Castle Hotel Adare in Ireland

Innovative Safety and Accessibility Solutions for Hospitality + Entertainment Venues

The hospitality sector is experiencing a dynamic shift as it increasingly merges with the entertainment industry, leading to the creation of multi-purpose venues that serve diverse functions. This blending of industries introduces a range of complex safety and accessibility challenges that require innovative approaches to address effectively. While prescriptive building codes are necessary to ensure safety, they can sometimes restrict design creativity, limiting the potential of what these spaces can offer. As a result, it's crucial to develop solutions that strike a balance between imaginative, cutting-edge design and strict regulatory compliance.

Whether you're embarking on the construction of a new hotel, transforming existing spaces into multi-functional venues, or planning large-scale events that involve both hospitality and entertainment, our team is committed to partnering with you every step of the way.

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Combining Vision with Compliance

In recent decades, the hospitality industry has adapted building safety and security to address unprecedented hazards and threats. Our unparalleled expertise in performance-based and alternative design solutions keeps your guests and staff safe, while also meeting your aesthetic, functional, and budgetary requirements. Furthermore, we help you implement effective ongoing operating and maintenance processes, and provide rapid assessments to address any business disruptions.

Helping You Provide the Utmost Safety to Your Guests + Staff

By partnering with leading hotel brands, owners, developers, and architects, we identify risks, review code requirements, and deliver compliant, safety-focused solutions for hospitality venues. Leveraging our deep industry expertise and understanding of hospitality trends and operations, we help you provide a world-class guest experience while ensuring full compliance with all relevant codes and standards. Prioritizing critical guest and staff safety, we safeguard your business and brand reputation.

Hospitality + Entertainment Industry Services

Learn more about our service offerings for hospitality and events facilities.

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Building Site Safety Supervision + Auditing

Site safety supervision and auditing help you identify the safety risks of a construction site. It also detects any incorrect installations…
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Civil + Structural Failure Engineering

Structural failures within the built environment can occur for a variety of reasons, both man-made and from natural disasters. Our…
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Code Compliance Consultancy + Feasibility Studies

Interpreting and applying building and fire safety codes can be a daunting task. With our in-depth knowledge of the regulatory landscape,…
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Code Consulting + Conformity

Using their deep knowledge of code requirements and regulatory intent, our building code consultants help you create the most effective…
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Escape of Water Insurance Claims

Escape of water is the most common and expensive type of insurance claim we’ve seen in recent years—and that trend is only increasing. We…
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Expert Witness + Litigation Support

We provide litigation support, expert testimony and scientific analysis for a broad spectrum of cases, ranging from malicious intent and…
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External Wall Systems

An external wall system is made up of the outside wall of a building, including the cladding, insulation and fire break systems. We follow…
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Fire + Accident Investigation

With more than twenty investigators, seven in-house laboratories and a network of 1,500 experts, we utilize our extensive experience and…
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Fire + Explosion Investigation + Analysis

From rapid on-site investigation to evidence examination and testing, we provide comprehensive fire and explosion investigations and…
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Fire Barrier Design + Product Approvals

Fire barrier design can come with unexpected surprises, so our experts are ready to respond quickly to your needs. With decades of…
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Fire Engineering Consultancy + Safety Design

With over 25 years of experience, Jensen Hughes is Europe's leading fire engineering consultancy providing innovative, performance-based…
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Fire Engineering Strategy

As fire engineering specialists, fire strategy is at the core of what we do. Ensuring that project solutions are thoroughly considered from…
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Fire Modelling

Much of our fire engineering analysis is supported by use of the most advanced computer modelling programmes. We regularly use…
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Risk Analysis + Functional Design

Risk analysis and performance-based design are tools that help solve the most challenging fire and safety issues of your site. Securely.…
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Fire Safety + System Design

When we design fire safety systems, we consider all elements required for protecting people most effectively and ensure that systems are…
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Fire Safety Engineering + Design Consulting

The earlier you involve a fire engineering design consultant in your project, the more innovative and cost-effective the fire safety…
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Fire Safety Audits + Risk Assessment

We work with building owners, developers and architects to undertake detailed fire safety audits that meet latest regulations. Our team is…
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Fire, Smoke + Tunnel Modelling

Our fire safety engineers conduct fire engineering analysis supported by the use of advanced computer modelling programmes. We use…
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Mass Timber Consulting

Our experts were involved with the development and early application of mass timber criteria years before the International Code Council…
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Means of Escape + Safe Evacuation Design

Safe evacuation of the occupants from a building when there is a fire is a fundamental aspect of fire safety. Ensuring that this is built…
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Mechanical + Electrical

Mechanical and electrical failures often go hand-in-hand and require an integrated investigation by expert engineers to determine the root…
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Risk Analysis

With regard to fire prevention in work spaces, we perform risk analysis in the context of the legal requirements imposed by the Belgian…
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Risk Assessment + Business Recovery

All organizations face unforeseeable threats that can severely disrupt business continuity and interfere with normal operations.…
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Safety Reports + Rescue Plans

Safety reports and rescue plans help prepare for accidents and emergencies and ensure that buildings are safe to evacuate. Safety reports…
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Smoke Ventilation Design + Instructions

In the event of a fire, cost-effective, smoke ventilation systems can help minimize loss, prevent injury and reduce the risk of property…
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Structural Fire Safety

Poor structural integrity and insufficient fire safety measures can impact building performance and life safety. We collaborate across key…
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Test + Commissioning

Reliable, code compliant fire and life safety systems are important to protecting occupants from injury and preventing devastating property…
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We partner with you to solve complex challenges throughout the project lifecycle

While many of our services and solutions are utilized across various markets and applications, dozens of others are highly specialized and unique to one industry or another. From aviation, power and healthcare to nuclear energy, insurance and manufacturing, our team of engineers and consultants includes the most experienced industry experts from around the world.

  • Code Consulting + Fire Engineering
  • Emerging Hazards
  • Energy + Utilities
  • Forensics
Our Office Locations

With offices around the world and team members on the ground in key regions, our global reach and vital in-country expertise enable us to deliver solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients and the communities we serve.

Our Offices
Castle Hotel Adare in Ireland

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