Manufacturing

   Project responsibilities included full code, fire protection and life safety, egress design, fire department permitting, and accessibility review for this 400,000 sf, 3-story office/warehouse building to support a convention and trade shows booth fabrication and installation company. Based on our code analysis, and through our efforts to attain approval from the Clark County Department of Development Services, we were able to save approximately $2 million from the cost of the project by classifying the third level of the office area as mezzanine. This allowed the exposed structural steel framing in the approx. 300,000 sf warehouse area to remain as un-rated construction. 

  Project responsibilities included; providing full building and fire code analysis with plan reviews, fire suppression designs, and fire alarm design for this 250,000 sf, 2-story, mixed-use office and manufacturing facility to support the renovation of the interior space to include a modern interior design and or more efficient layout. The project involved the renovation of 3 separate, interconnected buildings that required phased construction with temporary egress and fire protection features to accommodate occupant relocation to maintain the safety of continuously operating manufacturing processes during construction. 

 Project responsibilities included; providing full building and fire code analysis with plan reviews, fire suppression designs, and fire alarm design for this 50,000 sf, 2-story office building to support the renovation of the interior space to include a modern interior design and layout. The project required on-site assessments of existing conditions to confirm compliant fire protection system design as well as identifying value engineering opportunities to enhance the existing sprinkler system with nitrogen-inerting (corrosion-resistance) components and implementation of a fully upgraded fire alarm system. 

 Project responsibilities included; providing full building and fire code analysis with plan reviews, fire suppression designs, and fire alarm design for this 400,000 sf, 4-story, mixed-use office and manufacturing facility to support the renovation of the interior space to include a modern interior design and or more efficient layout. Originally constructed as two buildings with a shared fire wall between them, the existing construction was surveyed to validate reclassification to a more robust construction type and permit the removal of the fire wall. This allowed shared use of the building areas and simplified the sprinkler, fire alarm, and egress systems previously designed to independently serve the separate buildings. 

Project  responsibilities included; providing full sprinkler and fire alarm design for   this 338,000 sf, 2-story, mixed-use office and manufacturing facility to   support the renovation of the interior space to include a modern interior   design and more efficient layout. The project required phased construction of   shared spaces that were required to maintain critical manufacturing   operations during renovation. To accommodate the phased construction, the   fire sprinkler, fire alarm, and egress system components required careful   review and consideration to ensure that all building areas remained fully   protected at all times.

     Project responsibilities included; providing full fire suppression design and fire alarm design for this 115,000 sf, 2-story, mixed-use office and manufacturing facility to support the renovation of the interior space to include a modern interior design and or more efficient layout. The proposed interior design included raised ceilings that required careful evaluation of existing fire sprinkler and fire alarm system designs to determine the most cost-effective balance between reusing and/or replacing components during construction. 

     Project responsibilities included; the preparation of fire and life safety audits for sixteen (16) Rexam plastics packaging facilities throughout the United States. This process included a full review of each facility based on Rexam proprietary checklists as well as the creation of a report of findings summary which outlined deficiencies and possible courses of action for remediation.  

Project responsibilities included; providing fire protection engineering, code consulting, egress design, and ADA/accessibility analysis for this newly constructed manufacturing   facility that included hazardous chemical transloading, storage, mixing, and   distribution operations. This facility is located in a highly populated area, at the intersection of Interstates 515 & 215 in Henderson, Nevada. The project consisted of a newly constructed 30,089 SF warehouse building, a   2,688 SF Hydrochloric Acid (HCI) Containment Shelter, a 17,866 SF Chlorine (Transloading) Containment building, and several outdoor storage tanks and   chemical loading areas. Security and site design considerations were a   primary focus of this project due to the risks associated with chlorine-handling, bleach manufacturing and the storage of various hazardous chemicals.

The PCNA Group scope of work deliverables   included; preparation of both Indoor & Outdoor Fire Protection Reports  (FPRs), review of the Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements (HMIS),   preparation of the Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP), review of the   Architectural Design Submittal package for code compliance, and   liaison/coordination with the City of Henderson Building/Fire Departments   through final permit approval & occupancy.