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Life Safety & Building Code Consulting Boeing Charleston Factory • North Charleston, South Carolina, USA

United States East Coast manufacturing, assembly, and delivery site for Boeing Commercial Airplanes

1.2 million square feet

Facility produces the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft

Produces three airplanes per month at full production

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Boeing Assembly Plant

Aerial view of the Boeing Charleston Factory

Challenge:

At 618 feet wide, 1,041 feet long, and over 100 feet high, the extreme size of the facility required a construction type that provides durability requisite for its intended use.

Solution:

JENSEN HUGHES provided Life Safety and Building Code consulting services and fire suppression design services.

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Boeing Assembly Plant

Aerial view of the Final Assembly Building - Boeing Charleston Factory

Code review services were performed during the design phase

Life Safety Plans were developed and submitted as part of the building construction documentation

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Building was provided with automatic wet-pipe sprinkler system throughout

Facility was also outfitted with an automatic Class 1 standpipe system

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Assembly line inside the Boeing North Charleston Plant

Boeing Assembly Plant

Two new fire pump houses were designed to boost the available water supply for the building and site

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During project construction, construction administration services were provided, including:

Review of the fire protection shop drawings

Field observation reports of the fire protection installation

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Boeing employees work on aft fuselage for the 787 Dreamliner

Boeing Assembly Plant

JENSEN HUGHES

For More Information Contact Us:

Hamid Bahadori, PE Director – Orlando Office

407-647-3737 hbahadori@jensenhughes.com

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