaknesses such as lack of skilled personnel and technological failures.

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Introduction
The Sci-Tech building of Queensland University is well equipped with a number of
services which work hand in hand to achieve a common objective. According to Wilson architect
(wilson, 2008), The project of designing the buildings had its main objective of bringing together
research and teaching in science, engineering mathematics and technology. Queensland
University of technology aims to transform the way of learning and teaching with a lot of
emphasis on technology which entirely yields to active learning, interactive and collaborative
facilities. To archive all these, the architect equipped the buildings with numerous advanced
technological services. Among the many services which were the building can serve include,
hydraulic services Which can then be subdivided into hot and cold water services, Sanitary
drainage and plumbing, storm and water drainage, trade waste and gas services. Secondly we
have the electronic services which are well structured with inclusion of advanced systems. We
also have the Mechanical services which include air conditioning and heating. In the building
there also include fire services which are discussed below in detail.
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The Sci-Tech building within the Queensland University most specifically p block and y
block are quite modernized building which have greatly employed these techniques of fire
services. The building is well equipped with several hydraulic fire suppression mechanism, fire
detection techniques and systems as well as fire control mechanism.
It has fire sprinklers which are fully loaded hanging at well accessed point to each
particular room. The sprinkler system is automated and it has signals which are connected to

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UWA BMCS. The same signals are also connected to sprinkler ALARM and sprinkler pumps.
The fire hydrants are also available at their strategic positions. The fire storage tanks are not
located at the roof but located at each particular flow of the building (Fu et al. 2018). The
building has a Fire Service Riser (FSR). The FSR is a 100mm vertical pipework located in the
fire isolation stairwell which is used to supply water at each level. The 36m long fire hose reels
are located within the cupboards. The building was also fixed with fire doors. The occupation
warning system was installed to provide a localized warning within each particular building
(McNeil & Lattimer 2016).
Sci-Tech building was designed with these kinds of fire services with various reasons.
The fire hose reels war located in the cupboards for reinforcement in order to overcome other
forces that may dislocate them. Fire hose reels were compliant with AS 2441 Australians
standards. Similarly the automated system which was designed on the basis of AS 2118.1-
General standards were meant to automatically safeguard the building when fire breaks. The fire
doors were manufactured and installed with the aid of AS 1905.1 standards. Smoke exhaust
system was also fixed in accordance with NCC Specification E2.2b. The Hydrant were fixed and
installed in accordance with AS 2419.1 standards.
According to Ismail & Chukwuemeka (2015), finally the fire services provided to the
SciTech building have got their strength and weaknesses. The strength part of it is that most of
the services are kind of automated systems which does not require any skilled personnel to
operate the system. Strength is that the fire tanks being located at each particular flow serve as
an advantage as compared to when located at the roof where by the source can burn out before
serving the entire building (Short, Whittle & Owarish 2006). However the system may also have

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some weaknesses such lack of skilled personnel to operate such systems which require physical
operations. Another weakness attached to the fire services within the Sci-Tech building of
Queensland University is that the system may encounter technological failure which may expose
the building to great danger in case of fire break out (Lio & Ruest 2003).

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