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| Sigma - Aldrich Facility - Oakville, Ontario |
The Sigma-Aldrich Canada Ltd. facility houses offices, laboratories and warehouse facilities. Services included:
- Site evaluation.
- Preparation of a fire protection upgrading report based on hazards contained within the
building as well as applicable codes and standards.
- Negotiations with Authorities.
- Review of fire protection system design drawings.
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| Moosehead Breweries Limited - Saint John, New Brunswick |
The St. John facility of Moosehead Breweries Limited is a modern facility that includes the
brewing of beer, bottling and canning of the product, packaging for distribution and
administration and marketing offices. R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. was involved in a project
that expanded the facility to a size where fuel loading and occupancy classification became a
critical factor in construction. Our role was to determine a practical method for applying the
applicable building and fire codes. Services included:
- Building and fire code evaluation.
- Fuel load analysis.
- Negotiations with Authorities.
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| Poly Cello (Division of EPC Industries Ltd.) - Amherst, Nova Scotia |
R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. was retained to assist the construction team in the expansion and renovation of this manufacturing facility. Services included:
- Evaluation of existing sprinkler system protection.
- Fire hazard analysis.
- Preparation of design documents for sprinkler systems.
- Construction review services.
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| STORA Forest Products - Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia |
This existing mill recently completed a $750,000,000 expansion. R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. was retained to review concerns raised by the Authorities regarding exposed structural steel supporting mezzanine levels. Services included:
- Site evaluation.
- Fire hazard analysis in affected areas.
- Computer modeling and calculations identifying the quantitative nature of the fire
hazards, impact on occupants, and structural integrity.
- Negotiations with Authorities.
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| St. Anne Nackawic Pulp Company Ltd. - Nackawic, New Brunswick |
St. Anne Nackawic Pulp Company Limited produces a hardwood based bleached pulp. R.J.
Bartlett Engineering Ltd. was retained to design a modern fire detection and alarm system
respecting the various unique operations within the large mill. Services included:
- Site evaluation.
- Preparation of design documents for fire detection and alarm systems.
The chemical based process in the mill was a main factor in determining the method for distributing the new highly electronic computer based fire detection and alarm system. Factors such as corrosion of electronic equipment, effective strobe signals for areas with high ambient noise and large power demands on a widely distributed signal system were factors of consideration.
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| Alliance Building Contractors Ltd., Bartlett Plastics and Precision Machining |
The R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. team assisted the General Contractor for this expanding manufacturing facility.
- Fuel load analyses assisted in the development of practical solutions for protecting multiple buildings from fire exposure
- Information was provided to describe the fire safety approach in a manner suitable to the authority
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| Eastern Designers & Company Ltd., Lewis Lumber |
R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. assisted in the task of applying practical options for achieving the life safety requirements of the applicable codes. An understanding of the inherent requirements of codes is especially important when addressing industrial facilities.
- Building code consulting.
- Authority relations.
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| NAV Canada, Vancouver Air Control Centre |
| R.J. Bartlett Engineering Ltd. assisted NAV Canada, the organization responsible for controlling air traffic over all of Canada and areas north, south, east and west. The scope consisted of replacing conventional fire detection and Halon 1301 systems with a very early smoke detection system, mechanically friendly special fire suppression systems and regular fire sprinkler systems.
The focus for this essential service building was occupant safety, protection of the elaborate electronic equipment and building protection.
- Building code consulting.
- Fire code consulting.
- Special fire suppression systems design.
- Fire sprinkler systems design.
- Fire detection and alarm system design.
- Commissioning of fire systems.
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| Michelin Granton |
Building Code and Fire Hazard Analysis - Fire and life safety performance-based solution to address life safety objectives of applicable building code.
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| Air Traffic Control Tower - Thunder Bay, Ontario |
- Replacement of Halon system.
- Special fire suppression systems.
- Fire alarm systems.
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| Prexar - Portsmouth and Bangor, Maine |
- Preparation of fire safety plans for data centres.
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