BSV: First experiences
Initial experience with fire safety regulations has been gained. What do the various players say?
The fire protection regulations of the Association of Cantonal Fire Insurers (VKF), or BSV 2015, which have been in force throughout Switzerland since the beginning of the year, can be critically examined for the first time in terms of their effectiveness on the basis of current project planning. What have the adjustments to the fire protection requirements achieved? How are things going in implementation? What empirical values do authorities, architects, fire protection planners, installers and building owners provide? And are the experiences of the various players congruent?
The Fire Protection Meeting June 3, 2015 in Zurich provides answers. Compared to the old set of rules, the 2015 BSV focuses particularly on the following points: on the one hand, the optimization of the cost-benefit ratio and, on the other hand, the liberalization of fire protection without sacrificing personal protection.
At the conference of the building insurance of the canton of Zurich, the implementation of the new regulations will be shown by means of concrete examples: The projects "Andreasturm" office tower in Zurich Oerlikon, the Limmattal Hospital, the Children's Hospital Zurich and "The Circle" at Zurich Airport will be intensively examined from a fire protection perspective.
