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A holistic framework for development and assessment of risk‐informed performance‐based building regulation
Author(s) -
Meacham Brian J.,
Stromgren Michael,
Hees Patrick
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.2930
Subject(s) - restructuring , risk analysis (engineering) , fire safety , work (physics) , risk assessment , order (exchange) , risk management , architectural engineering , computer science , engineering , construction engineering , business , computer security , mechanical engineering , finance
SUMMARY Fire safety provisions in building regulation are about managing risk. In order to appropriately characterize and incorporate risk measures into building regulation, it is helpful to view building regulatory systems (BRS) as complex socio‐technical systems (STS), wherein there are interactions between institutions, technology and people, which ideally work together to mitigate risk to a societally tolerable level. A description of BRS as STS and how to assess the efficacy of the BRS in managing fire risk is presented. To illustrate how STS concepts can be used to evaluate and restructure a functional‐ or performance‐based BRS, STS concepts are applied to the evaluation of the building regulatory system in England.