GENERAL
Gage-Babcock & Associates Ltd. (GBA) is a Canadian Fire Protection, Security and Code Consulting Engineering firm. GBA is dedicated to the protection of life and property from the potentially severe consequences of fire and criminal activity. The original firm was incorporated in 1974 as Compryo Consutants Ltd., and in 1985, GBA commenced our affiliation with Gage-Babcock & Associates Inc., an American fire-protection engineering and security-consulting firm. In July 2007, our affiliation with Gage-Babcock & Associates Inc. ended amicably.
Members of GBA technical staff are a closely knit group with complementary experience and expertise in theoretical and technical design, project administration and asset protection principles and practices. GBA’s projects generally involve multiple staff to ensure a high quality of engineering, as well as continuing development of individual talents.
GBA staff includes professional engineers and registered architects. Some of our registered professionals are eligible to use the designation ‘Certified Professional’. Under this program, the Certified Professional (CP) is delegated the authority to ascertain that the design and construction of a building substantially conforms in all material respects with Part 3 of the British Columbia Building Code or applicable local Municipal Bylaws. GBA played a significant role in modifying the CP program to the Independent Professional Program currently in use by the Vancouver Airport Authority and Vancouver Port Authority for use with the National Building Code of Canada.
GBA keeps current on new developments in fire protection engineering, security and building issues through membership in such organizations as the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the National Fire Protection Association, and Provincial (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories/Nunavut) Professional Engineering Associations, and the American Society for Industrial Security. GA staff work with building and fire codes and standards on a daily basis and also serve on the technical committees responsible for their development.
GBA offers both fire protection and security expertise. This allows us to reconcile life safety and security conflicts that arise in both retrofit and new construction projects. Our experienced team of fire protection engineers, security consultants, and life safety specialists ensure that our design recommendations are in compliance with applicable building codes and standards and properly interface with other building systems. For over thirty years, GBA's clients and their building occupants have benefited from the significant level of threat and risk reduction enabled through the integration of crime prevention, life safety, and fire protection disciplines working in concert to achieve the opitimum level in code compliance and safe use of buildings.
