Advice and follow-up of fire safety systems
You are in the early stages of creating your building, your insurance company needs a report on your technical installations for the purpose of insuring your building or you need an additional quality control. For all of these requirements you can rely upon Vinçotte as an ideal partner, operating according to an independent and impartial approach.
We provide a multistage service:
During the first stage our experts review the tender documentation, i.e. the plans and specifications, for your fire safety installations (gas extinguishing installations, sprinkler systems, smoke and heat removal and fire reels/hydrants, …). They check to see if these items are established in keeping with the relevant legislation and standards. This constitutes an additional quality control and may sometimes be required by the insurance company. During this stage we offer advice about your work, the various applicable standards, ....
Focused on the building process, the second stage is when our experts review the implementation documents and the different plans. Our frequent site inspections enable us to monitor the entire process and check if the implementation procedures are completed in accordance with the documents examined. Every site inspection is accompanied with advice so you are always in a position to make adjustments.
During the final stage we carry out different tests to check the installations are operating smoothly.
This service ensures your fire safety installations comply with the relevant legislation and standards and are operated according to the codes of good practice. You will also be provided with a final report documenting the three stages: the tendering procedure, the implementation process and the operation.
- Royal Decrees
- General Regulations on Protection at Work and the Code on Well-being in the Workplace
- General Regulations on Electrical Installations
- Regional and Municipal Regulations
Norms and standards
- Belgian and European standards, including standards in the series NBN EN 1990 to 1999 (Eurocodes) and the series NBN B
- Single Technical Specifications STS
- Technical information WTCB, OCW and ATG
- Technical requirements ETAG and PTV
- Specific specifications
This service is focused on all stakeholders involved in a building operation, such as: promoters (real estate investors) and prime contractors (sometimes at the request of an insurance company), ... This generally applies to large buildings.
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