Project Overview
Professional Systems Engineering, LLC provided fire protection consulting engineer for the Rose Building Tower, which houses the student and administrative offices of The Juilliard School and the School of American Ballet, the balance of which houses students in the 31-story residential tower. PSE is serving as both fire protection and life safety consultant and the dormitory/high-rise classroom safety consultant for elevators, life safety, and evacuation controls. This challenging environment requires in depth knowledge of public assembly theater spaces, classrooms, studios, and high-rise 31-story student housing requirements. The square footage of the space totals 445,000 SF and the project budget is approximately $4 million.
Specially protected spaces include black box performance theater, ballet practice studios, rehearsal studios, and executive offices. Apartment suites are clustered on each of the high-rise floors. PSE provided an in-depth program study evaluating new NYC 2014 codes, applying NFPA72 codes for new fire alarm engineering requirements. Evaluations included new infrastructure requirements, controls and cabling needs, and opinions of probable cost.
Services Provided
- Fire detection systems
- New addressable fire alarm control panels
- Addressable initiating devices
- ADA horn/strobes
- Remote annunciators
- Computer networking/ interface system
- Site-wide fiber optic network
- Access control review
- Proprietary receiving alarm system design meeting NFPA and UL
- Smoke evacuation control
- HVAC remote controls
- New fire command center layout/design
- New security desk design recommendations
Hillsborough, New Jersey
