The purpose of this project was to make cost comparisons of alternative fire, structural, and construction designs for a four-story office building. The comparisons were based on economics and functionality, and the selected systems were established as a primer for an architect. Prescriptive code-based analyses of the building were conducted using the International building code 2003. Additionally, the SFPE handbook was used to evaluate the performance of the fire protection systems.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lynch, Christopher J
• LaMalva, Kevin Joseph
• Landry, James E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 06D011M

Advisor

• Albano, Leonard D.
• Fitzgerald, Robert W.

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright