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Home 9 2020 9 Stellenbosch Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Building

Client Name

Stellenbosch University

Project Value

R3.1m

Project Completion

2020

Services

Planning, Design, Documentation, Construction

Project Description

Stac Consulting Engineers was appointed as fire engineers on the project.

The Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Building is an existing building consisting of 6 floors. The first 3 floors house lecture rooms and laboratories while the top floors house offices.

The project scope included retrofitting all the floors with all-new layouts. The project scope included preparation of fire plans, new fire protection ie hydrants, hose reels and extinguishers; new fire detection, new voice evacuation; a hose reel pump and tank; new escape signage and fire sealing as well as fire curtains. The project also required the integration of various systems with the fire detection system ie HVAC, access control, lift, voice evacuation. The fire detection system was linked with the university campus control ensuring that all alarms are relayed to a central control room from where a response team can be deployed.

Stac Consulting Engineers was responsible for all the passive and active fire installations, including preparation of fire plans and ensuring that the project receives fire clearance from the local fire chief.

Unique Features and Challenges

  • Working in an existing building with no as built information
  • Keeping certain areas (laboratory building) live while working on systems forming part of the engineering complex.
  • Re-integration of upgraded building into the engineering complex.
  • Integration of all the various systems with the fire detection system