Specifications run to thousands of pages
A single substation technical specification can exceed 2,700 pages, with the fire-protection scope buried in one section and its appendices.
For engineering offices and fire-protection contractors
Fire-protection design review, checked against Saudi codes by AI.
Bunyan reads the RFQ, specifications and drawings, builds a register of every requirement, and flags each gap against SBC 801, NFPA and SEC standards, citing the exact sheet and clause. Your engineers stay in charge of every decision.
Review findings
132kV substation · Fire protection package
- FA-104Fire alarmHigh
Battery room has heat detection only; the project specification asks for smoke and hydrogen detection.
PTS 4.10 · NFPA 72
- CA-201Clean agentMedium
Agent quantity uses a room height that does not match the architectural section. Recalculate.
NFPA 2001 · A-301
- BOQ 3.12QuantitiesCheck
12 manual call points in the BOQ, 10 on the layout. Quantity not traceable to a drawing.
BOQ ↔ FA-101
The problem
Reviewing a fire-protection package is slow, manual and easy to get wrong.
Several code families overlap
SBC 801, Civil Defense, NFPA, SEC TES and TMSS, and HCIS each apply in different ways, and the adopted edition must be confirmed for every project.
Every revision starts over
Each consultant comment and drawing revision means rechecking layouts, calculations and quantities by hand, and keeping the BOQ in step.
How it works
From the client package to a cited review in four steps.
- 1
Upload the package
RFQ, technical specification, architectural and equipment drawings (PDF or DWG), calculations and the BOQ.
- 2
Build the requirement register
Every requirement is extracted with its source document, revision, page and clause, and the applicable codes are listed for confirmation.
- 3
Check the design
Layouts, calculations and quantities are checked against the register and the codes. Each finding has a severity and a citation.
- 4
Engineer review and export
Your engineer accepts or rejects each finding, then exports a comment sheet, marked-up PDFs and a BOQ traced back to the drawings.
Coverage
The systems a fire-protection package actually contains.
Built around substations, plants and industrial facilities, where most of the review effort goes.
- Fire alarm and detection
- Detector types and spacing, loops, notification, gas detection, cause and effect.
- Clean agent suppression
- FM-200 and Novec 1230: room volumes, concentration, agent quantity, reserve and enclosure integrity.
- Sprinklers and hydrants
- Hazard classification, head layout, design area and hydraulic demand.
- Fire pumps and water storage
- Pump duty, jockey pump, tank volume and duration against the water supply data.
- Portable extinguishers
- Type, rating and travel distance for each room and hazard.
- Interfaces
- HVAC shutdown, dampers, SCADA and SAS signals, and power supply boundaries.
Codes and standards
Checked against the references Saudi projects are approved on.
Bunyan keeps a controlled library of codes and client standards, and records which edition governs each project.
Saudi Building Code
Saudi Fire Code and Civil Defense requirements
- SBC 801
- Civil Defense
NFPA
System design, installation and testing
- NFPA 72
- NFPA 13
- NFPA 20
- NFPA 2001
- NFPA 10
Saudi Electricity
Client standards for substations and transmission
- SEC TES
- TMSS
- PTS
Industrial security
Requirements for facilities under HCIS
- HCIS SAF
When a clause cannot be found in the library, Bunyan says so instead of guessing.
Principles
An assistant for engineers, not a replacement for them.
The engineer signs off
Nothing leaves the office without an engineer's approval at each stage gate.
Every finding is cited
Each comment links to the sheet, page and clause it is based on, so it can be checked in seconds.
No invented clauses
Assumptions and missing inputs are listed as open items, never presented as code requirements.
Data stays in the Kingdom
Project documents are processed and stored in Saudi Arabia.
Pilot Bunyan on your next project.
Send us a recent fire-protection package and we will return a cited review for your team to compare with its own.