ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the services, starting with the one that may well be described as the most important service of all in a tall building. The core also is a place for services to rise through the building so they can be distributed on different floors. These services include fresh water going up through the building and foul water such as sewerage and stormwater coming down. The advent of the automatic sprinkler system since 1874 has led to a huge reduction in the number of people killed in building fires throughout the world. The greatest damage from fires in a sprinklered building therefore is the water damage to the interior. The considerable amount of lighting in an office building needs connecting to a considerable amount of electrical power cables, and these are typically carried on cable trays: a system of light perforated steel trays that are arranged to give solid support to the wiring.
