Expanding the Adoption of Performance-Based Structural Fire Design in the US

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One of the most promising tools for designing, analyzing, and evaluating thermal effects on structural systems due to fire is Performance-Based Structural Fire Design (PBSFD). Introduced in ASCE 7-16, Appendix E, PBSFD is an approach that permits the explicit evaluation of a structure’s ability to meet specific performance objectives under a variety of realistic design fire scenarios, unlike current prescriptive methods where satisfactory performance is implicit. PBSFD contributes to further understanding of risk to life, property, and economic losses that may occur from fire, and integrates fire with the other performance-based design methods for other design hazards in the US such as seismic and wind.Used in conjunction with performance-based fire protection, PBSFD will help deliver more resilient structures that meet identified goals and objectives. This webinar will provide an overview of a more detailed educational program being launched by SFPE and ICC in 2022. This webinar and the educational program are geared to those who affect the design, construction, or regulatory approvals of buildings.

Contributors

Rob Chmielowski, P.E., S.E.

Rob is Senior Principal and Design Leader of MKA’s Office Building Specialist Group. He has designed offices throughout the U.S. and internationally including towers up to 90 stories and multiple-block developments up to 3.8 million square feet. Rob is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Task Committee on Fire.
Robert Solomon, P.E.

Robert is a Principal Engineer where he provides support to the SLS team to identify new processes or procedures to comply with building regulations. Before joining SLS, he was the Director of NFPA’s Built Environment Codes and Fire Protection Systems group. He was part of NFPA’s Task Group on Performance-Based Codes that developed the outline to integrate performance-based design concepts into main NFPA documents including NFPA 101®.
Amit H. Varma, Ph.D.

Amit has dedicated his academic and professional life to the development of innovative steel-concrete composite structures for the built infrastructure including commercial, industrial, and safety-related nuclear structures. He has conducted fundamental research leading to the development of design provisions for composite members, connections, and overall structural systems subjected to extreme loading conditions including seismic, fire, blast, and impactive loading.

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Contributors

Rob Chmielowski, P.E., S.E.

Robert Solomon, P.E.

Amit H. Varma, Ph.D.