Impact of Facility Management on Fire Safety Crisis in Bangladesh's AEC Industry

Abstract

Bangladesh has observed numerous deadly fire events that caused number of death, injuries and economic losses. Apart from other facts, the main reason is the lack of proper facility management system in post construction phase in Bangladesh’s AEC industry. Moreover, it has been observed that lack of knowledge and proper management system of facilities causes more difficulties to respond to fire hazards, which is very unfortunate for the nation. The purposes of this research are to find out the most prone reasons of fire disaster in Bangladesh which leads to casualties and economic damages, that has been evaluated by studying different fire-accident related case studies which occurred in Bangladesh during different intervals of time. After getting data, comparing different case studies and discussing results, lately a qualitative questionnaire survey has been conducted to achieve the real picture of FM practices in Bangladesh and opinion of different people. Later, it was discussed how fire safety system can be improved. Comparing the data through different case studies and questionnaire survey, suggestion and recommendations round the research which show the complete workflow and program to improve fire safety through proper practice of facility management in Bangladesh’s AEC industry.