03 June 03
Fire Safety Engineering Design Award for Buro Happold
Buro Happold FEDRA was named as joint winner in the annual Fire Safety Engineering Awards for its fire engineering work at the Domestic Finishing Mill, Anchor Mills, Paisley. The award was presented at a ceremony held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on the 20th May 2003.
The Glasgow based fire engineering team developed a fire safety strategy to the complete satisfaction of the local authority Building Control Department and Fire Authority. Fire safety technical reports were prepared to justify and substantiate relaxation of Technical Standard requirements on a number of key design issues such as structural fire protection and a 5-storey open atrium space.
The former Domestic Finishing Mill in Paisley’s Anchor Mills complex is being restored by Persimmon Homes with the support of The Phoenix Trust (a charity established by HRH The Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothsay) to form 60 quality residential apartments and 23,000 sq ft of business space.
Background information for Editors:
Client – The Phoenix Trust (UK Historic Building Preservation Trust)
Architect – James F Stephen Architects
Structural Engineers – Buro Happold
Building Services Engineers – Buro Happold
Fire Safety Engineers –Buro Happold FEDRA
Quantity Surveyor – Davis Langdon and Everest
Residential Developer – Persimmon Homes
Planning Supervisor – J R Queenan Partnership
Press Office and Practice information
Buro Happold is a multi-disciplinary international practice of consulting engineers established in 1976 offering civil and structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, quantity surveying, building services and environmental engineering, infrastructure and traffic engineering, geotechnical engineering, façade engineering, fire engineering, computational fluid dynamics analysis, access consultancy, project management, urban design and a range of specialist CAD services.
