Proposed fire safety ranking system for old highrise buildings in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-31

  Chow, W K ^a   Wong, L T ^a   Kwan, Eric C Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDING CODES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TALL BUILDINGS;

FIRE SAFETY RANKING SYSTEMS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0032675694     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199901/02)23:1<27::AID-FAM666>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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