tower block
Let an agent handle tower blocks by building, management, fire safety, maintenance and residents rights, and route fire emergencies to emergency services with the building evacuation strategy.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle tower blocks by building, management, fire safety, maintenance and residents rights, and route fire emergencies to emergency services with the building evacuation strategy.
A tall multi-storey building, residential or commercial, such as a residential tower, point block or office tower, typically served by lifts and stair cores and subject to special fire safety and structural requirements; tall timber buildings are a recent variant.
What it is for: Dense housing and office space in cities.
It can be find a building fire strategy and safety information; report repairs and safety concerns; understand residents rights in general terms; learn about architecture and history.
Distinguishing features
High-rise
Lifts and stair cores
Special fire safety rules
Many households or offices
What it looks like
Tall slab or point blocks with many floors, lifts, balconies and facade systems.
How it is recognised
Many storeys with lift cores
Point blocks and slab blocks
Low-rise flats have few storeys
Related models
is a kind of - category
is regulated by - regulator
contains - unit
is related to - related class
In practice
Families and kinds
residential tower blocks
office towers
mixed-use towers
social housing estates
tall timber buildings
Standards and regulation
Building safety and fire safety law for higher-risk buildings
Fire safety codes for high-rise buildings
Housing standards
Failure modes and hazards
Fire spread via facades
Lift failures affecting residents
Maintenance backlogs
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Fire Fire safety.
Safety comes first.
Emergency
Fire now.
Emergency
Fire emergency.
- Is there a fire or smoke in the building now? boundary
- Should the person call emergency services and follow the building evacuation strategy? action
Strategy
Fire strategy.
Strategy
Fire strategy.
- What is this building fire strategy, such as stay put or simultaneous evacuation? provenance
- Where is it published? provenance
Residents Living in towers.
Residents have rights.
Repairs
Reporting issues.
Repairs
Repairs.
- How can repairs or safety concerns be reported to the landlord or managing agent? action
- How can they be escalated? action
Rights
Residents rights.
Rights
Residents rights.
- What rights do residents have to safety information here? provenance
- Is legal advice needed? boundary
Building Design and upkeep.
Maintenance matters.
Facade
Cladding and facades.
Facade
Facades.
- What facade system does the building have, and has it been assessed? provenance
- Which regulator oversees it? provenance
Lifts
Lifts and access.
Lifts
Lifts.
- Are lifts working, and what happens for residents with mobility needs if they fail? provenance
- How are personal evacuation plans arranged? provenance
History Architecture.
Towers have histories.
Design
Architecture.
Design
Architecture.
- Who designed the building, and when was it built? provenance
- Is it listed? provenance
Policy
Housing policy.
Policy
Housing policy.
- What role did tower blocks play in housing policy, according to historians? provenance
- Are views attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should each building be a separate entry?
- How should safety case information be linked?
- How should housing estates be linked?