Life Safety + Performance Based Design
Our life safety, building and fire code experts collaborate with architects, developers, owners, construction firms, design-build teams and jurisdictions. Not only do we stay apprised of regulatory updates needed for your projects, but we also work on creative applications for modern materials and methods that have not yet been widely adopted in building and fire code regulations.
Achieving Effective Code Compliance + Address Design Needs
Interpreting and applying building and fire safety codes can be a daunting task. With our in-depth knowledge of the regulatory landscape, we help clients successfully navigate code requirements and identify building and fire safety strategies that best fit the needs of their project. Our active involvement in international building and fire safety organizations allows us to stay informed of current standards and code updates and ready to address any potential concerns throughout the planning and installation process.
Performance-Based Solutions
When unique design and site goals push the boundaries of the established code, we provide jurisdictional appeals, alternate means and methods, engineering judgments and specialty computer modeling services to prove fire and life safety goals are met. These solutions provide flexibility to our clients and open potential and possibilities for their designs.
Integrated Design Planning
When you need reliable multi-disciplinary experts to provide end-to-end support for your projects, our team is there from the competitive proposal stages to permitting. We have tenured relationships with design and construction firms across the industry, as well as large campus owners and representatives, where our partnerships help identify opportunities, find success in the pursuit and early design-build process, and push positive outcomes at the close.
Specialty Markets
Specialty markets such as healthcare, confidential business campuses, publicly funded facilities and historic sites add an additional layer of complexity to design and construction projects, whether they are from the ground up, shell and core, or tenant improvements. Our deep roster of certified professionals hosts experts in managing the various criteria of civic agencies or private owner preferences in every niche of the built environment.
Life Safety Code® Consulting
Healthcare facilities are continually challenged to demonstrate compliance with the Life Safety Code. Drawing on our extensive involvement in healthcare code development, we provide an onsite top-to-bottom review of your facility and work with you to develop life safety plans. We can guide you to compliance through cost-effective measures so that you can achieve your goal of protecting the lives of patients and staff.
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Project Profiles
Clackamas County Courthouse
Jensen Hughes experts provided fire/life safety code and smoke control consulting to the new sustainably built Clackamas County Courthouse that opens in 2025.
