8.

00 OTHER STANDARDS

8.1 Fire and Life Safety Standards

8.1.1 Refer to WHG Engineering and Fire and Life
Safety Standards and confirm compliance by
submitting a Compliance Report

8.1.2 Structural fire resistance

[Link] A minimum fire resistance rating must be achieved Provide architect's or fire engineer's certificate
in the building structure including but not limited to
the following areas: facades/curtain walling, floors,
columns, beams, load-bearing walls, stairs and
lift/elevator shafts, chimney shafts, plumbing
service shafts, refuse enclosures, plantrooms,
linen chutes

[Link] Low-rise structures (less than 10 metres) -

minimum fire resistance rating of 60 minutes.
[Link] Medium-rise structures (between 10-25 metres) -
minimum fire resistance rating of 90 minutes.

[Link] High-rise structures (greater than 25 metres) - Provide architect's or fire engineer's certificate
minimum fire resistance rating of 120 minutes.

8.1.3 Fire compartmentation

[Link] Lift lobby
(if no lobbies - see section 8.1.8)
[Link] Corridor compartmentation / sub-division (over
30m)
[Link] Compartmenting doors equipped with smoke seals
(cold, hot, drop down)
[Link] Compartmenting doors equipped with magnetic
door holders
[Link] Fire stopping and sealing in fire zones

8.1.4 Means of egress

[Link] Confirm egress strategy considering the following:

[Link] Number of exits (building, areas with high Architect / Fire engineer to confirm if the number
occupant loads, etc.) of exits are adequate as per the occupancy/use

[Link] Arrangement of exits and travel distances The exit doors to staircase must have following:
1. Supervisory alarm to alert Hotel security in the
event of opening of Emergency Exit Doors
2. Provide CCTV monitoring on both Push and Pull
side of staircase door
3. Push side to have Panic Hardware
4. Pull side to have fail safe access control
integrated with electric strike plate for panic bar.
This is to prevent unauthorised access to hotel
from staircase (staircases are shared with Mall
complex). Opening of door from push side by
panic bar shall always deactivate the access
control.
5. Exit doors must never be locked

[Link] Dead end (sprinklered building max 15m, non-

sprinklered building max 10m)
[Link] Exit discharge
[Link] Exit remoteness

[Link] Emergency lighting and illumination 1. Provide uninteruppted emergency lighting for
the hotel for minimum 60 minutes in case of power
failure/emergencies.
2. Provide minimum 10 lux illumination at floor
level for all emergency egress routes & staircases
[Link] minimum 1 lux illumination at floor level
for all other areas

[Link] Exit and directional signage (illuminated) Illuminated exit signage with minimum 60 minutes
battery back-up are required for all banquets,
prefunction, ADD and main lobby
[Link] Fire / emergency escape plans (guest room door, 1. Emergency escape plans are required in dual
restaurant, fitness room, pool, meeting room) language (english & local - Hindi or Kannada).
indicating assembly points 2. Please see detail note in Guest room point no.
[Link]
3. Provide emergency escape plans for
restaurants, banquets, meeting rooms, fitness
room and swimming pool at all exit locations.

[Link] Confirm means of egress components including

but not limited to:

[Link] Door width

[Link] Panic hardware

[Link] Self-closing doors

[Link] Corridor width

[Link] Door locking arrangement

[Link] Stair width

[Link] Arrangement & marking of exit discharge

[Link] Handrail requirements Two handrails on both side of staircase are

required for exit stairs more than 1.2 meters.
[Link] Guards

[Link] Stairway identification

8.1.5 Fire resisting doors

[Link] Self closing

[Link] Fire rating supported with certificate

[Link] Proprietary sticker / seal

8.1.6 Fire fighting / suppression systems

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[Link] Automatic fire sprinkler protection 1. Integration of sprinklers zones with Fire alarm
panel by way of flow switches is required.
2. Provide sprinkler test drain assembly at remote
end of the sprinkler branch at all floors.
See point [Link] for details
3. Automatic Suppression system must be
provided for kitchen hoods, LT and bigger
electrical panels, IT room etc. (see points [Link]
and [Link])

