Creating Safe, Inclusive + Compliant Education Spaces
Today’s educational environments, including K-12 and higher education campuses, must adapt to cutting-edge technology, safety requirements and security standards utilizing available resources. Architects supporting local governments, colleges and universities must align design with necessary education safety elements to protect against risk, fires, active shooters and other hazards.
From constructing a new school or designing a dormitory to planning for unique on-site events, we help you navigate code and standard compliance in all phases of design, construction and occupancy. Our team can also design fire protection, fire alarm; provide inspection and testing; facilitate live and web-based safety training; prepare emergency master plans and conduct fire and other emergency drills. We also offer property conditions assessments for building systems, progressive failure analysis and remediation plans for aging construction.
Our team of experts are ready to help you
Meet the Experts
Campus Safety Planning + Emergency Preparedness
Our approach to protecting people and property starts with the concept planning for your site and continues all the way through design, construction and occupancy. Once classes are in session, our team partners with you to provide live or web-based safety training, emergency master planning and the required ongoing updates as your needs change. We also offer property conditions assessments for building systems, progressive failure analysis and remediation plans
for aging construction.
Fire + Building Code Consulting for Schools + Universities
From classrooms and laboratories to student residences and assembly spaces, we help schools, colleges and universities address fire and life safety requirements for new construction, renovations and changes of use. Our team supports compliance with applicable U.S. building and fire codes and NFPA standards, alongside Canadian provincial and territorial requirements based on the National Building Code of Canada and National Fire Code of Canada.
We help resolve campus-specific challenges involving occupant capacity, evacuation routes, fire separations and fire protection systems. Where prescriptive requirements limit design options, we develop performance-based approaches, including Alternative Solutions in Canada, that support safety objectives and educational needs.
Education Facilities We Support
- Athletic and Recreational
- Classrooms and Lecture Halls
- Conference Centers
- Dormitories
- Dining Halls
- Laboratories and Chemical Storage
- Libraries
- Parking Structures
- Performing Arts, Stadiums and Arenas
- Student Unions
- Utility Plants
Education Industry Services
Learn more about our service offerings for educational facilities.
AHJ Representation + Plan Review
Code Consulting + Performance Based Design
Emergency Mass Notification Systems
Emergency Preparedness
Emerging Hazards
Fire + Life Safety Building Commissioning
Fire + Life Safety Systems Design
Fire Engineering + Systems Design
Hazardous Materials
Mass Timber Consulting
Mechanical, Electrical + Structural Engineering
Pedestrian + Evacuation Modeling
Security Risk + Public Safety
Smoke Control + Modeling
Threat + Violence Risk Management
Featured Work
Education
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.
