About Bowsers
Established over 100 years ago and working in the Passive Fire Protection industry since 1968, Bowsers is a leading passive fire rating contractor headquartered in Sydney and operates in the building, industrial, infrastructure and bushfire protection sectors.
Having been 50+ years in the Passive Fire protection Industry, Bowsers can assist you and your organisation with the following integrated installation and consulting passive fire protection services. Bowsers offers the reassurance that 100% of our work is certified to the relevant Building Codes and Standards.
INSTALLATION
- Fire and Smoke Dampers
- Fire Seals
- Blast Walls
- Lightweight Construction
- Bushfire Protection
CONSULTING
- Technical Advice
- Compliance Audits
- Fire Safety Statements
- Certification
With offices in New South Wales and Queensland, Bowsers services clients and their projects throughout Australia.
Landmark projects include Canberra’s New Parliament House, Sydney Opera House and the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, the largest and most complex hospital in the Southern Hemisphere.
Our People
Bowsers is staffed by highly qualified professional engineers with substantial industry experience. They are renowned in the industry for their ability to work collaboratively with all parties to deliver passive fire protection services for all types of assets to the required works programs.
Other key staff such as Project Manager, Auditors and Site Supervisors are also tertiary educated and fully accredited with at least 10 years’ experience.
Bowsers provides practical and fully compliant solutions to all fire rating issues. We pride ourselves on our technical knowledge and our capability to deliver over 1500 projects annually to our wide and varied client base.
Dominic Neate, Bowsers Managing Director
Why Bowsers?
A Service Focussed Organisation
Bowsers is focussed on a high level of client service offering solutions that seek compliance which are cost effective and world’s best practice.
Technical Capability
With 25+ staff averaging 10 years’ service, clients have confidence in Bowsers’ technical ability to produce safe and compliant solutions for their projects and assets.
Professional Staff and Accreditation
A substantial number of staff are professionally qualified engineers and have personal accreditation with The Fire Protection Association Australia (FPAA) and the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC).
Intellectual Property
Bowsers retains all certification records for its sites so that, even if the buildings change ownership, we have the documentation available to ensure this information is not lost.
50+
years in the Passive Fire Protection Industry
25+
Employees with 10 years average service
90%
Repeat Clients
100%
of our work is certified to the relevant Building Codes and Standards
1500+
projects and audits successfully completed annually
Why is Passive Fire Protection Important?
Passive fire protection measures help limit the spread of smoke and fire in buildings, potentially saving lives.
If a fire starts, passive fire protection measures will help contain the fire and smoke within the originating fire compartment of the building. Containing the fire at its point of origin will allow occupants to safely evacuate the area. Passive fire protection slows down the spread of fire giving occupants more time to evacuate and preserves a building’s integrity, making fire-fighting easier and safer.
Structural fire protection and compartmentation are the cornerstones of passive fire protection. Incorporating passive fire containment measures into the fabric of the building will limit the spread and possible damaging effects of fire.
Periodic inspections and maintenance of your passive fire protection systems ensures proper performance when required. Maintenance procedures are outlined in the Australian Standard, AS 1851 – 2012 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment.
Through the correct installation of passive fire protection systems you:
- Increase the safety of the occupants
- Limit the spread of fire
- Protect building structure
- Protect assets
- Meet legal regulations
Accreditations
"The team at Bowsers has consistently shown a level of knowledge, experience and client service that is just not seen within the industry. I have no reservations whatsoever in recommending them to anyone looking to partner with an expert in passive fire protection”
Nadeem Tayar, Managing Director, Precise Air Group