Fire Engineering
Spaces are designed to serve and enable a purpose, with occupant safety being a guaranteed minimum. Building codes are the first step to ensuring this safety by prescribing various measures for a range of occupancies and building types.
However, the nature of prescriptive requirements is that they can restrict the creative design process. Insights gleaned from how humans behave within a space, paired with the science of how real fires develop, create opportunities to achieve innovative solutions to fire safety.
Fire Engineering broadens the range of design solutions available using first-principles knowledge and data-driven insights. The application of complex models during the design stage enables the visualization of the fire event itself and how the building and its occupants will respond.
Both clients and the broader design team are enabled with a better understanding of the options available to them in the pursuit of fire safety while achieving economy and efficiency.
Ultimately, it is keeping people safe that is the driving force behind Fire Engineering. The result is design that stretches beyond prescriptive codes without compromising on efficient utility or emotional impact on our communities.
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Project Highlights
MacKimmie Block & Tower Redevelopment
Calgary, Canada
The MacKimmie Block and Tower at the University of Calgary aims to reduce and eliminate carbon emissions with a passive design.
Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness
Brampton, Canada
The new Peel Memorial Centre is a state-of-the-art healthcare facility providing specialized outpatient-based care.
24 Crimscott Street
London, UK
This project involved developing a fire strategy under London Plan D12 of a mass timber office building, with exposed timber in the interior.
Garth Worthington School GLT Stair Variance
Edmonton, Canada
This project involved a variance proposal for a glulam staircase as part of an otherwise noncombustible construction design.
Lendrum Redevelopment, Protection of Adjacent Buildings
Edmonton, Canada
The Lendrum redevelopment affordable housing scheme required fire engineering for its construction phase.
Pig Patch House
Norfolk, UK
Pig Patch House is a private residence constructed with NurHolz wall panels, utilizing fire dynamics modelling for performance-based design.
Union Station Enhancement Project (USEP)
Toronto, Canada
Union Station is the busiest transportation facility in Canada, serving over 250,000 passengers daily and 65 million passengers annually.
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