“Giants” in fire protection engineering
- SPFE: Society of Protection Fire Engineers in USA more than 4000 members in 80 countries
- NFPA: National Fire Protection Association (USA fire standards including industrial and large commercial facilities)
- BSI Group: It includes standards of UK origin, European standards from CEN/CENELEC and international standards from ISO and IEC which have been adopted in the UK.
- UK Fire regulation (Document B, BS 9999 and related)
- IFC: International Fire Code
- ISO – International Organization for Standardization
- FM Global, LPC: Loss Prevention Council, UL: Underwriters Laboratories, NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology, BRE-Global, LPCB : Loss Prevention Certification Board, CIBSE: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
- University of Stellenbosch Fire Engineering
- Australia & New Zealand Fire Codes and standards
As fire protection engineers we apply the latest insights and wealth of deep international knowledge relevant to your project, to identify risks related to fire and determine ways to reduce the risks, as well as design ways of safeguarding against the wrath of fire. We work hard to provide systems that achieve the highest standards of safety and building regulations compliance whilst also considering the client’s commercial objectives such as space maximization and construction costs
Through the application of science and engineering principles and collaboration with the design team, we can:
- Mitigate, detect, control, contain with passive fire protection or suppress a fire with active fire solutions;
- Guide project teams with necessary safe building parameters for passive fire protection, egress, structural stability, smoke ventilation, openings etc.;
- Incorporate the reaction and behaviour of people to fire and emergencies; to protect people, property and the environment from the destructive effects of fire.