[Link] Standpipe and hose reels

[Link] Fire pumps Also provide test drain at fire pump room. This is
required to check functioning of jockey & fire
pumps as per design pressure. The test drain
must have proper drainage to prevent flooding of
pump room.
[Link] Fire water storage tanks and capacity

[Link] Portable fire extinguishers

[Link] Fire hydrants

[Link] Wet chemical fire suppression system for kitchen

hoods canopies and ducting
[Link] Gas suppression system for electrical rooms, data
/ IT centre, telephone rooms
[Link] Fire blankets

8.1.7 Fire alarm and detection system

[Link] Addressable fire alarm and detection system a. An addressable fire alarm & detection system
with Class –A wiring circuit must be provided. A 2-
Stage Fire alarm is required.
b. An automatic emergency voice evacuation
integrated with FAP must be provided. Emergency
alarm & voice evacuation require minimum 75 dB
sound levels at bedhead and 65 dB in all other
areas (see point [Link])
c. The Fire Alarm Planel must be provided for
Hotel, preferbaly at Hotel security room. Provide a
repeater panel at reception or telephone operator
room - whichever is 24 Hr manned. If provided at
reception, then must be hidden from Guest View.

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[Link] Fire alarm control panel located at 24/7 manned The FACP must receive an AC power supply from
area including repeater panel all backed up with the essential supply via a dedicated fused circuit..
stand-by batteries The system must be provided with sufficient
battery capacity to operate the entire system upon
loss of normal AC power in a normal supervisory
mode for a period of 24 hours with 5 minutes of
alarm operation at the end of this period. The
system must automatically transfer to battery
standby upon power failure. All battery charging
and recharging operations must be automatic.
The batteries must be monitored so that a low
battery condition or disconnection of any battery is
audibly and visibly indicated at the FACP.
All circuits requiring system operating power must
be 24 V DC and must be individually fused at the
control unit.

[Link] Detection system throughout the property (smoke 1. Provide smoke detectors in all areas of the
for all areas, smoke with sounder base for guest hotel.
rooms, heat for kitchen and other areas where the 2. Provide smoke detector at top and bottom most
room atmosphere prohibits the use of smoke level of staircase and un-compartmentalized
detector, optical beam detectors for atriums) shafts.
3. Provide sounder base smoke detectors in guest
rooms
4. Gas leak detection with auto gas shut off valve
in kitchens & gas banks (if applicable) must be
provided.

[Link] Audible alarm throughout the property; guest room

75dB at bedhead
[Link] Broadcast evacuation speaker system / public Provide automatic voice evacuation system
address system integrated with Fire alarm panel.
Emergency alarm & voice evacuation require
minimum 75 dB sound levels at bedhead and 65
dB in all other areas.
Voice message must be dual language - English
and local.
Back ground music must always disable
automatically during emergency voice evacuation.

[Link] Fire alarm strobe lights for all areas including

meeting rooms, fitness areas, kitchen, staff
facilities, accessible guest rooms
[Link] Manual call points throughout the building (final
exits, emergency exits of each floor or zone, public
areas, restaurants, plant rooms, BoH areas, front
desk, dead ends, etc.); person shall not travel
more than 30m to reach an alarm point

[Link] Gas leak detection system

[Link] CO detection and alarm system (enclosed parking

areas, any areas with gas & fuel fired equipment
e.g. boiler room, DG room, etc.)

8.1.8 Special systems and provisions

[Link] Staircase pressurization system (building in
excess of 6 storeys or where required by local
code)
[Link] Corridor ventilation

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[Link] Lift lobby smoke extraction

[Link] Lift shaft pressurization in the event that a lift lobby

is not provided
[Link] Zone smoke control to all public areas

[Link] Ventilation & smoke extraction system for

enclosed and/or underground parking
[Link] Atrium smoke extraction system

[Link] Linen chute equipped with automatic fire

suppression system, fire rated doors with self-
closing mechanism and lock, door on the chute
terminus to be held open on fusible link
[Link] Emergency / stand-by power source for
emergency lighting (if no central battery system is
provided), fire & life safety and security systems,
essential technical and hotel systems with
provision of fuel for minimum 24 hours operation

