A1 Passive Fire Services

We offer a complete suite of passive fire protection services including:

• Installation
• Inspection & Certification
• Creation of Baseline Data
• Audits & Report Compilation
• Maintenance – including creation of an A1 Maintenance Program to comply with current legislation
• Rectification
• Technical, Legislative & Quality Assurance (QA) Consultation

We specialise in the installation of passive fire products to electrical, communication, mechanical and plumbing service penetrations in jobs of all sizes and difficulty levels.

We provide our expertise to both new and existing buildings. Our installations are completed in strict compliance with tested prototypes as required by part C3.15 in Vol 1 of the NCC.

We also provide design & installation of fire-rated boards and wraps to structural beams, columns, ducts and exhaust.

We can help specify the right passive fire product from all the leading manufacturers including Promat, TBA Firefly, Trafalgar, Knauf, CSR, Hilti and Boral.

We only sell passive fire products that are fully tested and approved and meet all of the relevant building standards.

ALL PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS THAT WE ENDORSE, SPECIFY AND USE ARE TESTED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELEVANT BCA AND AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS.

Services

Design

Our licensed Certifiers work with the architects and fire engineers to ensure the building design and specification adheres to relevant BCA regulations and Australian standards and is specified to the lowest possible cost.

Construction

Our team of technicians work with other trades and the principle building contractor to ensure our installations are able to be completed with minimal fuss and/or interruptions. Our technicians work to the highest standard of safety to ensure the project gets completed on time and on budget every time.

Certification

Together our Project Manager & Fire Certifier closely monitor the installation process on every job to ensure the works are completed in strict accordance with the appropriate clauses of the BCA, Australian Standards and manufacturers specifications. We also offer managed certification services for penetrations installed by others where regulations permit.

Rectification & Maintenance

We perform rectification and maintenance work so your building remains compliant with relevant fire containment and compartmentalisation safety standards.

This includes: Fire-resistant doors, windows, shutters and access panels; Fire and smoke barriers such as fire-rated walls, block work walls, fire-rated ceilings, TBA Firefly cavity fire barriers and fire dampers; Fire-stopping elements such as fire-rated board encasements, fire collars, construction joint seals and switch box penetration seals.

Audits & Reports Compliation

During our compliance/essential services inspections, we are able to determine the compliant and non-compliant works.

We also provide a comprehensive report outlining the critical and non-critical defects,together with rectification works required to bring everything up to code and our overall price to complete these works. This full itemised audit report is complete with cost analysis and photographic evidence.

Installation

We install passive fire equipment and structures in any new or existing building. If it’s an existing building and we find works to be incorrectly installed, we’ll fix them so they comply.

Fire sealing of electrical, plumbing and communication penetrations to fire-rated elements to achieve the required fire rating level; Application of fire-rated gypsum/vermiculite spray to beams, columns, hollow areas, ducts and exhausts; Application of intumescent fire-rated paint to steel members

A1 Managed Certifications

Design, installation and certification of passive fire systems is a crucial part of any project.

Yet implementation is often haphazard, left in the hands of numerous sub-contractors who may not have proper training and treat the process as an afterthought.

That’s why we developed Managed Certification — a more efficient process that saves builders and developers time and hassle, and eliminates certification rejections that causes cost overruns.

The result is a streamlined process that prevents unnecessary rectification work and saves money.

Design

Our licensed Certifiers work with the architects and fire engineers to ensure the building design and specification — including fire-sealing, sprays and paints — adheres to relevant BCA regulations and Australian standards and is specified to the lowest possible cost;

Construction

Construction. Rather than bring in certifiers to inspect the day before settlement, our licensed and accredited staff oversee construction-in-progress to minimise the need for urgent, last-minute rectification and expensive overtime; Paperwork.

To avoid having a dozen contractors individually complete the Form 16s and penetration register required for building sign-off, we manage the compliance process.

Our certifiers and admin team liaise with your contractors and review all paperwork to ensure its all ready and correctly completed.

This avoids the last minute rush and the high probability of delays and failed certification at the time of inspection

A1 Passive Fire Services

A1 Managed Certifications

Design

Construction

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