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James Antell AIA, PE, has over 35 years of fire engineering experience acting as an advisor to design teams and building owners on compliance with local and international fire safety codes and standards.
His experience includes development of fire protection design strategies using both code and performance based approaches as well as other special studies related to specific code compliance issues. He has negotiated acceptance of alternative fire protection approaches with regulatory officials throughout the world. Mr. Antell’s specific areas of concentration include high-rise buildings, public assembly facilities and healthcare.
Mr. Antell’s global high-rise fire engineering experience includes many of the world’s tallest structures including projects in the U.S., Asia and the Middle East. He is a recognized expert in high-rise fire safety design. He has lectured worldwide on high-rise…
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CTBUH Roles
Working Group: MEP (2018 – Present)
MEP Systems Committee, Member (2018 – Present)
Annual Conference, Presenter (Middle East 2018)
Annual Conference, Poster Presenter, Chicago (2019)
CTBUH Initiatives
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
20 October 2018
MEP Working Group Holds Kickoff Meeting at CTBUH 2018 Conference
20 October 2018
Fire & Life Safety Workshop, Shanghai 2014
16 September 2014
Videos
16 September 2014
The Evolution of Building Evacuation Design in China
As a result of the events of September 11th and other natural and man-made disasters, building owners, designers and fire officials have become increasingly aware...
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Research
28 October 2019
Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings
Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting
As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...
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Research
16 September 2014
The Evolution of Building Evacuation Design in China
Fang Li, James Antell & Martin Reiss, RJA Group
As a result of the events of September 11th and other natural and man-made disasters, building owners, designers and fire officials have become increasingly aware...
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CTBUH Initiatives
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
20 October 2018
MEP Working Group Holds Kickoff Meeting at CTBUH 2018 Conference
The CTBUH MEP Working Group held its kickoff meeting as part of the wider annual Leaders Meeting at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference in Dubai.
16 September 2014
Fire & Life Safety Workshop, Shanghai 2014
The Fire & Life Safety Working Group hosted a productive technical workshop at the 2014 Shanghai Conference joined by CTBUH Advisory Board member Simon Lay. Among the top concerns raised by the audience discussion was the issue of fire safety for social housing environments. .
8 November 2012
Event Focuses on Combining Fire Safety and Sustainability
The CTBUH participated in a symposium to address the complex issues of integrating fire safety design with sustainability.
Videos
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16 September 2014
The Evolution of Building Evacuation Design in China
As a result of the events of September 11th and other natural and man-made disasters, building owners, designers and fire officials have become increasingly aware...
05 March 2008
Track 20 Panel Questions and Answers
The panel of Track 20 consisting of Fang Li, James Antell, Martin Kealy, Mike Ferreira and Jean-Claude Gerardy took questions from the CTBUH 8th World...
05 March 2008
Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou: Fire Protection Strategies for an Energy Efficient High-Rise Building
Fang Li and James Antell, Rolf Jensen & Associates, discussed the 71 stories Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai....
Research
28 October 2019
Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings
Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting
As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...
16 September 2014
The Evolution of Building Evacuation Design in China
Fang Li, James Antell & Martin Reiss, RJA Group
As a result of the events of September 11th and other natural and man-made disasters, building owners, designers and fire officials have become increasingly aware...
19 September 2012
20 Years of High-Rise Fire Safety: From Jin Mao to Kingdom Tower
James H. Antell, RJA; Peter A. Weismantle, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
This paper will discuss the evolution of fire safety concepts in the recent generation of high rise buildings starting with “early” 1990’s designs in China...
03 March 2008
Fire Protection Strategies for an Energy Efficient High- Rise Building
Fang Li, James Antell & Martin Reiss, RJA
The Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China features numerous design strategies to reduce energy demand, which include among others vertical axis wind turbine and radiant...
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