Mass Over Math

摘要

It should be of no surprise to anyone involved in the fire service that the modern built environment is continuing to trend at a rapid rate toward incorporating lighter and dimensionally reduced building materials. Today, it is virtually impossible to find a newly constructed building that does not contain at least some type of engineered component or assembly hiding behind the walls. I realize that this is a topic that consistendy provokes strong debates. Before anyone starts to become defensive, pro or con, regarding a departments current operating procedures relating to lightweight engineered construction, I want to make it perfecdy clear that this article is not meant to criticize these operations.