Fire Design Strategy

Specialist fire safety consultancy support to develop and or review Fire Design Strategy (FDS). This is a requirement during the planning phase of new properties, extensions, or significant refurbishments. FDS can also be undertaken retrospectively on existing builds to better understand the fire design, this can include holistic FDS for properties that have been extended over time, particularly where the property is of mixed ages or designs.

A strategy reflecting building code compliance, or/and a fire engineering solution is essential for management to understand how the building is required to perform in a fire, and/or to obtain building control and fire authority approval.

Professional fire safety specialists will develop and/or review the Fire Strategies, considerations will be:

• the proposed design, at the design phase of construction
• an engineered solution, in consideration of building regulations, approval and authority
• planning phases of projects, refurbishment, or extensions
• holistic strategies on existing properties, to establish design, performance, and management criteria.
• a formal strategy review to report on performance and management.

Essential requirement for property management, the FDS can validate your management approach, reflect management compliance, whilst considering and identifying any areas requiring improvement. Retrospective and holistic FDS should be reviewed periodically to incorporate any new information regarding the design criteria or strategy.