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SECO’s engineers provide you with confidence in your building’s compliance with fire safety regulations. We operate independently and intervene at all key stages of a building's lifecycle,
- During construction, starting at the preliminary design phase
- During the renovation of existing buildings
- During the operational phase
Throughout these phases, we offer targeted technical expertise and support regularization procedures when required.
Our teams have extensive experience in fire safety engineering and work closely with SECO’s multidisciplinary network of over 200 engineers to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the building as a whole.
We recommend conducting a fire risk assessment every five years. This timeframe often coincides with changes that can affect fire safety, such as modifications in use, layout, or occupancy.
Risk assessments should always be kept up to date and revised whenever there is a change in the building’s function or occupancy classification.
In addition to these assessments, we verify that fire safety systems and automation (e.g. smoke extraction, compartmentation, alarm triggering, etc.) operate correctly under various fire scenarios during the operational phase.
Several fire safety requirements have a direct impact on building design and urban planning constraints, including:
– Fire compartmentation of the building
– Safe evacuation routes and travel distances
– Accessibility for fire and emergency service vehicles
– Fire separation from neighboring or adjacent buildings
– Fire resistance (structural stability) of load-bearing elements
SECO ASBL-VZW, as an independent entity, is officially accredited to carry out both commissioning and periodic inspections of fire safety systems. You can find the full range of our services [at this link].
