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Sharing on
Performance Based
Projects
Nicholas Lee
Senior Consultant
Performance Based Plans
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What are PB Projects ?

Design solution based on fire engineering
principles.

Registered FSE involved

Fire/smoke behaviour analysis
Egress modelling
Smoke modelling
Acceptance criteria
Peer reviewer
etc

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Plan Approval Process

Fire safety design
Fire Code

Compliance

Deviations

Deemed to satisfy

Waiver

Performance-based

2015 : 5,333

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PB approach to fire safety design

Conceptual Design Stage
Fire Safety Engineering Design Brief (FEDB)

Detailed Design Stage

Fire Safety Engineering Report (FER)
Operations & Maintenance Manual (O&M Manual)
Peer Reviewer Report (PRP)
Fire Safety Certificate
R.I. (FSE)
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Example :

ASET = Time to untenability

When does a space become
untenable ?

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PB approach to fire safety design

PB cases are :

100% PB audit &

100% (concurrent) Prescriptive audit

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Overlay on the PB approach

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Performance-based
Guidelines Committee
SCDF Officers
FSEs from:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

IFE
IES
SFPE
ACES
Indv capacity
1st meeting 16th

May 2013.

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Guidelines (SFEG)

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Look and feel of Fire Code

Main sections :

Part 1 - Fundamentals and general requirements.

Part 2 - Methods of assessing common
alternative solutions.

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SFEG
Part 1 Fundamentals and general requirements

Fire scenarios
Available safe egress time
Acceptance criteria
Required safe egress time
Marked-up drawings Show essential fire safety provisions
Ops and Maintce Manual For building owner/operator
Peer Reviewer Roles and resp
Registered Inspector Roles and resp
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SFEG
Part 2 - Method of assessment for common alternative
solutions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Smoke reservoir/Enlarged compartment

Travel distance
Internal discharge of stairs
Set back
Fire resistance rating
Use of combustible materials

*New items would be added during the next SFEG review when they become
common items address by PB.
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Annex H :
First Schedule

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Publication of the SFEG

No hard copies to be produced.
Downloadable free (similar to Fire Code) from
SCDF website from 1/4/15.

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Architectural Items in
BP Submissions
Understand the trial design !
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Table/summary of architectural alternative solutions.

Area/floor(s) under the performance based study to be indicated (via clouding or
other means)
Mark out non-compliances (eg: length the path of extended travel distance/s)
Details of occupant loading and egress capacity (OL/EC) for all affected floors.
Fire shutters, smoke curtains/barriers

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Floor to floor height

Compartmentation lines, including fire resistance rating.

Natural vent openings and their sizes/areas (m2).

Replacement air doors/windows/vents and their sizes/areas (m2).
Waivers and consultations applied for and summary of the waiver decision (if any)
Etc

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M&E Items in the

M&E Plan Submissions
Understand the trial design !
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Table/summary of M & E alternative solutions

Smoke control system detail

Area/floor(s) under the performance based study to be indicated (via

clouding or other means)
Smoke zones

Smoke curtains/barriers
Waivers and consultations applied for and summary of the waiver
decision (if any)

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Mechanical ventilation
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

Fan capacity and to also indicate duty and standby fans.

Extract points
Replacement air doors/windows/vents and their sizes/areas
Demarcation of smoke zones.

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Fire protection
(i)
(ii)

Sprinkler/Water monitor coverage, etc

Sprinkler details (Discharge rate, Response Time Index, etc)

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Know the trial design !

Request for FER and O&M (and even the
peer reviewer report) if necessary.

Understand the trial design !

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Know the design !

Understand the design !

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RI (FSE) Scope
RI
(Arch)

RI
(M&E)
RI (FSE)

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PB in Singapore
Project list in website
FSE list in website
Statistics
More waivers with engineering justification

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Thank you.

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