Fire Protection Engineering on the Ground Is Better than in a Boeing 787

Posted on Thursday, May 9th, 2013

The New York Times may not publish an article on fire hazards on the ground, but fire protection in the aerospace industry really grabs the publication’s (and the public’s) attention. January’s near-disaster with a Boeing 787 gained the spotlight and shed light on how designers and fire protection engineers work together to keep the public...read the full article

Unforeseen Challenges In Meeting Fire Codes

Posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

This is the conclusion of our three-part series on How Qualified Fire Code Consultants Can Help You Avoid Fire Code Problems. Several weeks after we submitted our report, thinking we were moving forward, our code consultants learned from the owner of the trampoline park that the fire marshal would not issue a certificate of occupancy...read the full article

Research That Can Help You Avoid Fire Code Problems

Posted on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

This is part 2 of our 3 part series of how How Qualified Fire Code Consultants Can Help You Avoid Fire Code Problems. Harrington Group’s code consultants began investigating the various elements of the indoor trampoline park project, such as how many people would be on the trampolines simultaneously and so on. Then, early in...read the full article

How Qualified Fire Code Consultants Can Help You Avoid Fire Code Problems

Posted on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Recently, a couple of our code consultants were asked to venture into uncharted territory. A client in North Carolina was building an indoor trampoline park, and at that point, the state did not have any other such facilities. This was also a first for Harrington Group and fitting the facility into current building and fire...read the full article

AHJ Concessions With Hard Deadlines

Posted on Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Projects don’t always go as planned. Sometimes, they require last minute changes or approvals that were unforeseeable in the planning stages. In the tough times when meeting a deadline is critical, you find out who you can rely on for help. In November, we used our fire protection consulting expertise to meet one such deadline...read the full article