Fire protection designed to pass certification and to be built.
Fire is the discipline most likely to stop a project at occupation certificate. It is also the discipline where a prescriptive reading of the NCC quietly costs a developer floor area, plant space and programme — often unnecessarily. We design to the Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions where they suit the building, and we identify early where a performance solution is worth pursuing, so the decision is made with a cost and programme comparison rather than by default.
Scope, by project stage.
Stated by stage so you can see exactly what is included at the point you are engaging us — and what is not.
Concept and feasibility
- Fire safety strategy and NCC compliance pathway
- Identification of prescriptive constraints worth testing by performance solution
- Fire water storage and pump room spatial allocation
- Preliminary Fire Safety Schedule input
Development Application
- Fire engineering brief input and coordination with the fire engineer
- Hydrant and sprinkler coverage strategy
- Fire brigade access and booster location
- Egress coordination with the architect and certifier
Construction Certificate
- Sprinkler, hydrant, hose reel and detection documentation
- Hydraulic calculations and pump selection
- Suppression system design where required
- Fire Safety Schedule measures and specification
Construction phase
- Contractor submission and shop drawing review
- Coordination with the fire safety certifier
- Site inspection and progressive review
- Commissioning witness and certification support
Three positions we hold on fire protection.
These are the decisions that determine whether the package works. They are made early, and they are the ones we will argue about.
Test the prescriptive constraint before accepting it
A Deemed-to-Satisfy solution is not automatically the cheapest solution. Where a prescriptive requirement is driving a tank room, a shaft, a pump size or a travel distance that materially costs the project, we say so at concept and quantify what a performance pathway would be worth before anyone commits.
The Fire Safety Schedule is a design deliverable, not a form
Measures that appear on the schedule have to be designed, installed, commissioned and certified. We settle the schedule early with the certifier so the annual fire safety statement is achievable rather than argued about at occupation certificate.
Coordinate wet fire with hydraulic and structure from the start
Fire water storage, pump rooms and booster assemblies are large, heavy and located by regulation rather than by preference. Resolving them against the hydraulic tank strategy and the structural design at concept is far cheaper than relocating them later.
Sectors and framework.
Compliance is the floor. Constructability, maintainability and long-term value carry equal weight.
Sectors
Design framework
- NCC Volume One Section E
- AS 2118.1 and related sprinkler standards
- AS 2419.1
- AS 1670.1
- AS 1851 for maintenance implications
- Fire and Rescue NSW requirements
Recent projects.
Residential, education, student accommodation, hospitality, alpine and industrial projects delivered across Australia.
All projects
Fire Protection.
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Fire protection design documents the systems — sprinklers, hydrants, detection, suppression. Fire engineering develops the performance solutions that justify departures from the Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions. Lumex delivers the fire protection design and coordinates directly with the fire engineer where a performance solution is used.
When a prescriptive requirement is costing the project more than the fire engineering fee and the assessment risk. Typical triggers are travel distances, tank sizing, shaft provision, atrium smoke management and carpark ventilation. We flag the candidates at concept so it is a decision rather than a discovery.
Yes. Passive fire protection is a separate Lumex service line with its own documentation and certification path, and the two are coordinated as one package.
Yes. Commissioning witness, certifier liaison and design certification are scoped as construction-phase deliverables.
Usually engaged alongside this.
Passive Fire Protection
Fire separation, penetration and structural protection detailing that survives construction and passes certification.
Hydraulic Engineering
Water, sanitary, stormwater and gas services coordinated to reduce clashes and simplify installation.
CFD Modelling
Computational fluid dynamics for smoke, ventilation, thermal comfort and carpark exhaust — evidence where assumption is not enough.
Have a project that needs fire protection?
Tell us the scope, the stage and the deadline. We will come back with a clear fee proposal.