Passive Fire Design & Specification

Justin McEntyre • August 28, 2019

Design & Specifications for Passive Fire Protection

Passive Fire Protection

Contego have been completing a significant number of Design & Specifications for Passive Fire Protection for clients.

We are finding that smart clients & lead design consultants are realising that Early involvement with a Passive Fire Specialist pays huge dividends later in the project & completely de-risks the Quality & Budget with regard to Passive Fire Protection.

A selection of Clients & consultants that we have worked with recently include: Southern District Health Board (SDHB), Housing NZ, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin City Council (DCC), Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), Waitaki District Council (WDC), ANZ, Beca, Warren & Mahoney, Logic, RCP, Feldspar, St John, AW Architects, Cook Brothers, Leighs Construction, Naylor Love Construction, Breen Construction, Fire Design Solutions.

The feedback on services is that Contego have raised the Benchmark in this design & specification field. Service provided is above & beyond project requirements. On a recent Government department project Contego provided full detailed Passive Fire design services from concept on a high risk project – after open tender market the Passive Fire protection trade was below Contego preliminary stage budget by 2%.

A bi-product of engaging Contego with Passive Fire Design from the early phase is that we provide a microscopical level of design co-ordination with regard to services & Structural protection. This level of detail & design co-ordination would not normally be considered until well through a build which is when delays & cost are beyond control.

Services provided in Design & Specification include:

  • Auditing
  • Design
  • Specification
  • Construction quality drawing mark ups
  • Detailed drawings
  • Co-ordination
  • BIM
  • Tested solution research & presentation
  • Tender documents & specification
  • Consent documents & specification
  • Construction Monitoring
  • Budget

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