Standard design guidance such as Approved Documents, British Standards and International codes are generally the starting point for any design and can often provide the simplest route to approval. Such guidance however, will rarely adequately cover the design of modern multi-use and complex developments. Tenos’ fire safety engineers have in-depth knowledge of British and International fire safety codes and, most importantly, they understand the underlying principles and are therefore able to advise on situations where variations from the prescriptive guidance can be achieved.

Tenos’ expertise allows the relevant fire safety design guidance to be applied flexibly, whilst identifying:

• non-compliances with standard guidance;
• high fire protection costs;
• where the design can be optimised to achieve the required design objectives;
• where cost savings can be made; and
• alternative 'fire engineered' solutions.