Designed by Mann Creative Group
Safety Security & Sustainability
What is important to you?
- A home that is secure.
- A home safe from fire, and earthquakes.
- A home comfortable and elegant without sacrificing safety.
- A home able to withstand natural or man-made disasters.
- A home that is energy efficient and self sustaining.
How do you achieve this?
Why should I pay more for a house that achieves all this?
You shouldn't. It's all about value engineering.
- Plan for Fire Protection
Planning for fire protection for a building involves a systematic approach that enables the architect to analyze all of the building's components as a total fire rated safety system. Using non-combustible construction materials is the first of many steps in fire protection. If it cant burn it wont catch on fire. Living in a conventionally built stick framed home with normal carpet, insulation and decking is akin to living in a giant campfire just before the match is lit. Non-combustible means.... Non-combustible!! - Ensure Occupant Safety and Health
Some injuries and illnesses are related to unsafe or unhealthy building design and operation. These can usually be prevented by measures that take into account issues such as indoor air quality, electrical safety, fall protection, ergonomics, and accident prevention. Also of note is our very secretive and high-tech procedure of painstakingly vacuuming every single wall cavity prior to Sheetrock in order to mitigate indoor dust. - Resist Natural Hazards
Each year U.S. taxpayers pay over $35 billion for recovery efforts, including repairing damaged buildings and infrastructure, from the impacts of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, and other natural disasters. A significant percentage of this could be saved if our buildings properly anticipated the risk associated with major natural hazards. - Provide Security for Building Occupants and Assets
Effective secure building design involves implementing countermeasures to deter, detect, delay, and respond to attacks from human aggressors. It also provides for mitigating measures to limit hazards to prevent catastrophic damage and provide resiliency should an attack occur.