Fire safety engineering satisfies statutory,
insurance and operational safety requirements
based on reason rather than prescription.
Tenos will work with you to ensure that
best value is achieved without compromising
safety or design.
We are at the forefront of developing fire
safety engineering and have applied our
expertise
on major national and international construction
projects.
When appropriate we will use computer
simulation techniques to resolve
conflicts with prescriptive codes and identify
cost-effective solutions that will satisfy
the approval bodies.
The application of fire safety engneering
is not limited to complex buildings and
problems; it can be applied to all building
types. Examples of the potential benefits
are:
Increase
lettable floor areas by:
- reducing the number of stair
cores
- decreasing the width of stairs
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Reduce or
eliminate structural fire protection
using:
- fire severity analyses
- structural response analyses
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Increase
glazed areas close to a site boundary
using:
- fire severity calculations
- fire spread simulations
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Support
the design of open sided atria using:
- ASET and RSET evaluations
- smoke development simulations
- evacuation analyses
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Expand compartment
sizes by:
- assessment of fire fighting procedures
- fire growth analysis
- evacuation simulations
- probabilistic risk assessment
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Omit sprinklers
in single storey buildings using:
- probabilistic risk assessment
- cost benefit analysis.
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Extend escape
travel distances utilising:
- ASET and RSET evaluations
- smoke development simulations
- evacuation analyses.
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We fully recognise however, that fire engineering
techniques and computer
simulations should not be used
in isolation or as a substitute for common
sense, experience
and good judgement. |
