How to Prevent Restaurant Fires
As most restaurant fires involve cooking equipment, it’s important to understand the hazards associated with combustible cooking media…
Managing the Hazards of Cannabis Production
With the surge of interest in retail marijuana products, it’s important to understand the hazards associated with cannabis cultivation and extraction…
Free Codes for Design
Codes are used to regulate the design of buildings and systems. Design standards are updated every few years and it’s expensive to keep a physical copy of each…
Sprinkler System Design to Mitigate Loss
Most sprinkler systems are engineered to control fires from spreading to adjacent areas. These types of systems distribute water to reduce a fire’s heat release rate and pre-wet surrounding combustibles…
Fire Alarm Design to Avoid Costly Mistakes
As a third-party reviewer and an engineer of life safety systems, I’ve seen many fire alarm designs that fail to address a project’s needs…
Fire Protection Engineers for General Contractors
A General Contractor (GC) is tasked with juggling a large amount of equipment, labor, materials and services, while trying to keep an almost impossible schedule…