The Shell Building
1 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Specification
- A High Rise Central Business District building for office and administration purposes.
- A system was required for the speedy and safe evacuation of staff via the fire stairs, in event of an emergency evacuation, with smoke and total lack of power (total darkness) in existence.
- Other points of the building that could have total power failure, lifts, plant rooms, muster stations, were required to have a system that would allow for the illumination of and the easy access to emergency equipment including switches, phones, buttons, etc.
- The system was required to be powered via the minimum lighting requirements for emergency stairs.
Design Characteristics
The system required that when the state of total darkness existed, the lumination of the stairs caused by the luminous material alone, was sufficient for the evacuee's to able to safely negotiate the stairs.
System materials
- Luminous paint.
- Luminous custom signs for lights, plant rooms, muster points.
Result achieved
The Shell Building is one of the best examples of an emergency evacuation system in Australia for a High Rise building. It has a very user-friendly system that is designed to get staff out quickly. In evacuation tests it has achieved its objectives and satisfies any criteria for an evacuation system.
