IKEA take fire safety very seriously and all of their retail stores are protected by sprinklers and smoke ventilation.
In order to maximise retail floor area by both increasing footprints and introducing mezzanines, IKEA sought alternatives to the existing smoke control approach. Tenos successfully developed cost saving solutions that allowed IKEA to:
> extend reservoir sizes without increasing smoke ventilation provision
> use open grid floors to vent smoke between ground floor and roof level without the need for smoke shafts
> utilise existing mechanical ventilation systems provided for day to day ventilation for smoke extract.
Tenos have consulted on a number of IKEA stores including Bristol, Wembley, Coventry, Nottingham, Belfast, Dublin, Gateshead, Manchester and Wednesbury.