Building Infrastructure Safety and Performance

We help customers evaluate and demonstrate the safety and compliance of building infrastructure through code compliance, fire safety, building envelope testing and building inspection services.

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Demonstrate building infrastructure safety and performance

As building materials and construction techniques evolve, so do the codes, standards and requirements that help ensure buildings’ safety, quality and fire performance.

We offer code compliance, fire safety, building envelope testing, building inspection and training services to help manufacturers, architects, engineers, specifiers and code authorities meet evolving requirements for building infrastructure. We help manufacturers, specifiers and code authorities to:

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The time it took the Grenfell Tower fire to escalate from the fourth floor to the top of the 24-story building.[1]

514

The number of U.K. high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings identified in November 2024 as having cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations.[2]

1.5 million

The number of fires that U.S. public fire departments responded to in 2022.[3]

50%

The decrease in U.S. fire fatalities since the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.[4]

Meet complex compliance requirements

Demonstrate compliance with codes, regulations, standards and benchmarks.

Identify fire, safety and security gaps

Address issues for the proper operation of fire, safety and security systems

Assess product and system performance

Verify performance in extreme conditions before, during and after construction

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Building inspection services

We offer customized services to evaluate the compliance of your building’s safety systems to international code requirements and identify compliance gaps so you can make improvements for the proper operation of fire, life safety and security systems.

Building inspection services

We offer customized services to evaluate the compliance of your building’s safety systems to international code requirements and identify compliance gaps so you can make improvements for the proper operation of fire, life safety and security systems.

Services and software for building infrastructure safety

Modular Building Inspection Services

Provide confidence to specifiers, manufacturers, building owners and code authorities that modular buildings meet code requirements.

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Building Inspection Services

We conduct fire, life safety, and security plan reviews and inspections to local, national and international building codes.

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Building Envelope Services

We can help you select optimal building envelope system characteristics, test performance and navigate complex regulatory requirements.

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Building Envelope Window, Door/Fenestration Product Testing

Validate the performance and compliance of fenestration products prior to final installation on site using lab-based testing and modeling.

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Fire Resistance Products, Systems and Designs

Demonstrate the compliance of building and construction materials and systems with fire and smoke safety and sustainability requirements.

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Fire Barrier Management

Demonstrate the compliance of your firestopping systems, fire doors and fire dampers through expert inspections and contractor programs.

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Fire Suppression Testing and Certification

We test and certify sprinklers and nozzles to ANSI/UL 199, the Standard for Automatic Sprinklers for Fire-Protection Service, and EN 12259-1.

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Meet our experts

“There is a balance between advancing the energy transition and doing it in a way that it does not adversely impact fire safety in the built environment. At UL Solutions, that balance is our focus.”

Dwayne Sloan

Director and Principal Engineer, Built Environment

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From energy storage systems and lithium-ion battery safety to fire protection technologies, standards development, testing and certification, discover how UL Solutions can help you evaluate risks, advance innovation and support a safer, sustainable built environment.

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Expertise, support and resources for Code Authorities.

Fire Suppression in U.K. High-Rise Residential Buildings

This e-Book explores the post-Grenfell Tower regulatory changes, the impact of auditing, evaluating fire-suppression systems and retrofitting programs.

Download our Building Technologies and Construction brochure

Find out how we can help you advance compliance, safety, product performance and sustainability while optimizing building ecosystem operations.

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Find out how we can help you advance compliance, safety, product performance and sustainability while optimizing building ecosystem operation

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