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Fire Engineering
Overview
Buro Happold
Buro Happold Fire Engineering is a significant part
of Buro Happold Specialist Disciplines, a world class,
multidisciplinary consultancy operating out of an
international network of offices. Fire Engineering in Buro
Happold began in 1980. Since then we have grown with
offices in London, Bath, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow,
Edinburgh, New York and Dubai.
Our approach to fire safety design is to assess each
building individually and tailor the fire safety measures
to suit the specific hazards in the building. We work
closely with the architects and design team to fully
understand the design aspirations for the building,
and seek to facilitate these through imaginative and
innovative fire engineering techniques.
We provide design solutions which are easily
constructed, responsive to the environment and
efficient in their use of materials, energy and space.
Our fire engineering skills have been developed to
design safe buildings but also to deliver viable creative
solutions to the modern built environment. Business
continuity, protection of property and contents and
the reputation of our clients are strong features of the
service that we offer.
Fire safety engineering has the benefit of allowing
increased flexibility from the strict confines of
prescription regulations. As fire safety engineers, we
insist that there is more than one way to obtain a safe
solution. Our experience throughout the world supports
this and enables us to advise on the best approach to
negotiate with a particular authority having jurisdiction.
The approval process varies between countries and so
our experience in working in a wide variety of locations
from the UK and US to Europe and the Middle East
brings an appropriate approach to the handling of the
regulatory process in any country.
Performance based fire engineering is a complex
discipline but our holistic and innovative approach
has been developed not only to deliver constructible
solutions, but strategies that are practical and realistic
to manage once a building is occupied. We also provide
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a comprehensive fire safety management and risk
assessment consultancy service.
Our fire engineering services can be provided as part
of a specialist consulting package or independently
direct to the client to meet the specific needs of the
project and at any stage where a valuable contribution is
needed. Our philosophy is to become an integrated part
of the design team collaborating, listening and advising
on the approach and its benefits.
O2 Arena, London, UK
Architect: Populous
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5 Broadgate, London, UK
Architect: Make
Battersea Power Station, London, UK
Architect: drmm + Ian Simpson architects