Fire and life safety in healthcare facilities

Four key findings on hospital and healthcare facility projects.


The Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2015 Fire and Life Safety Study found four high-level findings impacting hospital/health care facility projects, according to an article on the magazine's website.

• Eight in 10 engineers specify fire, smoke, heat, and linear detection systems for healthcare facilities

• The average firm specifies $2,917,208 in total fire and life safety products for new and existing healthcare facilities each year

• A top critical challengeis subjective interpretation of regulations by code authorities (78%)

• Nine in 10 engineers consider product quality, a manufacturer’s reputation, and service support to be very important factors

Read the article.

 



July 28, 2015



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