Building Behaviour in Bushfires (EVSC90023)

Intended learning outcomes

Objectives. On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to: 

• Describe building performance and compliance within a planned environment;
• Recognise the assumptions and complementarity of building and planning measures in achieving acceptable levels of bushfire risk management;
• Explain how regulations tackle quantification of the mechanisms of interaction between bushfires and building envelope;
• Describe building legislation in Victoria including history, tiers of government and agencies;
• Formulate the role and process of performance-based codes and solutions;
• Explain the processes of building regulation and permits;
• Carry out bushfire attack assessments and prepare a report to submit to the relevant building surveyor;
• Describe construction and testing requirements under relevant building codes for fire-prone environments;
• Demonstrate knowledge of a broader context of bushfire urban interface risk issues.

Generic skills

Analytical skills: capacity to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas