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Performance Based Design Performance based design is a recent evolutionary step in the process of designing fire protection systems. In essence, it is a logical design process resulting in a solution that achieves a specified performance. Sometimes the prescriptive solutions presented in various codes and standards are too expensive or inflexible. Often the solutions do not fit a particular situation very well. In such cases, performance based design offers a wider variety of possible solutions and enables optimization of a solution for cost and function. Today, performance based design has entered into mainstream use. The Life Safety Code now incorporates a performance based design option as an alternative to its prescriptive requirements. The International Code Council has published the International Performance Code, a performance based building code. This has since been legally adopted by the city of Decatur, Alabama - the first jurisdiction in the United States to do so. If you would like more information, or believe your firm could benefit from HGI's expertise, we invite you to contact us. Our engineers are trained to listen to your needs and concerns, and help you move forward to find the Best Value Solution. | |
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