Fire safety codes for Hong Kong: Inadequacy for atrium design

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Chow, W K ^a   Wong, L T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ATRIUM DESIGN; BUILDING FIRE SAFETY CODES;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 0031654254     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014362449801900206     Document Type: Article

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