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Specialist 3D fire safety floor plans and creation

Creating a detailed, accurate floor plan of your building is essential in the event of a fire, helping firefighters to quickly navigate the space and saving crucial time in tackling the emergency. 

Using the latest 3D lidar camera technology, our industry-leading team at Fire Consultancy Specialists efficiently captures accurate measurements to create highly-detailed floor plans for several applications. 

This information can also feed into important documentation as part of the ‘golden thread’ – the digital record of information required to evidence compliance for higher-risk buildings under the 2022 Building Safety Act. 

Our accurate floor plans are essential for the following: 

  • Compartmentation surveys – these assess the effectiveness of a building’s compartments in preventing the spread of fire 
  • Fire damper surveys – these vital safety devices, installed in ductwork, create a barrier to contain a fire   
  • Fire door surveys – the first line of defence in a fire, fire doors protect escape routes and give valuable time to evacuate; like fire dampers, they must be regularly tested 
  • Asset records – these help building managers keep track of fire safety equipment and its regular maintenance  
  • Building safety cases – these reports demonstrate how a building’s safety risks are being managed 

Our qualified professionals have years of experience in ensuring fire safety compliance – find out today how we can help you. 

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Our 3D fire safety floor plan services 

Our specialists regularly encounter buildings with sub-standard floor plans – or none at all. These plans are essential in highlighting a building’s fire safety infrastructure, such as fire exits and stairwells, and the location of firefighting equipment. 

Having an up-to-date floor plan is also a legal requirement for owners and managers of high-rise residential buildings under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. 

Our floor plan creation service – using the latest in 3D lidar camera scanning technology – gives building managers peace of mind that their property complies with the highest fire safety precautions. And all our inspection, surveying and maintenance work complies with the accredited certification body BM TRADA. 

Our independent fire safety inspection team will: 

  • Create a digital technical drawing or measured survey that pinpoints each fire door and wall – with our inspection certificate attached that includes the fire rating (if it can withstand fire for 30 or 60 minutes) 
  • Inspect the compartmentation areas that are needed for safe evacuation, such as hotel or hospital corridors 
  • Check for potential penetration of a compartmentation that compromises its effectiveness, such as internet cables, electrical sockets and ducting installations that have been incorrectly sealed and are therefore non-compliant 
  • Attach photographs to each pin on the technical drawing with the date and detail of the inspection 
  • Using our specialist 3D camera to scan each room, examining the fire safety features inside and creating a schematic floor plan 

Large-scale new build developments tend to have detailed door floor plans and drawings that help smooth the inspection process – but our team is also adept at creating new measured surveys for older buildings that have never had a technical drawing. 

What are the benefits of creating a floor plan from a 3D camera?  

Using 3D lidar cameras to create floor plans as part of a building’s commitment to the highest levels of fire safety provides a highly effective and efficient solution. The camera is used for light detection and ranging, a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges or variable distances to Earth. The equipment provides:    

Accuracy   

Creating accurate and detailed measurements and drawings of floor plans to the level needed can be difficult to achieve by traditional methods, unlike 3D cameras that capture highly accurate measurements of a space. 

Speed  

3D cameras can capture detailed data quickly, in around 30 seconds per room – a fraction of the time to create floor plans than traditional means. They are an excellent solution for time-sensitive projects where speed is of the essence. Mapping a low-rise building such as a block of flats can be done quickly before our fire inspection. 

Efficiency  

With their ability to capture a large amount of accurate data quickly, using 3D cameras to generate floor plans means less disruption for our clients. This is especially useful in commercial, educational, health or residential spaces, where delays can be costly. 

What equipment and software will you use for our fire safety floor plan?  

We use a range of innovative technology and software to ensure our fire safety inspections and maintenance solutions are complemented by the most detailed, accurate and efficient methods available. They include: 

Matterport 3D camera  

We use the top-of-the-range Matterport 3D camera system and software. The Pro3 model has a 12-element lens that covers an ultra-wide angle that takes millions of measurements to produce accurate ‘digital twins’. 

Described as the lidar camera of choice for professionals in commercial and residential real estate, construction, insurance and manufacturing, the model gives an immersive, 3D viewpoint. 

After using the camera to scan each room, we upload a schematic floor plan that illustrates where each fire door and wall is located and their dimensions. Our fire engineer will then attend to mark up their recommendations on which elements should have a 30 or 60-minute fire rating. The client can easily view all this uploaded information. 

PlanRadar 

We record all our inspections and surveys on PlanRadar – the construction and real estate management software – including the information scanned by the Matterport 3D camera. 

The system creates streamlined digital checklists for efficient and thorough data collection. The site drawings it creates pinpoint the exact locations of fire compartmentations, doors and walls in a building. Our team uploads additional information and photographs and can generate a report after assessing their condition, clearly viewable by the client.  

What can you expect from working with Fire Consultancy Specialists?  

We are passionate about providing gold-plated solutions to our clients, recognising the vital importance of keeping people and buildings safe from fire, whether residential or the workplace. 

Our data-driven approach can vastly improve efficiencies and provide the accurate, detailed information and analysis necessary to keep a building’s fire infrastructure safe and performing to the highest regulatory standards. 

Our friendly and professional approach starts with an initial consultation to discuss in detail your fire safety needs and requirements, and whether there are compartmentation drawings available for the building. 

We then use our 3D cameras to capture detailed data of the space, which we use to generate highly accurate floor plans. Once generated, we collaborate to make any necessary adjustments to ensure the floor plan meets all the requirements.   

Our digital service pinpointing fire safety features is further backed up by our team’s on-the-ground inspection expertise – we have an holistic and all-encompassing approach that is fully transparent. 

The other benefits of our floor plan surveys include: 

  • Dilapidation (condition) surveys using 3D images to inform the project at the start and on completion 
  • Production of an asset register, including a condition survey 
  • The production of fire strategy drawings for existing buildings, with supporting documentation if required by our fire engineers 
  • Creating updated drawings on buildings that have been upgraded, ensuring the production of a retrospective fire strategy 
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We strive to be in constant communication with our clients. To discuss further, just drop us a line. We look forward to working with your business.

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