A global fire safety consultancy has set up a new partnership with a digital management firm to improve the efficiency of fire safety reporting.
Global HSE Solutions, a fire safety and passive fire protection measures consultancy, has begun working with PlanRadar, a leading digital construction, real estate and facilities management platform.
The partnership will see PlanRadar’s software used to assist in the delivery of more efficient, detailed and accessible fire safety information.
A team carrying out a fire door survey
For surveys, a team walk through buildings and record voice notes rather than having to stop and make notes on paper, or do lengthy follow-up work in the office.
PlanRadar Co-CEO, Ibrahim Imam said: “Global HSE and GTS has a well-established reputation for delivering exceptional results in a highly niche, specialised and increasingly important field.
“Given the stringent requirements around fire safety, there is no margin for error, and a missed record or lack of clarity in inspection reports could have huge ramifications.
“That’s why we’ve invested in making our tools fit-for-purpose for accurate, compliant and easy to understand data collation fire reporting, specifically for fire professionals.
“Global HSE’s confidence in our offering is a massive endorsement for PlanRadar’s relevance and efficacy. We look forward to collaborating with them going forward to deliver safe and secure commercial and residential environments.”
Ross O’Loughlin, Head of Global Technical Services at Global HSE, said: “My main concern was how we could speed up our surveys without losing the value within the survey. I wanted to improve the working life of my staff. Reporting, writing, and collating information around a survey has always been a laborious task.
“If we can consolidate that in any way, it allows us to focus our energy on delivering our expertise.”
The software will be used in the company’s Global Technical Services (GTS) division, which provides fire engineering advice and expertise to both Tier 1 contractors and Global HSE’s own contracting arm, as well as hosting fire door inspection courses through its in-house Global Academy.
The service will also help to meet new fire door assessment regulations through delivering surveys and inspection results across GTS’s entire inspection and surveying team.
GTS first became aware of PlanRadar’s digital solutions at FIREX 2022 and were pleased with the company’s ability to record video and integrate BIM, which could support the division’s compliance requirements around the Building Safety Act and increased expectations for data collection in line with the Golden Thread of Information.
The platform was tested in a real-world environment at a university in Northern England to see how the software performed on a project from start to finish, using a surveying team carrying out a fire damper inspection survey.
The team said the platform significantly sped up reporting in an easy-to-use way, so Global HSE and GTS decided to adopt PlanRadar’s platform.
Ross O’Loughlin added: “With GTS users already being onboarded, we’re exploring how PlanRadar could be used across other parts of the company.“From a business perspective, uploading as many documents, photos or jpegs at no extra cost is a massive win in comparison to competitors in this space.
“It’s an incredibly useful tool, and the opportunity we can gain from getting to grips with, and using, all its functions would significantly improve our day-to-day operations.”
“GTS first became aware of PlanRadar’s digital solutions at FIREX 2022 and were pleased with the company’s ability to record video and integrate BIM, which could support the division’s compliance requirements around the Building Safety Act and increased expectations for data collection in line with the Golden Thread of Information.”
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