Building Resilience: How do the codes compare?

Tom Roche, FM Global

Building Code Ranking

Where to start?

Natural Hazards

Fire Hazards

Requirement

Requirements

Enforcement

Strong Weak

Low

High

Enforcement/Practice

Re

qu

ire

me

nts

Simple questions – for each hazard

Flood – in the zone?

A fire at a

location

without

sprinklers has

losses that are

5-6 times the

amount of

location with

sprinklers.

Based on observation and review

1500 Engineers.

Global cover.

60,000 visits

annually.

Req

uir

em

en

ts

Enforcement/Practice

Ranking split – different outcomes

Re

qu

ire

me

nts

Enforcement/Practice

Natural Hazards Fire Hazards

Clusters from observations

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

Natural Hazards

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

FIRE

Natural Hazards www.fmglobal.com

The future?

Enhancing codes and regulations

Strengthening rating structure

Mapping change

Building Resilience: How do the codes compare?

Tom Roche, FM Global