Additional Costs in the Design and Installation of Fire Alarm Systems

Fire can cause significant material damage and affect many lives through its action. We are increasingly aware of this, which is why various regulations and laws on fire protection and safety have been established. Therefore, the designer must obtain as much information as possible from the system investor, which affects the project design and the operation of the fire system.

Problem

Fire can cause significant material damage and affect many lives through its action. We are increasingly aware of this, which is why various regulations and laws on fire protection and safety have been established. The authors of regulations and laws have paid particular attention to buildings where larger crowds of people gather.

For certain buildings, the installation of a fire system is mandatory, which must be built according to regulations so that it meets all requirements and can properly serve its purpose. For the proper installation of a fire system and its flawless operation, it is necessary to prepare a proper project, which is the beginning of all further work and the foundation of a good fire system.

Solution and Method

Therefore, the designer must obtain as much information as possible from the system investor, which affects the project design and the operation of the fire system. Communication between the investor and the designer is particularly important in projects where an activity unfamiliar to the designer takes place. In such projects, poor communication can lead to unnecessary costs, which can be very high, to work stoppages and other inconveniences that will burden the fire system investor.

The purpose of her diploma thesis is to demonstrate the unnecessary costs that arose due to poor communication between the investor and the designer. The costs shown are only those that arose from the installation of the fire system. How much the costs of servicing and production losses amount to shall remain the investor's secret and food for thought for all who will ever communicate with a designer about the installation of your own fire system.

In her diploma thesis, I present the problem in communication between participants in the design and installation of a fire alarm system with the investor. Incorrect and insufficient communication can affect many factors in the installation of the system and thus cause unnecessary stoppages in the work process and large material costs for the investor. To avoid them, it is necessary to find out many important facts about the building itself, its purpose and the work process within it.

These can be obtained through conversation between those involved in the process of installing the fire alarm system. Although many of the questions posed are sometimes quite bothersome for the system investor and some information seems completely unimportant to them, even disturbing for some, this is not actually the case. All the designer's questions are very important, as they affect the design of the project itself and are primarily related to large costs and lost time due to production stoppages.

Therefore, I would like to tell all potential future fire system investors that communication with the designer is a very important process for them, which will reduce their costs for system installation and save them many a bad mood and anger brought by complications due to an incorrect fire system. No designer and installer of a fire system wishes for incorrect projects. These also bring a lot of unnecessary work and loss of time for them, when they could already be working on new projects, and often also unjustified bad publicity and even disputes with the investor.

So, future investors in fire and other alarm systems, trust the designers and installers of your system, because as they themselves say, your safety is their concern!