BIM and Fire Safety Engineering for Wood Structures

This thesis provides a map for Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) practitioners who are navigating the complicated and under-studied research area of mass timber in fires and how such a project would fit into the BIM design process. The thesis expands the field of knowledge on how architectural features correlate with fire dynamic outcomes of full scale CLT compartments, provides baseline fire metrics for Eastern Hemlock without any existing published data, and provides a wholistic interpretation of the performance of a traditional mortise and tenon timber frame connection in a fire test, also without any existing publications. The thesis also provides an option for how each project might be included in BIM and any research or requirements that would allow for total integration, as well as the potential benefits.