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Presenter: Susan Lamont, Bassem Khalil, Sami Al Naqbi, Samiha Al Nuaimi and Salem Salem

This session will present the fire safety strategy for the MTB. This iconic building comprises multiple connecting floors under a mega roof structure of 50 m in height. It has a total floor area of 700,000 m2 over six levels. The MTB will host retail, restaurants, and airline facilities for a total capacity of 27 million passengers per year when opened and 40 million passengers per year at project completion. The presenters will describe the performance-based fire strategy, which addresses the connectivity between multiple floors, tall ceiling spaces, and extended travel distances. Evacuation plans and emergency response procedures will also be presented. Throughout the presentation, the importance of close collaboration among the designers, the fire engineer, the client, and the local authority in achieving a safe working building will be discussed.