Risen Fire can assist in the assessment and selection of building designs.

Building code and fire code provisions, as well as additional requirements of authorities having jurisdiction, all have an impact on design. Staff can explain these requirements and indicate the many options pertinent to each design.

Both new and existing buildings can provide a unique challenge to any designer in meeting code requirements. Where these requirements would normally impose impractical requirements on a design or could not feasibly be incorporated into a design, alternative solutions can be developed. An alternative solution is an approach to meeting code requirements which provides a level of life safety that meets the intent of the code and is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.

Typical projects include:

• Working with owners and architects during concept design stages providing advice on all avenues available for complying with code requirements.

• Evaluating existing buildings and developing options for fire safety.

• Preparing “code summaries” where applicable requirements from codes are documented in a report, which is used by the project designers and authorities throughout the project.

• Negotiating approvals for building features that do not satisfy the prescriptive code requirements but satisfy the intent of the code requirements. This allows for flexible, practical and innovative building features.

• Providing fire safety advice for owners, designers, and contractors.