[Link] Fireman's lift connected to emergency power

supply
8.1.9 Interfaces and interlocks with fire alarm
system. The Cause and Effect Matrix shall
include but not limited to following
requirements, interfaces and interlocks:

[Link] Sequence of operation and evacuation strategy

[Link] Two stage alarms

[Link] Elevators recall
[Link] Fire Protection / Suppression Systems – pumps
(electric, diesel, jockey), sprinkler zone control
valve (water flow and tamper switch), fire hose /
standpipe control valve, fire suppression system
for kitchen hoods and exhaust duct, any other
automatic fire protection / suppression system

[Link] Fire water tank level (low & overflow) Level indicators to be provided.
BMS system is recommended. This shall help in
monitoring and reducing HLP costs
[Link] Public Address and voice evacuation system
[Link] Background Music System
[Link] Compartmenting doors equipped with magnetic
door holders
[Link] HVAC system (air handling units, motorized fire
dampers)
[Link] Staircase pressurization system
[Link] Smoke extraction system
[Link] Kitchen gas and electric supply (automatically shut
off associated cooking line gas & electric supply
and makeup air handler)

[Link] Gas leak detection

[Link] Emergency diesel generator
[Link] CO detection system (parking areas, any areas
with gas & fuel fired equipment e.g. boiler room,
DG room, etc.)
[Link] Access gates / barriers for parking
[Link] Building Management System

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8.1.10 Acceptance testing and certification
[Link] 3rd Party certification of all FLS systems Engage a third party FLS auditor to audit all FLS
designs - passive and active systems
[Link] Approval and certification by Authority Having Provide local 'pass' certificates and approvals.
Jurisdiction
8.1.11 Documentation
[Link] As-built drawings

[Link] Operation & Maintenance Manuals

[Link] Training materials and certificates

[Link] Records of fire evacuation drills

8.2 Engineering Standards

8.2.1 Refer to WHG Engineering and Fire and Life
Safety Standards and confirm compliance by
submitting a Compliance Report.

8.2.2 Utility services and permits

[Link] Electricity

[Link] Water

[Link] Drainage

[Link] Gas

[Link] District heating

[Link] District cooling

[Link] Metering and sub-metering

8.2.3 Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning

[Link] Appropriate HVAC systems provided for all areas

of the building
[Link] Building Management System (BMS) provided

[Link] Guest rooms provided with individual control unit /

thermostat
[Link] Fresh air supply and air exhaust provided for each
guest room
[Link] Individual public area served by HVAC system
provided with independent temperature control and
controlled via BMS
[Link] Kitchen area provided with dedicated AHU (no re- Provide kitchen scrubber or appropriate
circulation permitted); kitchen grease hoods technology for exhaust meeting ecological
mechanically exhausted to the exterior of the requirements
building (point of discharge at roof level;
requirement for ecology unit to be assessed)

[Link] IT room to be provided with central A/C system or Provide weather monitoring
precision cooling system; split units can be used
as a back-up only
[Link] Filters to be provided for all A/C and ventilation
systems
[Link] Volume control damper, motorized dampers, fire
and smoke dampers (motorized and with fusible
links)

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[Link] Cleaning, testing and balancing of air and water
systems, functional and performance testing and
commissioning
[Link] Training and instructions

8.2.4 Electrical
[Link] Emergency (stand-by) power systems (diesel
generator, diesel fuel storage tank, automatic
transfer switch and all associated switchboards,
panel boards, feeder distribution etc.)

[Link] Secondary electrical distribution network (main

distribution switchboards, feeders, circuit breakers,
SMDB and DB, conduits, cable trays, trunking)

[Link] Power socket outlets and switching Electric surge protection for all wet points must be
provided. An ELCB of 30mA in 30mS must be
provided for Guest Bathroom power & shaver
sockets, kitchen power sockets, all power sockets
within 3 meter radius of water bodies etc.

