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Our Services
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Annual Fire Safety Statement Assessments
Reforms in the fire safety industry require that all measures listed within an Fire Safety Schedule must be assessed by an Accredited Practitioner (Fire Safety). These reforms aim to improve the rigour and checking in the design, approval, construction and maintenance phases of the building.
Our team works with all stakeholders to ensure ongoing safety, reliability and maintenance for your building’s essential services and fire safety obligations are being met.
Fire Safety Certificates – which is a document issued upon the completion of new building works. It confirms that each of the fire safety measures applicable have been installed and checked by a properly qualified person.
Annual Fire Safety Statements – a document issued for an existing building. It confirms an Accredited Practitioner (Fire Safety) has assessed, inspected and verified the performance of each fire safety measure that applies to the building.
Our team works with all stakeholders to ensure ongoing safety, reliability and maintenance for your building’s essential services and fire safety obligations are being met.
Fire Safety Certificates – which is a document issued upon the completion of new building works. It confirms that each of the fire safety measures applicable have been installed and checked by a properly qualified person.
Annual Fire Safety Statements – a document issued for an existing building. It confirms an Accredited Practitioner (Fire Safety) has assessed, inspected and verified the performance of each fire safety measure that applies to the building.
Asset Planning and Project Consulting
Managing building assets takes more than responding to the next defect. Varnsen Consulting works with clients from the earliest planning stages to understand their buildings, identify priorities and develop practical plans for maintenance, upgrades and future investment. We support complex projects where fire safety, building compliance, operations and other disciplines overlap, across both existing buildings and new builds. Our advice is shaped around each client’s assets, risks and goals, so the plan fits the building and the people who use it.
Passive Fire Design & Inspections
We provide specialist expertise in fire safety audits and inspections – including fire seals, Lightweight Construction and Fire penetration inspections.
Passive Fire plays an integral role for a buildings fire safety and allows time for occupants evacuate safety during a fire incident. Maintaining these various elements is critical to ensuring all fire compartments and Fire Resistance Levels (FRL) are maintained throughout the life of a building.
Our fully qualified and experienced team can perform the Fire Seals & Lightweight Construction design and inspections – as well as handle any associated reports, maintenance and certification needed. We also offer advice and consulting around industry leading fire stopping systems and solutions for ensuring the integrity of fire separation areas.
We provide a premium service, implementing the essential processes you need to ensure safety is always the highest priority.
Passive Fire plays an integral role for a buildings fire safety and allows time for occupants evacuate safety during a fire incident. Maintaining these various elements is critical to ensuring all fire compartments and Fire Resistance Levels (FRL) are maintained throughout the life of a building.
Our fully qualified and experienced team can perform the Fire Seals & Lightweight Construction design and inspections – as well as handle any associated reports, maintenance and certification needed. We also offer advice and consulting around industry leading fire stopping systems and solutions for ensuring the integrity of fire separation areas.
We provide a premium service, implementing the essential processes you need to ensure safety is always the highest priority.
Project Management
Construction projects require a huge amount of planning, while coordinating many stakeholders – all while ensuring the project is on time and within the budget.
We offer a project management service, so you can ensure a trusted expert has everything under control – and there’s no need for you to waste valuable time liaising with several different companies.
Our service ensures the utmost efficiency – and clear communication between all parties involved. This improves collaboration and allows for the clear definition of everyone’s role, eliminating confusion around responsibilities.
Due to our experience in all stages of the fire system journey – including design, installation, and maintenance servicing – we have the capability to ensure your project stays on track and unnecessary complications are avoided.
We offer a project management service, so you can ensure a trusted expert has everything under control – and there’s no need for you to waste valuable time liaising with several different companies.
Our service ensures the utmost efficiency – and clear communication between all parties involved. This improves collaboration and allows for the clear definition of everyone’s role, eliminating confusion around responsibilities.
Due to our experience in all stages of the fire system journey – including design, installation, and maintenance servicing – we have the capability to ensure your project stays on track and unnecessary complications are avoided.
Commissioning and Witness Testing
Commissioning and testing your fire safety system is an integral stage for installation, to ensure all elements of the system perform in accordance with regulations and compliance requirements.
This is a systematic process that is required for you to obtain certification of your system. By undertaking this process, we ascertain that specific and interconnected fire and life safety systems function according to the intended design, satisfy the owner’s operational needs, including compliance requirements, regulations, and codes.
AFI provides a rigorous Commissioning service for both active and passive systems. We handle integrated testing, full function testing and witness testing.
We then hand over a detailed report with results and all other documentation needed to certify your project.
This is a systematic process that is required for you to obtain certification of your system. By undertaking this process, we ascertain that specific and interconnected fire and life safety systems function according to the intended design, satisfy the owner’s operational needs, including compliance requirements, regulations, and codes.
AFI provides a rigorous Commissioning service for both active and passive systems. We handle integrated testing, full function testing and witness testing.
We then hand over a detailed report with results and all other documentation needed to certify your project.
Fire Protection Design
We assist with the preparation and design of both wet and dry fire systems – ensuring they meet the required standards.
We can define the scope of your project and all the system requirements, as well as handle all planning elements and design.
We prepare detailed documentation including specifications for your system and all equipment, materials and installation requirements. We can also undertake necessary testing and commissioning.
We have experience working with residential and commercial systems, including fire sprinklers, smoke detection systems, fire hose reels, portable fire extinguishers, emergency warning and communication systems and fire hydrant systems.
We can define the scope of your project and all the system requirements, as well as handle all planning elements and design.
We prepare detailed documentation including specifications for your system and all equipment, materials and installation requirements. We can also undertake necessary testing and commissioning.
We have experience working with residential and commercial systems, including fire sprinklers, smoke detection systems, fire hose reels, portable fire extinguishers, emergency warning and communication systems and fire hydrant systems.
Fire Safety Consulting
Our Fire Safety Consultant services will help you ensure all bases are covered. Our Accredited Practitioners (Fire Safety) are across all things fire safety to keep you meeting the legislative requirements.
We consult on both new projects and existing buildings, to ensure all structural elements and fire systems are compliant. We can provide expert advice around where upgrades are needed – and outline a strategy that anticipates future adjustments.
Our impeccable safety record speaks for itself. We have extensive experience working with building owners, facility managers, builders, contractors and other professionals to provide a well rounded service.
We can consult from the early stages of your project, right through to completion – including initial inspection and advice, through to documentation, certifications and project management.
We consult on both new projects and existing buildings, to ensure all structural elements and fire systems are compliant. We can provide expert advice around where upgrades are needed – and outline a strategy that anticipates future adjustments.
Our impeccable safety record speaks for itself. We have extensive experience working with building owners, facility managers, builders, contractors and other professionals to provide a well rounded service.
We can consult from the early stages of your project, right through to completion – including initial inspection and advice, through to documentation, certifications and project management.
Emergency Planning and Evacuation Diagrams
Varnsen Consulting partners with clients and the people who use their buildings to develop practical emergency plans and clear evacuation diagrams. We take the time to understand how each site operates, who uses it and how people would respond in an emergency. We can also help manage and update plans and diagrams as buildings, occupants and procedures change, so the information remains clear and useful.
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