Project Summary:

NewActon Nishi, ACT – Environmentally friendly low energy NVS Horizontal Fire Barriers. With the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency the anchor tenant for this development, achieving an environmentally friendly fire protection plan was a priority for the client. Project: NewActon Nishi, ACT Developer: PLY Group Architect: Fender Katsalidis Fire Engineer:Arup Application: Atrium

Technical Issue

Natural light, ease of people movement, increased workflow and communication which reduced building materials are a few of the key benefits that atria add to a development. A prestigious, environmentally friendly development such as NewActon Nishi was sure to include 2 atriums in their 10 storey commercial development. This brings with it the challenge of managing both fire and smoke spread between floors.

Greene Fire Solution

With the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency the anchor tenant for this development, achieving an environmentally friendly fire protection plan was a priority for the client. Greene Fire worked closely with PLY Group to deliver 10 FireMaster® NVS™ horizontal and 3 FireMaster® vertical active fire curtain barriers ensuring at all times to comply with the strict Green Star and NABERS requirements. The low power consumption of Coopers 24Vdc drive motors with gravity fail-safe operation provides low running costs and helped this development achieve the 6 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS ratings. Specific life safety features were incorporated in to the fire engineered solution for the fire curtain barriers. The most important of which was to close the openings within 45 seconds of alarm activation. As a non-standard requirement the engineers as Coopers Fire relished the challenge and created a bespoke closing mechanism that was able to close an 8m draw on the horizontal fire curtain barrier within these constraints. The designed was simulated, prototyped and then built and successfully cycle tested within 2 weeks, the deadline for the project.

Key Benefits For This Project:

Cost effective way of compartmenting atriums.
Reduced building materials and low power consumption controls are ideal for Green Star building designs
Concealed during normal building use
Automatically closes and provides 2 hour fire protection in a fire event

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