Research key to ensure high-rise office fire safety, BCO warns

By Jordan Marshall2020-11-06T13:04:00

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Report author warns more scenario planning is required

More research and modelling has to be carried out to ensure the safety of tall office buildings if a fire were to break out, according to one of the authors of the BCO’s study into fire safety in office towers.

Alexi Marmot, from the Bartlett faculty of the built environment at UCL, is one of the two authors of Fire safety in tall, supertall and megatall office buildings.

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