May 24, 2023
An integrated fire protection and life safety system combines the various individual systems that make up a building’s overall life safety approach. In other words, the integrated systems include many of the systems located in buildings today, such as: fire alarm and detection systems fire sprinkler systems special hazard fire protection systems smoke-control systems emergency […]
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2021
The team at Origin Fire are committed to ongoing co-operation with our clients & contractors to enable site inspections under COVID-19 Alert Level 3. Origin Fire staff will work remotely under Alert Level 3. However, staff required for site inspections will be available to conduct the inspections. Outlined below are the basic guidelines that the […]
Read MoreAugust 10, 2021
Designed by the renowned Gel Architects group and valued at $13million, On Point apartments is a new-build project located in Point Chevalier, Auckland. The thoughtfully designed building encompasses 32 apartments with everything needed for a contemporary central Auckland lifestyle. Origin Fire project managed the fire engineering across all three services including fire engineering, fire protection […]
Read MoreOctober 6, 2020
Fire safety considerations when building a sleep-out There’s no question that a sleep-out is a great addition to any backyard. Usually in the form of a cabin and separate from the main house, a sleep-out is mainly used as hobby room, home office or storage space. It does not contain cooking or kitchen facilities and […]
Read MoreDecember 17, 2019
Spotlight on emergency lighting Origin provides emergency lighting design, inspection and advice to clients for a variety of projects. Emergency lighting is a ‘specified system’ under The Building (specified systems, change of use and earthquake prone buildings) Regulations 2005. It is a critical aspect of the of the health and safety of people in buildings […]
Read MoreNovember 8, 2019
Origin’s fire engineer, Pierre-Jacques Gandino, has found Queenstown reminds him of home. He arrived in the spectacular four-season lake and alpine tourist destination at the end of August and found what he had originally left France to find in New Zealand. A place that offers everything he wants, the lake and mountains, a great outdoor […]
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2019
On day two of FireNZ 2019 conference Origin’s Dr Alex Zhu presented on the future of project management for fire engineering. Alex’s presentation was underpinned by reference to the PMBOK® Guide, a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management produced by the global NFP Project Management Institute. The body of knowledge outlined in […]
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2019
Some of the Origin Fire team attended the FireNZ 2019 Conference in September, and had a great time at what is deemed the most important industry event on our annual calendar. It is important for Origin to ensure that as many of our people as possible are able to take part in professional development – and it’s […]
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