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Building Due Diligence – Office Life Safety Standards

Previously relied
mostly on local
regulations and
building codes

New global standard
focuses on Life Safety
& Fire Protection in
Office Buildings

Primary & Secondary
requirements to
recognise difference
between new and
existing offices in
terms of
implementation

Some exemptions for
Ground/1st floors and
alternative means of
escape options

Introduced end 2012
Primary
1. Certificate of Occupancy
2. Two means of egress
3. Emergency Exit doors readily openable
4. Fire Alarm & Smoke Detection
5. Separation between basement & upper stairs
6. Handrails on emergency stairs
7. Emergency Lighting
8. Illuminated Exit
9. CO Detectors/Alarms

Enhesa 2013

Secondary
1. Adequate exit route separation
2. Emergency stairs external or
enclosed with self-closing fire-rated
doors
3. No storage in emergency exit
stairwells
4. No elevators opening directly into
emergency exit stairs
5. Back-up Power for Fire Alarm

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