As fire and building codes continue to change, our close involvement in code development becomes of ever-more benefit to you. This involvement enables us to develop innovative engineering strategies and solutions to many code compliance problems that may occur during your project’s design and construction phases.
Our in-house CAD resources use MicroStation, SpecsIntact, AutoCAD and Revit MEP operating on multiple workstations.
Systems Design
Koffel Compliance registered fire protection engineers are hands on with your fire protection systems design needs. We assess. We conceptualize. We render. In short, we design—well.
We don’t just design sprinkler and fire alarm systems. We design fire protection systems with a total building approach—familiarizing ourselves with the whole building, inside and out, to deliver a more cost-effective systems design based on our complete understanding of the building’s overall fire and life safety features and needs.
We are well versed in National CAD Standards (NCS)—and other CAD standards—to produce consistent, high-quality drawings. We produce seamless specifications using SpecsIntact software, MasterSpec format, or our own special in-house specifications that we tailor to meet your project’s needs. Rounding out our project teams are full-time technical support staff, who are formally trained in AutoCAD, MicroStation and Revit design programs, including the Building Information Model (BIM) process.
Our systems design services include:
- Fire alarm
- Building fire alarm systems, networked systems, campus-wide systems
- Voice evacuation and mass notification
- Fire suppression
- Sprinkler
- Standpipe
- Water mist
- Foam
- Gaseous suppression
- Clean agent suppression
- High speed detection and suppression
- Special hazards protection
- Fire pump
- Smoke control
- Security systems integration
- Elevator systems integration
- HVAC systems integration
- Failure analysis
- System troubleshooting and remediation
- Shop drawing review and approval
- Specification development including SpecsIntact® software and AIA MasterSpec®
- Hydraulic analysis including the use hydraulic software
- Cost estimating
Construction Services
Koffel Compliance provides construction administration support for large and small projects and for large design/build projects. Our fire protection and life safety construction administration support services include:
- Shop drawing review
- Periodic site surveys and construction progress reports
- RFI resolution and tracking
- Punch list development and follow up
- Construction quality control