Medical Suites & Office
Class 5
Class 5 buildings include medical suites, offices, and professional consulting rooms.
We work on these projects every week from house-to-medical conversions through to new office fit-outs and upgrades
These buildings often trigger specific fire requirements. If you’re converting a house into a medical centre, for example, you’ll almost always need a Performance Solution for walls and openings within 3 metres of a boundary. Offices may require hydrant coverage drawings and detection/alarm design. Whatever the case, we can help you work it out and get it approved.
Fire Safety Engineering
Performance Solutions, FEB and FER
Class 5 projects often need Performance Solutions when standard NCC provisions don’t fit the design. We prepare the required Fire Engineering Brief (FEB) and Fire Engineering Report (FER) to support building permit approval.
Common performance solutions:
Boundary walls and openings within 3 metres
Fire separation requirements in house-to-medical conversions
Layout or access issues that fall outside NCC limits
Fire Protection Design
Design Reports and Drawings
Most medical suites and offices also need fire protection systems designed and documented for approval. We provide complete Design Reports, including all required drawings, to NCC and Australian Standards.
Fire systems:
Hydrant coverage drawings
Detection and alarm systems
Block plans for submission and site display
Fire Advice
Fire Advice is about clarity making sure you understand what’s required and how to achieve it without delays or overdesign.
If you’re not sure what fire measures apply or you’re working with an existing building and need clarity before starting design our fire advice service can help.
We’ll:
Identify what’s already required for your project type
Clarify compliance obligations under the NCC
Map the next steps so you can proceed with confidence
Get Started
Still working it out? Book a Project Discovery session ($750). We’ll review your plans, flag compliance triggers, and map out the best pathway for your medical suite or office project.
Already know what you need? Upload your drawings and project details through our enquiry form, and we’ll prepare a custom proposal.