Published: October 23, 2024
There are numerous ways that technology, such as Ctrldoc’s Firedoc, can support your construction project’s fire protection.
Here are five ways our services can reduce fire risks in construction projects.
Reducing fire risks requires proper documentation of fire penetrations and other passive fire protection works within your project.
Firedoc provides this capability, allowing trades and fire contractors to replace manual fire safety recording processes with a streamlined, app-based system that helps track fire penetrations installations in real-time.
This improves fire safety management throughout the construction process and mitigates the risk of errors, saving money on costly rectification works.
Thanks to Firedoc’s cloud-based access, multiple stakeholders throughout the construction process can easily review the installation progress of fire components from any location.
This improves accountability by ensuring each step of the process is assigned to the correct trades and team members, and installation works and final sign-offs are captured and recorded. Thanks to live updates, multiple teams always have access to up-to-date information.
Through the digitisation of fire penetration records, Firedoc enables trades and fire contractors to have instant access to installation data so that compliance checks can be carried out swiftly.
Recording installation data helps ensure that penetrations are sealed according to fire protection standards, such as AS4072.1. Having access to digitised live data speeds up compliance verification and reduces risks by allowing discrepancies to be identified quickly and rectified immediately.
Firedoc gives trades and fire contractors the ability to link photographic evidence to fire penetrations and to tie this to unique location IDs on your building plans. Additionally, Ctrldoc provides an optional Auto Pin feature that utilises Text Recognition to automate the creation of individual records and location IDs on your building plans. Visual documentation is a crucial part of helping the team verify that fire penetrations have been properly sealed and gives inspectors the necessary proof to sign off on fire safety compliance.
This crucial aspect enhances transparency and makes it easier to confirm the fire safety readiness of a construction project.
The offline mode that Firedoc offers gives trades and fire contractors the ability to continue tracking fire safety even when there are connectivity issues. Internet access is often intermittent or unavailable on construction sites, so this capability is crucial for ensuring uninterrupted tracking to reduce the risk of missing any critical fire protection steps.
Regardless of connectivity, the data is captured and will automatically sync once internet access is restored. This prevents any gaps in documentation for seamless fire safety compliance.
Ensure your construction project’s fire protection is technologically enabled to minimise fire risks with our services. Contact Ctrldoc today to learn more about our Firedoc offering and other construction technologies.
