Data Center Code Consulting
Data Centers
Project details
Providing building code consultation and compliance analysis for mission-critical data center facilities.
Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering
Solving your fire protection and life safety challenges.
About the firm
Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering (PBFPE) is a licensed fire protection engineering practice specializing in performance-based design, fire and egress modeling, smoke control, and life safety system design. It delivers custom fire protection solutions that meet or exceed prescriptive building codes, working with architects, developers, contractors, and other engineers across a wide range of occupancy types. PBFPE's team of licensed fire protection engineers uses computational modeling tools including FDS and Pathfinder to provide data-backed analysis and design.
- Firm type
- Fire Protection Engineering
People
David StacyFounder
Capabilities
Performance-Based Design
A pathway to code compliance achieved by demonstrating that a proposed building design meets or exceeds fire safety goals through advanced engineering analysis rather than strictly adhering to prescriptive code limitations.
- Fire & Egress Modeling
Advanced computational simulations utilizing tools like FDS and Pathfinder to predict fire behavior, smoke transport, and pedestrian evacuation behavior to verify occupant tenability.
- Smoke Control
Engineering and modeling of systems designed to manage smoke and heat movement within atriums, sports venues, tunnels, and other complex spaces to maintain safe occupant egress.
- Hazard Analysis
Detailed evaluation of fire fuel loads, heat release rates, and specific hazards to establish technical safety requirements for unique occupancies.
- Alternative Means & Methods
Developing Alternate Means and Methods Requests (AMMRs) under IBC Section 104.11 to propose creative, code-compliant solutions that preserve architectural vision.
Fire & Life Safety System Design
Designing active and passive protection systems integrated with building infrastructure to maximize occupant safety.
- Fire Sprinkler Design
Hydraulic calculations, hazard classification, and Revit-integrated design of high-performing wet-pipe, dry-pipe, and deluge sprinkler systems.
- Fire Alarm Design
Designing advanced alarm, detection, and emergency voice communication systems with precise specifications to ensure clear signaling and code compliance.
- Special Hazard Fire Protection System Design
Custom suppression systems for high-asset spaces, including clean-agent, gaseous, foam-water, and water mist systems.
- Life Safety Plans
Revit-based planning of passive fire safety elements, including egress routes, compartmentalization, and fire-resistance ratings.
Code Consulting
Navigating complex building codes to address design challenges, resolve deficiencies, and facilitate AHJ approvals.
- Fire & Life Safety Narratives
Comprehensive documentation of fire protection strategies, design criteria, and code compliance pathways for building department review.
Industries
Healthcare · Data Centers · Aviation · Defense · Government · Justice & Corrections · Industrial · Historic Preservation · Transportation · Sports & Recreation · Residential · Mission Critical Facilities · Senior Living · Multifamily Residential · Education · Laboratories · Public Safety · Federal · Arts & Culture · Hospitality · Religious · Energy Storage · Commercial · Renewable Energy
Projects
Solving Building Code Challenges for Atomic Golf
Sports & Recreation · Client: Atomic Golf
Project details
Addressing complex fire protection and life safety code challenges for the Atomic Golf entertainment venue.
Assessing the Impact of Open Doors on Stair Pressurization Systems
Commercial
Project details
An engineering analysis utilizing computational fluid dynamics to evaluate how open doors affect the performance of stairwell pressurization and smoke control systems.
Megafactory Travel Distance Analysis
Industrial
Project details
An egress and fire modeling analysis to justify extended occupant travel distances in a large industrial manufacturing facility.