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MasterRheobuild 856 Project References CONCRETE PROJECT / CONTRACT CONTRACTOR CONSULTANT VOLUME (M3) CENTRAL PRISON, ROP GALFAR ENGINEERING KHATIB & ALAMI SALALAH PORT PROJECT CES CCC/HANI JV SKANSKA / AL HABTOOR MURRAY & 200,000 BUR JUMAN CENTRE EXPANSION, DUBAI, UAE DAR AL HANDASAH ROBERTS CLINKER STORAGE SILO AND CRUSHER FOR NCC, DUBAI, UAE DUTCO BALFOUR BEATTY BUR JUMAN CONSULTANTS 10,000 JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, CAR PARK, DUBAI, UAE ASCON WILBUR SMITH 465,000 JEBEL ALI POWER & DESALINATION PLANT "L", DUBAI, UAE ACTCO / CCC LAHMEYER INT. 175,000 21ST CENTURY TOWER, DUBAI, UAE ARABTEC / AL ROSTAMANI PEGAL JV W.S. ATKINS 60,000 AL FATTAN TOWER, DUBAI, UAE ARABTEC NORR GROUP 90,000 MARINA HEIGHTS TOWER, DUBAI, UAE DUTCO CONSTRUCTION RMJM 70,000 DUBAI MALL PILING, DUBAI, UAE MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATIONS MEINHARDT 90,000 GARDENS SHOPPING MALL, DUBAI, UAE OBAIDULLAH CONTRACTING DEWAN AL EMARAH 100,000 PALM JUMEIRAH, CRESCENT INFRASTRUCTURE, DUBAI, UAE ARCHIRODON ACE CONSULTANTS - JUMEIRAH BEACH RESORT, PILING, DUBAI, UAE APCC W.S. ATKINS - INTERCHANGE 4, SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, DUBAI, UAE SAUDI BINLADEN DE LEUW CATHER - TWIN TOWERS FOR SHEIKHA MARAN, DUBAI, UAE AL NABOODAH LAING ARKITEKNIK 70,000 GRAND HYATT HOTEL, DUBAI, UAE SSANGYONG ENG. & CONST ARKITEKNIK 90,000 SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, DUBAI, UAE AL HABTOOR/ MURRAY & ROBERTS NORR GROUP 52,000 GHANTOUT PALACE, DUBAI, UAE AL HABTOOR ENG. ACE CONSULTANTS 30,000 Page 1 of 2 MasterRheobuild 856 Project References CONCRETE PROJECT / CONTRACT CONTRACTOR CONSULTANT VOLUME (M3) CONDOR PROJECT, JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE, DUBAI, UAE AL NABOODAH LAING K. HOME CONSULTANTS 30,000 GROSVENOR HOUSE HOTEL & SERVICED APARTMENT, DUBAI, UAE S NASR MULTIPLEX ARCHON 85,000 DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE HOTEL, DUBAI, UAE AL NABOODAH LAING ARIF BINTOAK / HYDER - AL YAMAMAH RESIDENCE, PORT SAEED, DUBAI, UAE ARABTEC W.S. ATKINS - KESTREL PROJECT, DUBAL, DUBAI, UAE AL NABOODAH LAING K. HOME 95,000 OFFICE BUILDING, JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE, DUBAI, UAE AL NABOODAH LAING DUBAI PORTS AUTHORITY - Page 2 of 2 .

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Residential Building Evacuation-Simulation of Potential
R. JEVTIĆ RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EVACUATION-SIMULATION OF POTENTIAL Residential Building Evacuation-Simulation of Potential Evacuation Scenarios With Presence of Immobile Persons RADOJE B. JEVTIĆ, Electrotechnical school „Nikola Tesla“, Niš Professional paper UDC: 614.8.084 DOI: 10.5937/tehnika2006814J The increase in urban population leads to the lack of housing in cities. One of potential solutions for this problem is to build tall residential buildings. The height of this objects, in recent times, ranges from several tens of meters even to several hundreds of meters, while the number of residents ranges from several hundred even to several thousands. Although these objects have built related to modern standards and technologies, with usage of modern materials and machines, problems can happen. One of particularly complex and hard problem presents the evacuation of residents in case of some disaster. Problem is much more severe and complicated if there are people with disabilities or people with special needs in the building. The potential solution for this problem can be the usage of simulation software. This paper was written to show the usage of simulation software Pathfinder in calculation of evacuation times for different evacuation scenarios, without the presence of immobile occupants, with presence of immobile occupants in the percentage of 5 % from complete occupant’s number and with presence of immobile occupants in the percentage of 10 % from complete occupant’s number. Key words: evacuation, residential, immobile, scenario 1. INTRODUCTION The advancement of science, the usage of many new technics and materials has led to the advancement High residential buildings present the past, the in architecture, unthinkable before.
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