[Link] Earthing and lightning protection system

[Link] Lighting system (exterior, indoor, decorative,

emergency, control system, dimming system
[Link] Testing (functional and performance) and
commissioning of all electrical systems
[Link] Service reports for emergency power supply

8.2.5 Plumbing and sanitary installations

[Link] Water quality (design, installation, flushing,
chemical treatment, sampling etc.)
[Link] Water treatment

[Link] Legionella bacteria growth prevention / measures

[Link] Domestic cold water distribution (temperature

must be distributed at 22 °C or below)

[Link] Domestic hot water system (temperature must be

maintained at minimum 60 °C)
[Link] Sanitary drainage system

[Link] Storm water drainage system

[Link] Gas system (storage, distribution pipework, valves

& fittings, gas leak detection, interfaces, metering,
ventilation, certification)
[Link] Testing (functional and performance) and
commissioning of all plumbing and sanitary
systems and certification
8.2.6 Elevators
[Link] Interface with fire alarm system

[Link] Two-way intercom facility

[Link] Testing and commissioning and 3 rd Party

certification
8.2.7 Acceptance testing and certification
[Link] Testing, commissioning and certification of all
MEP systems

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[Link] Approval and certification by Local Authorities (e.g.
Civil Defence, Municipality, Public Health and
Safety Department etc.)
8.2.8 Documentation
[Link] As-built drawings

[Link] Operation & Maintenance Manuals

[Link] Training materials and certificates

8.3 Information and Communications Technology

(ICT), Audio Visual (A/V) and Security
Guidelines
8.3.1 Refer to WHG Information and
Communications Technology (ICT), Audio
Visual (A/V) and Security Guidelines and
confirm compliance by submitting a
Compliance Report.
8.3.2 Information and Communication Technology
(ICT)
[Link] Structured cabling - vertical and horizontal cabling
distribution (fiber, CAT6/6a)
[Link] Guest systems and hotel business (administration)
systems must connect via physically separate
LANs
[Link] Guest network shall support following services : in
room entertainment, WiFi, wired Internet
connection point, guest telephony (if IP), mini bar
(if applicable)
[Link] Business network shall support following services:
desktop & enterprise systems, PMS, POS,
administration and BoH IP telephony

[Link] Other networks shall support services including but

not limited to: CCTV, door access / access control,
BMS, FOH A/V
[Link] MDF room - dedicated room of adequate size with
all necessary provisions and services (floor, ceiling
and walls, electrical system, A/C system, FLS
system, security / access control, telephone)

[Link] UPS shall have not less than 30 minutes

autonomy for all ICT and Security systems
[Link] Wired and wireless guest internet access is
required from the guest rooms, meeting rooms and
business centre
[Link] Wireless access is required in all public areas
(100% coverage)
[Link] Employee internal communication system shall be
provided for staff use in general communication,
incident reporting, etc
[Link] All the ICT systems and equipment shall be tested
and commissioned and records available

8.3.3 A/V
[Link] Guest entertainment system

[Link] IPTV Future provision for IPTV with CAT6 cabling to be

provided in Guest rooms
[Link] Satellite and aerial systems

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[Link] Background music

[Link] A/V system for meeting rooms and ballroom

[Link] Digital signage system

8.3.4 Security
[Link] Risk threat and vulnerability analysis - subject to
location and threat level
[Link] CCTV surveillance throughout the property Provide minimum 30 days of local physical
recording and must comply with local stautory
requirements by law enforcement agency
Coverage for common areas may be shared /
managed by mall management.
Provide CCTV monitoring inside all elevators.

[Link] Access control system Provide Guest key card access control for all hotel
guest elevators.
Provide access control for Hotel service elevators
Provide fail safe access control on pull side of
staircases at hotel floors
Provide access control to Hotel BOH, security
room, Server room and cashier room. Cashier
room to have combination lock.

8.4 Signage Standards

8.4.1 Refer to WHG Signage Standards for the Brand

[Link] Signage standards will be issued and must be

complied with.
8.5 Bed Standards
8.5.1 Refer to WHG Bed Standards
[Link] Bed standards will be issued and must be
complied with.

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