Code Consulting + Built Environment
Our team of experts offers comprehensive services to a diverse range of clients in the built environment, such as architects, building owners, government agencies, and local authorities. Regardless of industry, we help these clients achieve scalability, adaptability, and resilience for their people and locations.
Achieve Scalability, Adaptability + Resilience
Our comprehensive services support the built environment, addressing a wide range of needs - from accessibility and universal design to mass timber consulting, life safety assessments, and wildfire risk mitigation. This work helps make our world safer, more secure, and more resilient. Accessibility, in particular, poses complex challenges due to the intricate web of overlapping laws, codes, standards, and initiatives governing this area. Meanwhile, mass timber continues to demonstrate its potential for resilient, aesthetically-pleasing design. Across all our work, our diverse team of specialists is committed to enhancing the resiliency of people, properties, assets, and operations against the growing array of wildland fire hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities.
Expert Guidance for Your Projects
Accessibility + Universal Design
Our team of experts can help navigate overlaps between the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Housing Act (FHA), International Building Code (IBC), and local or campus amendments to find the best solutions for your projects. We also support the removal of additional access barriers by advocating for universal design opportunities to improve the overall experiences of the community and individual end users.
Regulatory Consulting + Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) Support
AHJ Representation + Plan Review
Whether a project is a renovation, addition, tenant fit out, or new construction, all facility designs are subject to compliance approval by the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). Our engineers and consultants review your work during the building design phase to verify fire protection, life safety, and accessibility code compliance is achieved to maintain project schedules.
Achieving Effective Code Compliance + Address Design Needs
Code Consulting + Performance Based Design
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.
Life Safety for New Construction
Pre-Construction Administration + Oversight
We work seamlessly alongside the construction management team to make sure the fire, life safety, mechanical, electrical, structural (MES) and security systems installations are fully coordinated across all other disciplines. For Healthcare facilities, we conduct drawing reviews to protect our clients directly, Jensen Hughes operates as the representative with and/or for the hospital, ASC and Long Term Care Facility.
Making Our World
Safe, Secure + Resilient
OUR EXPERTS
Our Industries
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.
Commercial + Mixed Use
Jensen Hughes partners with architects, developers, builders, and property managers to meet the evolving demands of commercial and mixed-use buildings.
Government + Defence
Government agencies and military branches face unique safety, security, and risk challenges. Our team can help you navigate these complex issues - from fire protection to environmental consulting to security solutions.
Hospitality + Entertainment
Whether you're constructing a new hotel tower or planning events, we collaborate with you to address design, construction, operational, and accessibility challenges.
Nuclear Power
For more than 40 years, we have pioneered the risk-informed engineering processes used by the nuclear industry. We provide all aspects of risk technology, from accident scenarios and generation risk to radiological release.
Petrochemical, Oil + Gas
Our experts help you reduce risk, navigate complex operations, large-scale projects and regulations. Through our global work with Upstream, Midstream and Downstream clients, we help you solve your toughest challenges.
Power
From power generation, to transmission and distribution, to energy storage, our experts are at the forefront of hazard mitigation as new technology is introduced and adopted.
Science + Technology
We offer emergency response plans for the chemical industry with an unmatched combination of experience in process safety, chemical hazard analysis and performance-based design to help you meet requirements and prevent unforeseen costs
Transit + Tunnels
Leveraging our extensive expertise in tunnel fire engineering, compliance and accessibility challenges of rail stations, ground transportation systems, and integrated tunnels, we deliver comprehensive transportation solutions.
Aviation
We develop life safety, fire protection and aviation emergency management solutions within the regulatory requirements, design highly effective emergency communications systems and provide services for effective air side operations safety