Fire Safety Engineering

BB7’s knowledge of fire science and engineering has gained them an enviable reputation as world leaders in the field of Fire Engineering. The name BB7 is recognised by the profession for not only best practice and depth of expertise, but also for contributing to the development and research of fire engineering as a science. Fire legislation has often been developed as a response to fire disasters, and the supporting codes and guidance have evolved over many years, based on historical experience of how buildings react to fire and consensus based decisions of committees. However, this traditional approach is limited to the more common building designs and does not offer efficient solutions for complex or innovative building designs.

A fire engineering approach that takes a holistic overview of fire safety can provide an alternative approach to strict code compliance. In some large and complex buildings, a fire engineered approach may be the only way to provide a satisfactory standard of fire safety.

The last few decades have seen considerable advances in the understanding of fire and smoke movement and the effects of fire on buildings. This research, combined with the technological advances in ‘active systems’ and the construction of highly complex buildings required a new approach to fire safety, resulting in the fire engineering approach. A successful fire engineering approach requires the application of scientific principles to engineering problems.

Utilising their practical experience and knowledge our engineers make the maximum use of the latest fire engineering tools and techniques available to obtain the desired outcome.

BB7’s comprehensive range of Fire Engineering services includes:

• Strategic Fire Engineering
• Structural Fire Engineering
• Fire Modelling using Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Evacuation Modelling and Crowd Engineering
• Fire System Design

Our project experience covers:

• Large shopping malls & retail premises
• Residential developments inclusive of other users
• Schools & Acadamies
• Offices
• Leisure centres
• Rapid transit systems
• Hospitals
• Airports