Client Consultation/Design
Project Management
Cost Management
Civil & Structural Engineering
Building Services Engineering
Fire Engineering
Statutory Compliance
PSDP
Service
Value
c.€11.8m
Design
28 weeks
Procurement
10 weeks
Stage
Tender Stage
Footprint
14,043m2 (151,158 ft2)
Project Deliverables
Engineering workshop to finalise Scope
Detailed Survey and Revit Model
Scheme/Design Report and Presentation
Fire Engineering
Compliance Reporting
Hazard Analysis
Risk & Opportunity Assessment
Change Management
Cost Management
Value Engineering Workshop
Budget Cost Analysis at each Design Phase
PSDP and Preliminary SHW Plan
Procurement/ Contract Strategy
Tender Documentation
Tender Clarification
Tender Analysis & Final Report
Corporate Reviews and Reporting
The project involves the retrofitting of buildings with an NFPA compliant fire suppression system, and associated utility buildings/specialist fire suppression equipment. Compliance included applicable national codes and our clients’ Global Engineering standards. Typically fire suppression primary services infrastructure is the first system installed in a conventional construction project and as such one can appreciate that constructability and work sequencing represented the foremost design and build challenge presented by a retrofit project.
Overview
A Fire Safety Risk Assessment (FSRA) was undertaken to assess existing operations in the context of fire risk and establish what, if any, specific requirements may be applicable to the facility.
The primary design parameters for the project were NFPA 13 which provided the minimum requirements for the design and installation of an automatic fire suppression system and exposure protection sprinkler systems.
The project comprised the installation of a new water main, pump house and controls systems, water storage tank and the fit out of the internal sprinkler systems.
The project was planned on the basis of five distinct areas and phases of work to minimize impact and down time on existing production activities. An overview was conducted in liaison with our client to assess the impact on production and a programme of advance product manufacture was implemented to release cleanrooms on phased basis to accommodate the works. Equipment was planned to be decommissioned and removed where possible and larger systems were isolated and with builders protection, where relocation of same was simply not feasible. Certain facility upgrades were also planned during each phase of work.
The project was successfully managed through all statutory and regulatory compliance requirements and subsequently developed to tender and report stages.
Retrofit projects have many challenges for the client: relocation of production activities, decommissioning of redundant equipment and services, contractors intervention into a live operation facility, identification of contractor access points, removal of waste material, potential impact on existing emergency/personnel routes, contractor materials delivery and placement. To mitigate these risks Taylor Group implement our risk and opportunity strategies so risks to production or general client activities were identified, assessed and prudent mitigation methodologies were put in place to protect our client for the duration of site operations.
