Consulting

Rail Systems

Although fire protection has steadily grown in importance in the last few years, it often plays a secondary role with manufacturers and operators, mostly due to a lack of specialist resources. Yet fire protection requirements have a technical and above all economic impact on both manufacturers and operators. Even though fire protection is as important in terms of the approval process as crash safety, fire protection experts tend to operate independently. When additional tasks arise, that go above and beyond the normal workscope, capacity is soon exhausted.

If active fire protection is taken into consideration at an early stage of the overall design and construction process, greater savings can be made in terms of manufacturing and operating costs. The consultancy work offered by FOGTEC helps to identify and realise these potential savings. FOGTEC provides both day-to-day and specific project support. It supports the engineering phase of the development of new rolling stock as well as the co-ordination of larger processes such as refurbishment projects. Additional capacity can be provided to ease bottlenecks and to ensure that fire protection issues are integrated in the process at an early stage.

Consulting

The consulting portfolio covers the analysis of international and national standards, the coordination and implementation of developmental and approval processes associated with fire protection, follow-up on material certification and the coordination of verification tests. These services are carried out independently of the supply of hardware.

Both manufacturers and operators are able to benefit from this involvement of FOGTEC employees in relevant research groups and standards committees and their close contact with approval authorities and certifiers. Not only does this ensure up-to-date knowledge of current standards and technologies but allows for preparations to be made ahead of any proposed changes in standards etc.