The Smith is the newest apartment community in Boston’s South End. The complex is a 650,000 SF mixed-used development consisting of 650 multi-family residential units in two-11 story residential towers. The first tower was occupied this summer. This phase includes 11-stories, below grade parking and boosts multiple tenant amenities, including green space at the ground floor courtyard as well as a rooftop pool.

Code Red Consultants teamed with CBT Architects and Leggat McCall Properties to provide fire protection and life safety consulting services as part of the design and construction of the new residential tower. Our construction services included the development of a NFPA 241 Construction Fire Safety Plan and responsibility for performing smoke control special inspections of the building’s pressurized stairs.

Code Red Consultants worked closely with Cottonwood Development and John Moriarty & Associates (JMA) on this iconic, mixed use development that transformed the South Boston skyline. This project was erected during a period of heightened awareness of construction fire safety in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Code Red Consultants helped the building owner achieve early occupancy for Tower 1 in 2019 while Towers 2 and 3 were completing construction. This was achieved via close negotiations with city officials, where there was an upfront contract that the fire/life safety systems afforded to building occupants would not be compromised. Additionally, in collaboration with Cottonwood, Code Red worked to develop and implement an owner’s master construction fire safety program that allowed for occupancy with continued base building and tenant fit-out construction work.

Code Red Consultants worked closely with Boston Properties and John Moriarty & Associates (JMA) on this luxury residence as part of the HUB on Causeway mixed-use development that is transforming North Station. The residential tower was erected in the midst of an atmosphere which brought heightened awareness to construction fire safety in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To that end, Code Red Consultants worked hand-in-hand with Boston Properties to develop and implement a pre-incident fire plan that was ever-changing in a project that impacted a major transportation hub and a professional athletic arena.

Code Red Consultants was responsible for commissioning the building’s smoke control systems and achieved Boston Fire Department approval on the first acceptance test, helping JMA complete and open the project on time. Additionally, Code Red worked to develop and implement an owner’s master construction fire safety program which allowed for the building to become occupied while base building and tenant fit-out construction work continued.

Waterfront Square is Boston’s newest residential development offering ocean front living just minutes away from downtown Boston in Revere, MA. Conveniently located across the street from the MBTA’s Wonderland Station, this is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in Boston. Arrowstreet Architecture and Design was responsible for the master plan and design of this 11-acre transit oriented development. 500 Ocean Ave. is a new 5-story high-rise residential apartment building with a 2 story below podium parking garage which will be occupied over three phases.

Code Red Consultants was retained directly by the general contractor, Callahan, and the Owner’s Project Manager, Redgate, to develop a comprehensive NFPA 241 & Phased Occupancy Plan that ensured the fire safety of residents, employees, and construction personnel over the course of the project, which was built adjacent to the MBTA’s Wonderland station, just feet from Revere Beach. Additionally, Code Red Consultants served as the Smoke Control Special Inspector to ensure that the new stair and elevator pressurization systems were designed and built in accordance with the applicable codes and standards.

Upon completion of the initial phase of occupancy, Code Red Consultants helped the building maintain continuous occupancy during the subsequent and complicated phased delivery of the project. This was achieved via interfacing with Revere city officials, where there was an upfront contract that the fire and life safety systems afforded to building occupants would not be compromised. In this spirit, Code Red Consultants recommissioned the building smoke control systems prior to each turn of occupancy and achieved Revere Fire Department approval at each phase’s first acceptance test visit. Code Red Consultants’ hands-on approach ensured that residences were able to be occupied on schedule.