FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

OVERVIEW

The Nelson Fire Protection Engineering team consults, analyzes, models, and designs fire protection systems for specialized commercial, defense, and aerospace applications under the direction of professionally registered Fire Protection Engineers (FPE).

We ensure life safety, alarm systems, and fire suppression/ extinguishing systems are cost-effective, reliable, and maintainable. Our risk management, hazard analysis, design, and commissioning services are compliant with governing codes/standards. We meet project, budget, and safety objectives that satisfy municipal, DoD, and NASA jurisdictions.

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Solutions Delivered

Life Safety Review
Risk Assessment
Hazard Analysis/Fire Mitigation
Gas and O2 Alarm/Monitoring
Fire Suppression and Extinguishing

FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING SERVICES

Fire protection design and consulting services include a thorough review and understanding of the processes, occupancy, hazards, and risks associated with the project. Fire hazard analysis and client requirements become the basis of design. We work collaboratively and iteratively with clients, other design disciplines, and the authority having jurisdiction through all design milestones. We recommend performance-based or equivalency-designs in highly specialized facilities and scenarios.

System Design and Analysis:

Life Safety Code and Egress
Fire Alarm and Mass Notification
Gas Leak Detection and Alarm
Oxygen Deficiency Monitoring
Fire sprinklers
Fixed water spray for egress and/or hazard protection
Fire pumps and reservoirs
Chemical and clean-agent extinguishing systems
Pressurization and smoke removal systems

Capabilities:

Passive and active fire protection system design and commissioning
Prescriptive, performance-based, and equivalency solutions
Studies, surveys, and assessments
Fire, smoke, and egress modeling
Dynamic fire simulation
Hazard identification and classification
Fire risk analysis and mitigation
Engineered and administrative hazard controls
Emergency action planning

Our fire protection team has the skillsets for unique fire safety challenges. We tackle the simple and the complex, from an office building to launch facilities and liquid propellant storage. Our robust fire protection group includes an FPE, NFPA trained electrical and mechanical PEs, a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Fire Protection Specialists (CFPS), NICET IV certified fire alarm designer, and a cadre of BIM designers – using AutoCAD, Revit, and Creo.

Tim Gutman, PMP, CSP, CFPS, CPE, LEED-AP
Director of Sustaining Engineering Services

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Projects

Assessment and Design– Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) High Bay 2 and Mobile Launcher

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) High Bay 2 and Mobile Launcher Assessment and Design

Perform NFPA 1 assessment of existing VAB High Bay 2 egress, fire pumps, and life safety systems for a commercial customer. Design of fire alarm, fire suppression, leak detection, and oxygen monitoring systems for a commercial, 365 feet tall, mobile launch tower requiring the connection of alarms and water supply in the VAB and at the launch pad.

NASA KSC Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) System at Launch Complex 39B Upgrade

New design provides fire alarm, flame detection, aspirating smoke detection, hydrogen gas leak sensor equipment, oxygen deficiency monitoring, and an 8,500 gallon per minute fixed-spray deluge fire suppression system protecting a new 1.4 million gallon LH2 sphere and new support buildings on Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

Commercial Launch Complex Design and Construction Support

Designed and supported a fire suppression system at KSC Launch Complex 39B:

fire alarm
flame detection
aspirating smoke detection
hydrogen gas leak sensor equipment
oxygen deficiency monitoring
8,500 gallon per minute fixed-spray deluge fire suppression system.