Consultancy within Engineering, Environmental Science and Economics

Buildings

Fire engineering

The need for protecting people and property against fire is obvious and indisputable. COWI's fire safety team offers cost-effective technical solutions to architects and clients worldwide.

As concerns for Lifesafety, asset protection and business continuity rise with complex building design and innovative building materials, COWI fire team works collaboratively with our clients and uses state of the art fire engineering and high quality services to provide the most appropriate solutions.

COWI has developed an extensive competence and experience within the fire safety field, in dealing with the challenges of numerous large buildings and complex developments by using engineering methods and computer modelling. This gives us a solid foundation for working with architects and developing the best fire safety solutions without compromising the functional requirements or aesthetics of the structures.

Research and simulation

COWI has been involved in the specialist field of fire safety for over 30 years. We utilise our knowledge of fire science and human behaviour, latest technologies, international codes and standards together with state of the art simulation tools to assess and mitigate the impacts of fire and smoke on level of safety provided to people and assets.

COWI fire specialists are contributing members of design standards committees in North-America and Europe and work on collaborative research projects and this to complement our specialist services.

COWI continues to lead in the field of Hypoxic Fire prevention and designing these systems for multiple applications including between others archives, IT/Telecommunication and bank vaults.

Customer focused approach
Our technical experts, located in 13 offices in Europe and the Gulf, work closely together to provide the best possible team and most reliable services for any given project around the world.
Our services include: