Since the basic objective of all smoke control systems is to keep escape routes clear of smoke, they should not be over engineered. Allan Meek argues for simplicity in design, especially for apartment ...

In many buildings today, infrastructure is in place to allow various building systems (building automation, fire, security, lighting, monitored and controlled from a single location. Enabling these ...

Will my smoke control system work properly during a fire? That is the question all building owners/operators should ask themselves. Smoke control systems are unique in that they often sit dormant ...

Atrium smoke control systems built during the 1980s and ’90s are commonly found in buildings at colleges and universities throughout the United States. These legacy systems were designed prior to the ...

Smoke control systems should be maintained on a six-monthly basis to ensure that all components are fully functional and perform to the original design specification for the building, by providing ...

Today, in educational facility management, the administrators of a growing number of non-standard buildings like auditoriums, arenas, stadiums and structures with atria or large open spaces are ...

There is a “prevalence of poor practice” in the industry which designs smoke control systems and it has become the “norm” for specialists not to model individual systems, an expert witness told the ...