Assisted Living & Care Homes
Structural engineering for care homes and assisted living: new build, alteration and extension with fire and acoustic requirements.
Care homes, assisted living and residential facilities for people with disabilities.
What we take on
- Structural design for new build, extension and alteration
- Detailed design and frame drawings
- Acoustic and fire performance verification
- Alteration during operation, planned in phases
What is stricter here
The occupants cannot evacuate themselves. That produces requirements for escape routes, compartmentation and fire resistance beyond ordinary housing, and those shape the construction – they cannot be laid on afterwards.
Added to that are the state care-home regulations and the funding bodies’ requirements for room sizes and areas. Both act on the grid and the spans.
Alteration with the building occupied
The normal case: residents stay in the building. We plan phases, dust protection, temporary arrangements and vibration limits so operation continues, and agree the phasing with the home’s management.
Residential & Commercial