Building Condition Assessments           Life Safety Studies

A building condition assessment is designed for building owners who are proactive with Fire Code compliance and maintenance. Our report will establish a flexible date for deficiencies to be completed and may be used to demonstrate a proactive approach to fire safety with the fire Inspector.  

A Life Safety Study is, essentially, a building condition assessment.  However, it is requested by the fire department and requires an Engineer's stamp with firm dates of compliance completion.  Therefore, more expensive.

We will perform the following:

• Physical site review of the properties;
• A detailed assessment of the life safety performance requirements, clearly identifying items not meeting the requirements of the Ontario Fire Code, as amended;
• A detailed description of how an acceptable level of life safety can be achieved. 

Our report shall include, but is not limited to:

Containment, including

• fire separations,
• firewalls,
• construction assemblies,
• occupancy separations, and
• interior finishes,

Detection, including

• alarm and detection systems, and
• voice communication systems,

Suppression, including

• fire department access,
• standpipe and hose systems,
• sprinkler or special fire suppression systems, and
• firefighters’ elevators, and

Egress, including

• the number, type, access to, direction to, lighting for and identification of exits,
• fire escapes,
• occupant load, and
• emergency lighting.