C011 -- Using CFD Model to Assist Safe Evacuation Analysis and Means of Egress Layout Evaluation in Adaptive Re-use

In adaptive re-use of historical buildings, it is often a challenge for designers to make the design comply with building safety codes for the new purpose. This project demonstrates that in the process of repurposing a hangar into a public gathering occupancy for various events, how a CFD-based fire modeling method, coupled with a timed egress modeling tool, played a key role in evaluating the smoke control system design and various emergency evacuation scenarios.