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In the event of a fire do not use the lift, use the stairs. We have been conditioned to fear using an elevator to escape a fire. But one major London project is trying to change all that. At 22 Bishopsgate in London the designers have set in place a lift evacuation strategy that can cut escape times from the 64 story building to just minutes. The team have done this, not with state of the art pressurised lift shafts, but instead with standard lifts, a bit of concrete and a clever strategy. In this third episode in our fire mini series we look we look at a new concept for evacuation of tall buildings.
22 Bishopsgate presentation and diagrams
GUESTS
Catch up on the earlier episodes in this mini series:
The post FIRE 3: In event of a fire use the lift first appeared on Engineering Matters.
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In the event of a fire do not use the lift, use the stairs. We have been conditioned to fear using an elevator to escape a fire. But one major London project is trying to change all that. At 22 Bishopsgate in London the designers have set in place a lift evacuation strategy that can cut escape times from the 64 story building to just minutes. The team have done this, not with state of the art pressurised lift shafts, but instead with standard lifts, a bit of concrete and a clever strategy. In this third episode in our fire mini series we look we look at a new concept for evacuation of tall buildings.
22 Bishopsgate presentation and diagrams
GUESTS
Catch up on the earlier episodes in this mini series:
The post FIRE 3: In event of a fire use the lift first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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