Active Fire Control and Access in Construction Management

Construction Management 1
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
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Construction Management 2
ACTIVE FIRE CONTROL
Emergency lighting and exit signs
In accordance to the Australia building code both class 2 and 7A building just as Hamilton
project requires emergency lighting and exit. The provision requires that the lighting system has
to be placed:
 In each stairway, ramp or corridors of fire isolated places
 In every class 2 and 7A of a storey building that has an area more than 300m2 of floor
area.
 In every single passageway or corridor and room with a floor with more than 120 meters
square in a patient care unit for a class 7A health care building.
 In every single room with public access in a class 7A with floor area of more than 20m2
of a storey building.
Exit signs
The building code state with clarity that an exit sign in class 2 and 7A of a building such as
Hamilton Project must be in a place that can easily be seen by everyone (Zhang et al, 2013). This
should be either on top or beside of every door to or from an enclosed stairway or passage and
balcony serving the purpose of an exit.

Construction Management 3
Smoke detection
The Australian building code part E2 and G3 provide various guidelines on smoke detection and
alarm for a class 2 and 7A building and where they are supposed to be placed within Hamilton
project plan. It state that the smoke detector should be designed in way that it give the occupant
time to evacuate the building safely (Teo & Ling, 2012). The provision state that for domestic
dwelling the smoke detection should on the ceiling wherever applicable and wherever not
applicable should not be placed more than 300mm from the ceiling. The AS3766 further state
that for buildings that has no bed rooms the smoke detectors should be placed on the path of
travel of people of any a storey building so as to ensure that the smoke detector alarm is sounded
before it makes its way on the people’s paths. The Hamilton project plan, being a class 2 and 7A
should thus adhere to the above provisions.
Fire hydrants
For a building whose floor is not more than 500m2, a fire hydrant has to be installed in
accordance to the Australia building code (Sacks, Radosavljevic & Barak, 2012). The fire
hydrant in whichever the case has to be relevant for it purpose. In accordance to AS 2419.1 the
fire hydrants are essential to give access for fire fighters and for storey building, they has to be
placed on every floor of the Hamilton project plan. Buildings can share external fire hydrant but
where they cannot serve wholly the buildings require an internal fire hydrant put in place to
cover the remaining part.