Emergency Lighting Design
P4 have offered an emergency lighting design service for many years. We produce a design for every area of your premises, based on current standards. To do this, we’ll take drawings of the area, information about the use and any special needs that you might have. This will ensure that the installation meets all applicable requirements, enabling you, the end user, to be confident that it’s fit for purpose.
Installing emergency lighting without consideration for its correct location may mean that the installation is failing to meet legal requirements.
As well as the installation of emergency lighting being a legal requirement in many non-domestic premises, it must be correctly installed to provide at least a specified minimum level of light falling on the floor of escape routes during its operation.
Only by correctly designing and documenting an emergency lighting installation can compliance with applicable standards and guidance be assured. Evidence must be provided to support declarations of compliance by installers and “responsible persons or duty holders”.
Installing emergency lighting without consideration for its correct location may mean that the installation is failing to meet legal requirements.
As well as the installation of emergency lighting being a legal requirement in many non-domestic premises, it must be correctly installed to provide at least a specified minimum level of light falling on the floor of escape routes during its operation.
Only by correctly designing and documenting an emergency lighting installation can compliance with applicable standards and guidance be assured. Evidence must be provided to support declarations of compliance by installers and “responsible persons or duty holders”.
Site Survey
We can provide expert advice on your specific emergency lighting needs and how you can achieve compliance with your legal obligations by completing a site survey.
Although current site plans of premises can be a valuable starting point, often a site survey is required. This may be the only means by which all “points of emphasis”, locations at which emergency lighting must be installed to meet the requirements of an installation, can be identified.
A site survey typically requires P4 expert project engineers to walk the site recording all details that will later be recorded on emergency lighting installation drawings.
Where current drawings of premises are not available, we may be able to provide a full survey taking adequate measurements to enable emergency lighting installation drawings to be produced.
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Photometry
All emergency lighting installation designs must be based on photometric performance data for each type of emergency lighting luminaire.
As designers of these luminaires, we undertake this testing for all of our products. It’s typically done at a dedicated UKAS accredited photometric laboratory, and is provided to P4 in recognised file formats, such as .ldt and .ies files. These can be read into photometric design programmes.
You can download the appropriate photometry data from each product page, or via the resources section.
BIM/Revit File Downloads
We proudly offer Autodesk Revit-friendly Building Information Modelling (BIM) models for a wide range of our lighting products.
This particularly benefits our customers in the construction and education sectors, as it allows them to integrate P4 equipment and installations into their asset management systems with ease. P4 has taken the time to invest in the latest technology to make your life easier.
You can download the appropriate BIM/Revit files from each product page, or via the resources section.
“Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a collaborative way of working, underpinned by the digital technologies which unlock more efficient methods of designing, creating and maintaining our assets. BIM embeds key product and asset data and a 3-dimensional computer model that can be used for effective management of information throughout a project lifecycle – from earliest concept through to operation. It has been described as a game changing ICT and cultural process for the construction sector. A number of countries globally are starting to realise the opportunities it brings and are now investing in developing their own capability. BIM processes are ‘mainstream’ to both new buildings/infrastructure and have further potential in ‘retrofit’ and ‘refurbishment’ projects when complementary workflows such as laser scanning and rapid energy analysis are employed.” (HM Government, 2012)
BAFE Certification
This further cemented our reputation in the industry as a high-quality provider of design services, installation, commission and maintenance of emergency lighting systems.
Facilities managers and other people managing the installation of an emergency lighting system on their property are legally obliged to guarantee that all persons working on the system are competent to do so. By using the services of a BAFE SP203-4 certified company like P4, individuals with responsibility for fire safety can demonstrate that they have complied with this aspect of the law.
Holding the accreditation means that we can commission and certify installations on behalf of our customers. This is just one part of our dedication to make life as easy as possible for all of our customers.