IES Consulting can use powerful simulation techniques to investigate occupant ingress, egress and internal movement. For example class changeover in schools, office ‘rush hour’ during mornings, lunch and evenings, and flow through airports.
A wide range of fire evacuation studies can also be undertaken. The flow of people as they leave a building during an emergency through rooms, corridors, staircases, and doorways towards exits can be established using sophisticated evacuation modelling software.
There are virtually no limits on the complexity of a building and its spaces, and a range of physical and psychological factors that can be accounted for. By determining travel distances and times as well as identifying bottle-necks and obstructions, design teams can make better decisions on the number of staircases required, staircase and exit width and many other factors influencing the safe movement of people around a building.
