Modern information technologies as a tool to improve fire safety of buildings

Introduction. The purpose of the article is a theoretical study in the form of review and analysis of current limitations and possibilities of application of modern information technologies in the sphere of construction industry to increase the level of fire safety of capital construction objects.

Objectives of the study:

• review and analysis of foreign and domestic research in the field of application of modern information technolo­gies in the field of construction and fire engineering;
• identification of current issues and possibilities of application the information technologies under consideration for fire safety tasks;
• description of a possible algorithm of realization of the scenario of BIM application for the purposes of assessment of design solutions for fire safety.

The relevance of the topic under consideration is due to the limited experience of application of the developing information technologies considered in the article in the construction industry in Russia to solve fire engineering problems.

Current state of digitalization. The review of the study of the American organization “Society of Fire Protection Engineers”, which examined the issues and prospects of development of the sphere of fire safety, taking into account the current universal digitalization, is carried out. Modern technologies used in the field of construction and opera­tion, which can be used to solve fire safety problems, are described. The variants of application of building information modelling technology, a “digital twin” of the capital construction object and the Internet of Things to solve fire safety problems are presented.

Conclusions. The results of the study made it possible to identify the current issues and prospects of application of modern information technologies to improve the safety of capital construction objects. The identified issues can be used to develop theoretical and practical research on the considered subject.

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