Plus Approach

Excellence doesn’t cost extra unless you do it twice

What if passive fire compliance were easy and you could confidently get back to delivering building excellence?

Be confident your project will pass any compliance test, cost-effectively with The Plus Approach, the passive fire best practice system from design to handover.

With the growing pressure to achieve passive fire compliance, the Plus Systems team have developed a program to resolve our clients’ issues and create peace of mind. We have streamlined the passive fire process by providing a third-party certification service, ‘The Plus Approach’. We are with you every step of the way to advise, provide ongoing QA, guarantee compliance, and ultimately ensure an effective and smooth handover of your building or project.

What this could look like on your next project:

    • Review all drawings, FER, BCA review proposed systems, & compartmentation.

    • Identify issues and clashes that may compromise compliance

    • Proactive review and meetings with client to create issues register.

    • Liaise with sub trades to create a system selection spreadsheet for proposed products.

    • Review systems for fire rated walls and ceilings, penetrations and joint seals.

    • Liaise with manufacturers to clarify all systems are compliant with current test reports.

    • Advise any potential cost savings via performance solution.

    • Identify any non DTS for performance solution and FER inclusion.

    • Present system selection to Building Certifier for pre-approval for compliance to NCC.

    • Individual meetings with all sub-trades involved to scope systems and installation guides.

    • On-site training and preparation of prototype board for installation samples.

    • Inspections from early works stage of construction to ensure adherence to compliant construction – walls, penetrations.

    • Briefings, site meetings and ongoing advice for clarifications as required.

    • Review riser penetrations layout to eliminate non-compliance installation.

    • Create ITP checklists and installation guides.

    • Continued staged inspections – walls, joint-sealing and penetrations

    • Creating evidence – progressive inspection reports and close outs.

    • Provide ongoing defect reports to be issued for non-compliance works for rectification.

    • Ongoing / progressive advice for corrective actions of the issues derived from inspections.

    • Provide solution for sequencing and buildability

    • Apply labels, photographic evidence and penetrations register

    • Consolidation of penetrations register (‘all trades – one register’)

    • Liaise with Builder, sub trades and building certifier for documentation sign off.

    • Final certification close out, including form-12 where required

    • Creation of baseline data for AS1851 inspections

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“Engaging PLUS Sytems (at the time Plus Passive Fire) to perform a third party review of the fire systems proposed by trade contractors gave TDD peace of mind that the building would achieve total compliance and withstand any future scrutiny. The PLUS team were proactive in their consulting and certifying role and worked in seamlessly with TDD and its trade contractors. We’ll definitely take the same approach next project.

— Tom Dooley, Director of Tom Dooley Developments