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We are a consulting firm that provides innovative solutions and advice in Fire Safety Engineering together with fire safety construction monitoring services.

Our Objective is to ensure that Design & Inspections are carried out to the required standard in order to balance industry standards with the need to provide solutions at an affordable cost.

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NIMISH DEO

Managing Director
BSc, MEngSt(Fire), MEngNZ, MSFPE

 
Nimish is a fire engineer with over 18 years’ experience in fire engineering, project management and construction monitoring, both in New Zealand and overseas. He has gained experience in civil and environmental projects specialising in the field of fire safety engineering.  He has completed over 900 fire design projects for various types of buildings for private sectors, local government and councils, including Dunedin City Council in various areas including:
 
  • Commercial
  • Accommodation including Rest homes
  • Warehouses
  • Retail
  • Heritage
  • Healthcare
  • Food Processing
  • Educational
  • Marae
Nimish has prepared fire engineering design to previous C/AS1 and to current C/AS2 Acceptable Solution including Alternate Solution & Verification Method C/VM2 design projects completed to NZ Building Code requirements. Reference and design checks to NFPA standards, International Building Code & European Standards for some challenging projects such as Aircraft Hangars and Boiler Houses.
 
Nimish’s primary area of practice is fire safety design where he ensures designs are carried out to the required standard in order to balance industry standards with the need to provide solutions at an affordable cost. Adding value to projects by advising on requirements for fire protection in the early design stages of the project. Developing relationships with the regulatory authorities to ensure design submissions are easily understood and readily acceptable thus avoiding delays and abortive costs during the implementation phase.
 
Nimish has a Masters in fire engineering studies from University of Canterbury.
STEVE XU

Fire Engineer
BE (Safety), MEngSt(Fire)

Steve studied in his native China Central South University gaining a bachelor’s degree in safety engineering before coming to New Zealand for further studies. He has a master’s in fire engineering studies from University of Canterbury with over 5 years of New Zealand experience as a fire engineer.

Steve is open to new challenges every day and is competent in computer-based fire simulations & analysis for complex building designs. He has been a valuable member of the team and has gained experience in various sectors using both Acceptable Solution and Verification Method designs. This includes both new and existing buildings.

Outside work he loves playing basketball game and is a big fan of NBA. He loves New Zealand and enjoys travelling around this beautiful country.

Dharmend Sharma

Business Development Manager

Dharmend Sharma, a Senior Management Professional – Result driven with a solid verifiable track record of over 20 years’ of successfully propelling business through new setups & high growth cycles. He joined Fire Design Solutions in October 2023 and took the challenge of growing the business in Dunedin, New Zealand & South Pacific.

As Business Development Manager – Dharmend is responsible to manage day to day administration, undertake business development, key account management and to implement new processes and systems as and when required so that the business can generate the required growth, profitability and reach its set targets and also develop sustained competitive advantage so that the organisation can grow Nationally and in South Pacific.

Dharmend’s past endeavours has been with Digicel Fiji for over 10 years as Head of Corporate Sales/Head of Business Development and also 2 years as Operation Manager with Aquaheat South Pacific.

He holds Business Studies from Western Sydney University, Australia.

Fire Engineering Services

We have worked on many fire design projects for various buildings including commercial, retail, warehouses, heritage, healthcare, food processing, education, vehicle parking, rest-homes and accommodation.

We add value to projects by advising on requirements for fire protection in the early design stages of the project ensuring you won’t incur unexpected costly errors. We develop relationships with the regulatory authorities to ensure design submissions are easily understood and readily acceptable thus avoiding delays and abortive costs during the implementation phase.

We provide fire design reports to local governments from Dunedin City Council to Far North District Council.

We supply fire reports for industrial, commercial, retail, and educational establishments to ensure compliance with Territorial Authority and New Zealand Fire Service requirements and for various risk groups as identified in the New Zealand Building Code clauses for Fire Safety.

If you would like more information or find out more about how we can help you on your next project then feel free to contact us on the link below.

Specialising in
· Fire design for building consent · Acceptable fire design solutions
· Verification Method fire design · Specialist Fire Solutions
· Design Specification · Construction Monitoring

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Fire Design Solutions Limited
Level 4, Burns House 10 George Street, Dunedin 9058
PO Box 2020, Dunedin 9044, New Zealand

+64 (03) 470 1079

+64 21 0250 8740

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