Building and Fire Code Review and Analysis
Protection Development, Incorporated’s experience working on a wide range of occupancies allows us to bring our cumulative knowledge to each job. Our diverse building and fire code consulting projects have included shopping malls, office buildings, apartment complexes, schools, hospitals, aircraft carriers, military bases, and nuclear waste storage facilities. During our over 35 years of operation in the City of San Antonio and surrounding metropolitan areas, PDI has developed an unprecedented understanding of the codes and how they affect the development process. We have a vast code library and we work with design teams and municipal authorities on all aspects of life safety and building/fire code compliance.
These services can include:
- Preparation of Life Safety Plans
- Narrative Code Review
- Code Modification Requests / Alternative Materials & Methods (Variances)
- Hourly Consulting on Specific Issues such as egress, fire rated construction, etc.
Our primary Building and Fire Code Consulting practice includes:
Occupant Load/Egress: Evaluation of occupant loads, egress widths, travel distances, and common path of travel.
Fire-Resistance Rated Construction: Determination of incidental use requirements, horizontal exits, exit passageways, fire walls, fire barrier, allowable area/construction type requirements.
Occupancy Driven Special Requirements: Special exiting requirements, atrium smoke-control, special detection and fire alarm requirements for high-rise buildings, mixed occupancy.
Site Fire Protection Features: Fire Department access roads layout, hydraulic (fire flow) requirements, building separation distances (protected vs. unprotected openings), and allowable area/construction type requirements.
Third Party Plan Reviews: Review of construction documents and fire protection system shop drawings for compliance with nationally recognized codes and standards for municipal authorities as part of the permitting and construction process.