Fire Protection
We perform assessments and provide suggestions concerning the possible fire risks associated with structures, materials, and transportation systems. Additionally, we design, install, and maintain fire safety and suppression systems while inspecting them to ensure compliance with governmental safety standards. Fire prevention and protection engineers are required to be licensed and must stay informed about updates in fire codes and regulations.
Fire Protection Steps
Design of wet and dry sprinkler and standpipe systems.
Hydraulic calculations for fire protection systems.
Design of water storage tanks when required for fire protection systems.
Design of fire pumps or sprinkler booster pumps when required for fire protection systems.
Inspection and overall assessment of operating conditions of existing fire protection systems for property acquisitions and/or to create budgets for capital improvement projects and/or to resolve fire department deficiencies.
When doing work in campus settings or doing tenant design work, coordinate with owners for extension of water services to fire protection systems and for compliance with base building or campus fire protection design standards.
Assist building developers and public agencies in conducting Value Engineering (VE) studies to reduce cost of construction of fire protection systems.
Provide technical assistance to contractors and construction managers during fire protection construction phase to verify codes compliance, compliance with design intent, overall quality assurance in construction of fire protection systems, verify accuracy of RFI responses by Engineers of Records (EORs), assist in resolution of fire protection systems conflicts and/or unforeseen filed conditions, assist on resolution of objections from building inspectors, provide assistance to fire protection systems commissioning agents and for startup of fire pumps or sprinkler booster pumps.
Fire protection systems code compliance analysis.
Write field reports and scope of work reports for existing fire protection systems, and schematic reports for new fire protection systems.
Production of fire protection design in CAD and/or REVIT (BIM).
Writing of fire protection Specifications.