This year, for the third consecutive year, Ferm Engineering has donated to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal in lieu of sending Christmas cards or exchanging gifts. The team donated toys, hampers of non-perishable food, and $500 to the appeal. We also donated $100 to the Queensland Rural Fire Service....
Nectar Farms, an agri-business dedicated to glasshouse farming, has selected Ferm Engineering as the engineering consultant for its $220 million project to build a 30ha glasshouse fuelled by wind energy and battery storage at Joel Joel, 23km east of Stawell, Victoria. Ferm’s role at the high-tech facility is electrical...
Ferm Engineering CEO Steve Burton will join a panel session at the Safe Buildings and Defects Management Summit 2020 in Brisbane on 26-28 February 2020. The event will feature high-profile speakers discussing building regulations, defects management, insurance claims, fire safety, and cladding and façade solutions. The target is to...
Ferm Engineering CEO Steve Burton’s passion for fire safety in Australia has led to him being a sought-after speaker at many industry events. At the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA) national conference in Hobart, Tasmania, on 30 Oct to 1 Nov, he was a member of a panel session...
Australia’s building industry faces a potential crisis. Building industry professionals are having great difficulty obtaining professional indemnity (PI) insurance in light of mixed reactions across state, territory and federal governments to the building industry’s woes. PI availability is hampered by insurer capacity, high premiums and excesses, and limitations on...
Ferm Engineering has developed evacuation modelling tools for child care and aged care facilities. The egress models will be launched in February 2020 and Ferm Engineering CEO Steve Burton and fire consultant Wayne Blake will present them at an international Society of Fire Protection Engineers conference in New Zealand...
Licencing of fire trades and service technicians in Queensland is changing. The QBCC and fire industry are reviewing many of the trade fire licence requirements and the training levels needed to resolve poor on building sites. Stephen Burton is assisting Engineers Australia in their endeavours to get the balance...
We have fire specialists for installing safety systems, designing protection solutions and conducting audit services. Our fire protection services include safety systems and audits andare certified through international standards. Avail our end-to-end fire protection services ranging from design & construction to regular fire safety audits.
Fire Fighting Foam AFFF assessment and changeover. The Qld State policy has only 12 months to be met for property and industrial operators with AFFF foam. Ferm Engineering has been able to assist many including BMA, BHP, Recochem, to review the AFFF stocks and develop suitable replacements.
In the wake of the cladding ACP review by the state governments, Ferm Engineering has specialists in the audit and testing of ACP and combustibility. To safeguard your insurance policy and operations with potentially high fire risk ACP wall systems, contact us for a quote. Ferm Engineering is...