Key features of Egress Modelling include:

• Human Movement Simulation: Egress models simulate how people move through a building, using factors such as walking speed, crowd behavior, and decision-making processes. The models can reflect different behaviors, like how people might follow others, avoid hazards, or queue at exits.
• Building Layout and Exit Design: The layout of the building, including the location of doors, stairs, corridors, and emergency exits, is critical in egress modelling. The simulation evaluates whether these elements are sufficient to allow all occupants to evacuate in a timely and orderly fashion.
• Crowd Dynamics and Congestion: Egress modelling examines how people will behave in large groups, particularly in crowded areas such as stairwells or exit points. It helps identify bottlenecks, delays, and other factors that could impede evacuation, allowing for the optimization of evacuation routes.
• Emergency Scenarios: The modelling process can simulate various emergency scenarios, such as fires, earthquakes, or smoke spread, to evaluate how people would react and how the building’s evacution plan performs under different conditions.
• Time to Evacuate: One of the key outputs of egress modelling is the total time it takes for all occupants to evacuate the building. This is compared against life safety requirements and fire safety standards to ensure the building design allows for safe evacuation within the necessary time limits.

OUR SCOPE OF WORK

We provide you with the latest performance-based design solutions and engineering best practices while helping to determine applicable codes and standards. We comply with the national codes and standards, engineering best practices, performance-based consulting, and fire & life safety audit criteria. Our team also specializes in construction and system investigation during the lifecycle of a building and assists in designing a go-forward plan and helps manage the upgrade.