Experience: Fire Protection Engineering and Design Services
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida: Fire Protection Engineering, Building and Fire Code Consulting Services
HAI provided fire protection engineering, building and fire code consulting services for the development of a new major attraction in The Lost Continent area. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a 20-acre new land and E-ticket attraction that includes a new dark ride, re-theming of existing rides, re-theming and redesign of large portions of area development, and new construction of retail and restaurant venues in the Lost Continent area. Services included building and fire code analysis, life safety plans, smoke control system design, fire alarm and aspirating smoke detection system design and fire sprinkler system design. HAI also provided services for testing and commissioning of the smoke control system.
Library of Congress Buildings, US Capitol Complex, Washington, D.C.: Egress and Code Consulting, Coordination of Architectural Design services, Fire protection Engineering services, and Mechanical/electrical Requirements
Based on an egress study of Library of Congress (LOC) buildings, HAI is coordinating architectural design services, fire protection engineering services, and mechanical/electrical requirements to prepare a Performance Based Life Safety Analysis (PBLSA) and make life safety improvements for the four LOC buildings: Thomas Jefferson Building, James Madison Memorial Building, John Adams Building, and LOC Special Facilities Center, as well as the LOC Pedestrian Tunnels within the U.S. Capitol Complex. Fire alarm systems and fire suppression systems were evaluated to determine compliance with NFPA standards. Egress deficiencies were studied in terms of accessible means of egress, development of recommended solutions/alternatives for correction, and provision of performance-based design approaches to make the necessary improvements. Reports and drawings were used as a guide to resolve the egress deficiencies and to develop drawings, specifications, calculations, and detailed cost estimates to provide construction contract documents. Fire modeling was utilized to determine expected conditions through multiple fire scenarios based on the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code.
Millennium Towers,
San Francisco, CA:
Smoke Control Design Analysis
Provided smoke control design analysis for 301 Mission Street, San Francisco the largest high-rise in San Francisco. The building is two high-rise residential towers, one 58-story and one 11-story, that sit on a five-story underground garage and basement area. Connecting the two towers at grade is a two story space with an entry lobby and amenities areas. Hughes Associates, Inc. designed the smoke control system in accordance with the requirements outlined in Section 905 of the 2001 California Building Code using detailed computer modeling with CONTAMW (Version 2.2), a building airflow and contaminant dispersal model developed by the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) which enabled HAI to evaluate the performance of the smoke control system under worst-case wind and weather conditions as well as fire locations. The analysis was used to demonstrate the adequacy of the system design including limited smoke migrations beyond the smoke control zone of fire origin.
