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Service Overview
Desapex provides comprehensive fire and life safety design services for buildings and mission-critical infrastructure, integrating fire protection engineering with architecture, structure, HVAC, electrical and public health systems.
Our scope includes fire detection and alarm systems, voice evacuation, sprinkler and hydrant systems, fire pumps, internal and external ring mains, gaseous suppression, water mist and foam systems, VESDA and linear heat detection, passive fire protection, compartmentation, firestopping, means of escape and egress planning.
Every design is developed with a focus on occupant safety, code compliance, hydraulic performance, constructability and long-term operational reliability. By combining engineering calculations with BIM-based coordination, Desapex identifies spatial conflicts and system interfaces before they reach site helping reduce rework while improving installation clarity and project delivery.
Our fire safety solutions are developed in accordance with applicable local and international fire safety codes and standards, including relevant NBC/IS, NFPA, BS, TAC and FM Global requirements where applicable.
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Protecting people, assets and operations through digitally coordinated fire safety engineering.
What are Fire & Life Safety Design Services?
Fire & Life Safety Design Services involve the engineering of systems and strategies that protect building occupants, property and operations from fire. They typically include fire detection and alarm systems, sprinklers, hydrants, fire pumps, suppression systems, passive fire protection, smoke and life safety provisions, means of escape, egress planning, hydraulic calculations and fire safety documentation. Desapex integrates these systems through BIM-based multidisciplinary coordination to improve safety, compliance and constructability.
Our Digital-First Approach
BIM-Led Fire Protection Design
We develop fire protection systems within a coordinated BIM environment, allowing sprinkler networks, hydrants, piping, equipment and detection systems to be spatially validated against architectural, structural and MEP systems before construction.
Engineering & Hydraulic Validation
System performance is engineered through hydraulic calculations, pressure analysis, pipe sizing, water-demand assessment and fire-pump sizing, helping ensure that the proposed fire protection network performs as intended not just that it fits within the model.
Multidisciplinary Clash Detection
Fire and life safety systems are coordinated with HVAC ducts, electrical containment, plumbing networks, ceilings, structural elements and access requirements. Digital clash detection helps identify conflicts early and improves constructability.
Code-Driven Design Intelligence
Applicable fire codes and project requirements are considered from the start of design. Fire detection, suppression, compartmentation, egress and system layouts are developed with compliance, safety and approval requirements integrated into the engineering workflow
Lifecycle-Ready Digital Handover
Our approach connects design information from concept through detailed engineering, coordinated documentation and as-built delivery, creating structured digital information that can support commissioning, facility management, maintenance and future modifications.
Core Deliverables
Fire Strategy & Design Basis Reports — project-specific fire safety philosophy, system requirements and design criteria.
Means of Escape & Egress Planning — occupant movement, exit routes, travel paths and life safety considerations.
Fire Detection & Alarm System Design — detector layouts, alarm devices, zoning, interfaces and voice evacuation systems.
Automatic Sprinkler System Design — sprinkler layouts, pipe routing, zoning and hydraulic design.
Fire Hydrant & Hose Reel Systems — internal and external hydrant networks with coordinated distribution layouts.
Fire Water Demand & Hydraulic Calculations — flow, pressure, pipe sizing and system performance calculations.
Fire Pump & Ring Main Design — pump sizing, pump-room requirements and internal/external fire-water distribution.
Special Fire Suppression Systems — gaseous suppression, water mist and foam-based fire suppression solutions.
Early Warning Detection Systems — VESDA, linear heat detection and other application-specific detection systems.
Passive Fire Protection — fire compartmentation, firestopping and fire-resistance/endurance recommendations.
BIM Coordination & Clash Detection — coordinated fire protection BIM models integrated with architecture, structure and other MEP disciplines.
Fire & Life Safety Documentation — coordinated plans, schematics, equipment schedules, specifications and design documentation.
Building Fire Safety Audits — assessment of fire and life safety provisions against defined project and regulatory requirements.
Why Choose Desapex
Fire Safety Designed as Part of the Building, Not Added Later
Integrated MEPF Engineering
Fire protection is designed alongside mechanical, electrical, plumbing, architecture and structural systems, helping eliminate disconnected design decisions and improving overall building coordination.
Digital-First, BIM-Enabled Delivery
Fire protection models are coordinated digitally before installation, improving visualization, resolving clashes and supporting construction-ready documentation.
Engineering Beyond Layouts
Our work combines system design, hydraulic calculations, equipment sizing, fire strategy and life safety planning, rather than limiting the scope to drafting or BIM modelling.
Structured Information Management
Desapex's wider engineering delivery is built around structured digital workflows and ISO 19650-based BIM and information-management practices. The company's MEPF material specifically positions coordinated engineering, BIM-led delivery and lifecycle-focused project management as core capabilities.
Code Compliance Built into the Workflow
Applicable fire safety requirements are considered throughout the design process so compliance is addressed alongside engineering performance and constructability.
Designed for the Complete Asset Lifecycle
Our digital engineering approach improves continuity between design, construction, handover and future operations making fire protection information easier to access, coordinate and maintain throughout the asset lifecycle.
Unique Selling Proposition
Desapex combines fire protection engineering, life safety planning and BIM-led multidisciplinary coordination within one digital workflow helping clients move from code requirements to coordinated, construction-ready fire safety systems with greater confidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Fire & Life Safety design include?
Fire & Life Safety design includes fire detection and alarm systems, sprinklers, hydrants, fire pumps, fire suppression, passive fire protection, compartmentation, means of escape, egress planning and the engineering calculations required to support compliant and effective fire protection.
Which fire safety codes does Desapex design to?
How does BIM improve fire protection design?
What are hydraulic calculations in fire protection design?
What is the difference between active and passive fire protection?
Does Desapex provide fire alarm and voice evacuation design?
