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Stairs and Access Ramps Between Floors in Multi-Storey Buildings: Technical Report by Des Bull, August 2011

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Summary

Stairs and Access Ramps Between Floors in Multi-Storey Buildings, Report to the Royal Commission. Review of current design practices and recommendations for designers to improve the performance of stairs and ramps, both for assessment of existing stairs and the design of future stairs. Includes background, structrual actions of stairs, calculating the required displacements for stairs for buildings, retrofit of stairs, calculation of interstorey drift to the new buildings standard having original calculations, and conclusions. [Publication Log: Original publication date: 11 October 2011, Title updated to improve searchability: 21 October 2011]

Date added to this website: 21 October 2011

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    Record ID Attachment Author(s) Subject(s) Building(s) Action
    ENG.BULL.0001Original Document attachedPDF, 8 pages, 0.14 mb
    • Bull, Des
    • Holmes Consulting Group
    • Engineering
    • Stairs and Floors

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