Insights

Cannabis Fire and Explosion Investigations Highlight Industry's Safety Challenges

Jan 4, 2024

Andrew Paris, Director, emphasizes the need for standardized safety protocols and regulations in the legal cannabis industry, highlighting the risk of fires and explosions.

Special Hazards Podcast | Performance Based Design for Lithium-Ion Technology: Part 3

Dec 27, 2023

Single- and Multi-Station Low-Frequency Audible Signaling

Dec 27, 2023

Carson Cook discusses the challenge posed by the 2021 IBC requirement for audible alarms activated by single- and multiple-station smoke alarms and how to meet the requirement for non-transient occupancies.

Will Fletcher Earns National Design-Build Certification

Dec 21, 2023

Will Fletcher has successfully achieved the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. Congratulations Will!

Special Hazards Podcast | Performance Based Design for Lithium-Ion Technology: Part 2

Dec 19, 2023

Covering the Basics: Designing Accessible and Adaptable Dwelling Units

Dec 13, 2023

Dominic Esposito, P.Eng., teams up with Avianash Gupta, P.Eng., to explore the factors involved with increasing accessible and adaptable single-family dwelling units (SFDUs) and multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) across Canada

Tays Central Hospital

Dec 11, 2023

Ours team evaluated the steel trusses in atriums for the Tays Tampere Central Hospital through intricate fire simulations and temperature analyses.

Fire Safety Design in Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanrooms

Dec 11, 2023

Paolo Bigatti, Fire Protection Engineer, delves into the challenges associated with integrating fire protection systems within semiconductor facilities, particularly within the controlled environments of manufacturing cleanrooms.

Mitigating Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Hazards

Dec 8, 2023

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) use an arrangement of batteries and other electrical equipment to store electrical energy.

Turning shipping containers into affordable housing

Dec 5, 2023

Nearly four million new homes worldwide are needed to keep up with population growth. Re-used shipping containers are one common-sense option for providing sustainable and affordable modular housing for almost anyone, anywhere in the world.

Leading Australian Fire Safety Engineering and Testing Consultancy Warringtonfire Australia Joins Jensen Hughes

Dec 5, 2023

The acquisition expands the company’s growing presence in Australia and helps position it exceptionally well for future expansion across the region.

Special Hazards Podcast | Performance Based Design for Lithium-Ion Technology: Part 1

Dec 4, 2023