Specific fire safety issues occur in retail premises. NIRAS Saftety can address these and create a fire strategy tailored to our Clients’ requirements. Key strategic areas where we can add value include:
Protect Revenue Stream
- Limit area of immediate evacuation – continue trading
- Minimise fire damage to common spaces
- Greater emphasis on protection to single point failure items – loading bays, power intakes etc. (security)
- Minimising first fix items
- Enable phasing of construction/partial occupation
Incorporate Tenant Requirements
- Major Tenants often have corporate fire safety policies (often based on green field). Thus all stores utilise the same approach wherever possible
- NIRAS Safety work with major tenants such as IKEA and Dansk Supermarket regularly, we are known to them and understand their needs in terms of fire safety.
Create a Street not a Shopping Centre
- No dedicated smoke vents/barriers subdividing roof
- Reduced cost of fire systems
- Potential to omit sprinklers from minor and major units
- Do not need to design street as a protected access/egress route – more flexible use - commercialisation
Address Site Wide Issues
- Common approach across all sites reduces approvals risk as gives confidence to building control
- Fire fighting access and facilities on a site wide rather than piecemeal approach – temporary and permanent
- “Pre approved” common set of guidelines that tenants can take benefit from