Ensuring Safety and Accessibility in Commercial + Mixed-Use Spaces
Global commercial real estate continuously requires forward-thinking design approaches to improve asset marketability for tenants and investment returns. Our team has partnered with building owners, property managers and architects for nearly 80 years to help navigate fire and life safety code compliance and mitigate safety concerns from pre-construction to potential retrofit. We help you manage everything from Third Party Review to Commissioning to negotiation with the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).
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Innovative Solutions for Safe + Sustainable Commercial Developments
We provide you with the latest performance-based commercial design solutions and engineering best practices while helping to determine applicable codes and standards. We are at the forefront of international codes and standards, engineering best practices, performance-based consulting, and fire & life safety audit criteria. Our team also specializes in construction and system investigation during the lifecycle of a building and assists in designing a go-forward plan and helps manage the upgrade.
Commercial Building Code Compliance in the U.S. + Canada
Whether you’re planning a tenant fit-out, changing a building’s use or renovating an existing property, we help identify the requirements that apply. In the United States, our team supports compliance with adopted state and local building and fire codes and applicable National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
In Canada, we help navigate provincial and territorial requirements, including adopted versions of the National Building Code of Canada and National Fire Code of Canada, and applicable Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards. Our reviews address commercial building needs such as occupant capacity, exit arrangements, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, and barrier-free access.
Fire Protection + Building Safety for Commercial Properties
Today's commercial buildings face more complex safety and security challenges than ever before. We help developers, owners, property managers, architects, and code officials identify risks, meet building and fire code requirements, and deliver safe, resilient, and compliant facilities.
Commercial + Mixed-Use Facilities We Support
- Corporate Campuses
- Industrial Parks
- Mixed-Use Developments + Podium Structures
- Multi-Family Residential Buildings
- Office Buildings
- Parking Structures
- Retail Spaces
- Shopping Centers + Malls
- Warehouses
Commercial + Mixed Use Industry Services
Learn more about our service offerings for commercial and mixed-use facilities.
Accessibility + Universal Design
AHJ Representation + Plan Review
Code Consulting + Built Environment
Code Consulting + Performance Based Design
Emergency Management + Response
Emergency Mass Notification Systems
Fire + Life Safety Building Commissioning
Fire Engineering + Systems Design
Lithium-ion Battery Technology
Mass Timber Consulting
Mechanical, Electrical + Structural Engineering
Pedestrian + Evacuation Modeling
Pre-Construction Administration + Oversight
Security Risk + Public Safety
Smoke Control + Modeling
Threat + Violence Risk Management
Featured Work
Commercial + Mixed-Use
We partner with you to solve complex challenges throughout the project lifecycle
While many of our services and solutions are utilized across various markets and applications, dozens of others are highly specialized and unique to one industry or another. From aviation, power and healthcare to nuclear energy, insurance and manufacturing, our team of engineers and consultants includes the most experienced industry experts from around the world.
- Fire Engineering + Systems Design
- Code Consulting + Built Environment
- Emerging Hazards
- Energy + Utilities
- Emergency Management + Response
- Security Risk + Public Safety
Our Office Locations
With offices around the world and team members on the ground in key regions, our global reach and vital in-country expertise enable us to deliver solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients and the communities we serve.
