Fire engineering
SOCOTEC Middle East helps its clients optimise their fire protection systems. Our expertise enables us to guarantee the protection of people and property, while ensuring compliance with current regulations.
Professional fire consultants
For building owners, designers, and developers, involving the services of a professional fire consultant and fire protection engineer is essential to optimize the safety of occupants and the protection of property. SOCOTEC Middle East’s teams possess all the tools and expertise needed to prepare and review fire and life safety strategies, and to carry out regular fire risk assessments and audits, ensuring compliance with the local fire and life safety codes.
Fire and life safety strategy
Our Fire and life safety strategies provide a comprehensive plan for the design and construction teams to meet all fire safety requirements,
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Our services
Means of escape
Adequate means of escape must be provided for all occupants of the building. This includes providing enough exits, as well as ensuring that the exits are clearly marked and free from obstructions.
Structural fire protection
The building's structure must be designed to resist fire for a period of time long enough to allow all occupants to evacuate safely. This can be achieved through the use of fire-resistant materials and construction techniques.
Fire protection systems
Fire protection systems, such as sprinkler systems and fire alarms, can help to detect and extinguish fires early on. This can reduce the damage caused by fire and make it easier for occupants to evacuate safely.
Smoke control
Smoke can be just as dangerous as fire, so it is important to have a smoke management strategy in place.
Fire department access
The fire and rescue service must be able to access the building and its occupants in the event of a fire. This means that the building should have adequate fire lanes and that the necessary firefighting facilities are provided.
External fire spread
The fire safety strategy should also consider the risk of external fire spread. This includes identifying the potential sources of external fire, such as adjacent buildings or flammable materials, and taking steps to mitigate the risk.
Our design fire consultants can support you with the following services:
- Full design fire safety strategies and ongoing design support for new and existing buildings
- Site visits and preparation of retrospective fire strategies for existing buildings
- Peer reviews of fire safety strategies prepared by others
- Timber structure fire engineering advice
- Fire Engineering advice on Materials and Testing
Specialist Fire Engineering
Our specialist fire engineering services can help you solve complex fire safety problems, address emerging risks and technologies, and secure the fire strategy safety objectives on existing or unconventional building design.
We offer a wide range of services, including:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Radiative Heat Analysis
- Evacuation Modelling
- Quantitative / Qualitative Fire Risk Analysis
- Risk/Cost Benefit Modelling
- Structural Fire Engineering
- Peer review of CFD reports prepared by other firms.
Façade Engineering
Our expertise and qualifications allow us to provide façade fire engineering services for all types of new and existing buildings:
- Fire risk assessment of external walls
- External walls desktop studies, incorporating recommendations
- Design support throughout design and construction stages
- Site inspections
Fire risk assessment
During a thorough inspection of your building and its installations, our experts evaluate the potential fire hazards and identify the measures to mitigate the risk. This includes identifying the sources of ignition, the fuel sources, and the potential spread of the fire.
Our design fire consultants can support you with the following services:
- Full design fire safety strategies and ongoing design support for new and existing buildings
- Site visits and preparation of retrospective fire strategies for existing buildings
- Peer reviews of fire safety strategies prepared by others
- Timber structure fire engineering advice
- Fire Engineering advice on Materials and Testing
Our services
Identifying risks
Identifying fire hazards and addressing them with the expertise of our engineers and professional fire consultants.
Evaluating safety measures
Evaluating safety measures and control measures in place.
Determining likelihood
Determining likelihood and consequences of a fire.
Mitigating fire risk
Mitigating fire risk through recommendations for additional measures.
Fire and life safety audit
Fire and life safety audits are conducted to review the fire safety measures, fire protection equipment, and emergency procedures. It is done to ensure that the building can safely evacuate in the event of a fire and that all required safety measures are in place.
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Reviewing life safety systems
In-depth reviewing of the building's fire and life safety systems.
Evaluating fire alarm
Evaluating fire alarm, suppression systems and fire stopping.
Verifying compliance
Verifying compliance with national and local codes.
Recommending remedial actions
Recommending remedial actions to ensure optimal fire safety.
Fire damage building assessment and testing
In the event of a fire, our teams conduct an assessment of the building in order to determine the extent of fire damage and the level of structural damage a building. Testing of building materials and products may also be required to evaluate their fire resistance.
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Evaluating post-fire
Evaluating the condition of a building post-fire.
Structural damage
Determining extent of structural damage.
Smoke and water damage
Identifying smoke and water damage.
Smoke and soot odor damage
Evaluating smoke and soot odor damage.
Remedial actions
Recommending remedial actions.
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