Performance Solutions for Fire Safety

When it comes to fire safety, performance solutions may need to be considered in cases where a ready-made building solution is not cost-effective or appropriate. Performance-based solution options are commonly used in fire safety engineering; allowing for flexibility and innovation in design.

At Remedial, we pride ourselves on thinking outside of the square to help you develop practical and cost-effective solutions to complex problems. We have a strong network of fire safety engineers and fire rating certifiers that we can draw on to help you in the fire engineering process of design and implementation.

NCC Requirements

Fire safety systems are life safety systems and as such, we recongise the importance of ensuring these elements are designed, selected and installed correctly so they can pass external accreditation. It is extremely important for the design parties to understand the characteristics of all fire protection products to ensure the selected system provides the fire performance required – without compromise.

The National Construction Code (NCC), or more specifically the Building Code of Australia (BCA) demonstrates several requirements that building components need to satisfy to ensure the building is safely designed and constructed. These building requirements are known as Performance Requirements, and they must be satisfied in order to meet the compliance requirements of the NCC which will allow you to achieve compliance certificates upon completion. According to the BCA, the Performance Requirements could be satisfied by a Deemed-to-Satisfy (DtS) Solution, a Performance Solution, or a combination of both.

• Deem-to-Satisfy (DtS) Solution
  In most cases, the DtS Solution is the simplest approach as it involves less parties. It is like a recipe for the building designer, where they will need to follow the requirements stated in the BCA in order to meet the compliance.
• Performance Solution
  Performance Solution, also known as Engineered Solution, is an alternative method to meet the Performance Requirements. It allows professional parties such as certified structural or fire engineers to analyse the overall building design and provide a statement on how the selected systems could satisfy the Performance Requirements stated in BCA, which provides greater flexibility on the building design.

Companies involved in any project should understand the structure of the project and where they fit within this structure so that they do not need to carry any responsibility that is not applicable to them.

 

Contact us to find out more about the potential to adopt a performance solution to a fire safety upgrade issue.