It’s no accident that we are recognised as leaders in smoke and climate control, louvre and service & maintenance.
We’ve been hard at it, installing our systems in residential developments, offices, factories and car parks all over the UK and throughout the world, since 1931.
We have invented, developed and manufactured benchmark systems and products that are the envy of our competitors.
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Your Smoke Control FAQs Answered: Part 1
Every day, our technical consultants and designers deal with a wide range of projects and challenges that require specific knowledge and expertise in smoke control design and installation.
To help us share some of this knowledge with you, we asked them to compile a set of questions and answers for the most frequently queried topics from customers - we ended up with eight subjects:
Car Park Ventilation
Natural vs. Mechanical Ventilation
Smoke Control & Fire Dampers
Environmental Ventilation
CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
The Components of a Smoke Control System
When Do You Need Smoke Control in a Building?
Pressurization Systems
In part 1 of this blog, we will cover Car Park Ventilation, Natural vs. Mechanical Ventilation, Smoke Dampers and Environmental Ventilation. To get an email notification when Part 2 is released, subscribe to our blog.
Your Smoke Control System Maintenance Responsibilities: The Colt Checklist.
Under The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO), the “Responsible Person” (typically a building owner and/or operator) must ensure their smoke control systems are maintained in an efficient state, are in efficient working order and in good repair at all times. If this is you, it is your responsibility to check that contractors have the qualifications, accreditations and training to work in accordance with the latest regulations. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) suggests that the “smoke control system should be maintained by a competent person who is familiar with the fire engineering performance specifications of that specific system”.
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