Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul
Recognizing potential hazards is imperative for devising pragmatic building inspection and management strategies. However, existing safety evaluation standards across diverse fields have inherent limitations in ensuring overall building safety. Chained and cascading damages following a catastrophic...
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| description | Recognizing potential hazards is imperative for devising pragmatic building inspection and management strategies. However, existing safety evaluation standards across diverse fields have inherent limitations in ensuring overall building safety. Chained and cascading damages following a catastrophic disaster necessitate comprehensive safety management. Thus, this study derived evaluation criteria and determined their priority to assess building safety against various hazardous events in urban settings. This case study targeted Seoul’s public-use buildings with high risks of potential harm to many regular users. Moreover, this study aggregated evaluation categories from existing inspection and certification standards into field-specific groups, including architecture, fire safety, electrical systems, gas systems, vertical transportation, and crime prevention. This categorical evaluation was further analyzed based on their importance for preventing disasters and minimizing damage, emphasizing fire safety as the most essential for securing building safety. In addition, categories evaluated from a preventative perspective hold significantly greater importance than those focused on mitigating damage. This finding underscores the need for proactive monitoring and enhanced building safety across six fields before a disaster strikes. The integrated assessment method facilitates determining which areas are well managed or need improvement. Furthermore, this approach enables efficient building safety enhancement by prioritizing field-specific or evaluation criterion-specific areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-035d0426625a4d9c82ca849e4f145d382024-03-18T10:59:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522024-03-010011510.1080/13467581.2024.23293602329360Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in SeoulSungjoo Hwang0Minji Choi1Ewha Womans UniversityInha UniversityRecognizing potential hazards is imperative for devising pragmatic building inspection and management strategies. However, existing safety evaluation standards across diverse fields have inherent limitations in ensuring overall building safety. Chained and cascading damages following a catastrophic disaster necessitate comprehensive safety management. Thus, this study derived evaluation criteria and determined their priority to assess building safety against various hazardous events in urban settings. This case study targeted Seoul’s public-use buildings with high risks of potential harm to many regular users. Moreover, this study aggregated evaluation categories from existing inspection and certification standards into field-specific groups, including architecture, fire safety, electrical systems, gas systems, vertical transportation, and crime prevention. This categorical evaluation was further analyzed based on their importance for preventing disasters and minimizing damage, emphasizing fire safety as the most essential for securing building safety. In addition, categories evaluated from a preventative perspective hold significantly greater importance than those focused on mitigating damage. This finding underscores the need for proactive monitoring and enhanced building safety across six fields before a disaster strikes. The integrated assessment method facilitates determining which areas are well managed or need improvement. Furthermore, this approach enables efficient building safety enhancement by prioritizing field-specific or evaluation criterion-specific areas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2329360building safetydisaster risksafety inspectionpublic-use buildingsfacility management |
| spellingShingle | Sungjoo Hwang Minji Choi Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering building safety disaster risk safety inspection public-use buildings facility management |
| title | Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul |
| title_full | Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul |
| title_fullStr | Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul |
| title_short | Integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks: a case study on public-use buildings in Seoul |
| title_sort | integrative building safety evaluation to mitigate disaster risks a case study on public use buildings in seoul |
| topic | building safety disaster risk safety inspection public-use buildings facility management |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2329360 |
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