{"id":23390,"date":"2022-04-13T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/?page_id=23390"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T10:03:29","slug":"fire-safety-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/standards\/calls-for-participation\/fire-safety-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Safety Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fire-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Banner\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"808\" width=\"2190\" title=\"Fire Banner\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h1>Fire Safety Engineering &#8211; Call for Project Sponsorship<\/h1>\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n\t<h3>Why is this an important project?<\/h3>\n<p>While BIM has become the standard platform for integrated digital design, the <strong>lack of fire safety engineering data standards and tools<\/strong> means that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>data loss occurs frequently between design &amp; review stages<\/li>\n<li>Open, standard tools, can&#8217;t be built to connect the BIM workflow<\/li>\n<li>Hackett report called for the &#8220;golden thread of information&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>IFSS coalition&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rics.org\/globalassets\/rics-website\/media\/knowledge\/decade-of-action-for-fire-safety_oct2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Decade of Action<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; calls for a new framework<br \/>\nto support audits, compliance-checks and global standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>Purpose of the Project<\/h3>\n<p>To incorporate fire and life safety definitions into the IFC standards to maintain design &amp; analysis data at all stages in an open, connected, digital workflow&#8230;.where 3D models, calculations, and reviews can be integrated into the &#8220;golden thread&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Act Now ?<\/h3>\n<p>The IFSS Coalition (supported by the United Nations) Industry consortium has called for a decade of action in 2022-2032 to achieve &#8220;the first agreement on fire safety actions on this international scale&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the project deliverables?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Publish a Fire Safety Engineering MVD standard, catching up with other disciplines.<\/li>\n<li>Implement a first version of an open-source Add-in for a popular BIM package.<\/li>\n<li>Enable a standardized, connected workflow for practitioners, avoiding data loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>Stakeholder Benefits include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Digital Audit Trail <\/strong>&#8230;inputs, outputs, assumptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Compliance checking <\/strong>&#8230;transparent access to all data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Informed Decision-making <\/strong>&#8230;tracks FSE through the design process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automation <\/strong>&#8230; of compliance checking, and generative design<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safety <\/strong>&#8230; understand the logic of FSE strategies for everyone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Project Sponsorship Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide funds for the project and receive various benefits<\/li>\n<li>Agreement to Participate &#8211; join the project team with in-kind contribution<\/li>\n<li>Financial contributions towards the target amount of \u20ac250k for a 3-year project including:\n<ul>\n<li>Data definition, processes and standards (2 years) Key deliverable: MVD for FSE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Add-in development (3 years) Key deliverable: Open-source two-way data sharing between BIM authoring and fire and evacuation modelling tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To learn more about the project, please review the slides attached at this <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/fud1lbydung8daitdjtpmzevmt2nqf25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To enquire about joining the project and\/or providing project sponsorship, please contact us at<a href=\"mailto:contact@buildingmart.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> contact@buildingmart.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Safety Engineering &#8211; Call for Project Sponsorship Why is this an important project? 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