Advice on Fire Resistance

At Optima, fire resistance is a fundamental part of how we design, test, and deliver our systems. We are committed to providing clear, accurate, and fully verifiable information on the fire performance of our glazing and partitioning solutions, allowing you to specify with confidence. Our experienced team is here to support you at every stage, from early design guidance through to final specification, offering trusted advice and proven systems to help you achieve safe, compliant, and high-performing spaces.

We provide award-winning and competent technical support on your project through:

Fire-resistant design Helping identify fire-resistance requirements before the specification is developed, particularly on projects where Gateway 2 submissions require the fire safety design to be finalised.
Fire test evidence review
Full ground-up specification review to ensure that every project is considered on its own merits when determining the suitability of the supporting fire test evidence.

Passive fire protection training
Building knowledge around fire ratings, system application and the principles that inform compliant specification.
Continuous project support Providing continuous ongoing technical guidance as the project design develops and interfacing construction progresses on site.

Project Specific Advise

Ensuring the right systems are selected to meet regulations and performance requirements

Complete system approach

Partitions and doors designed and tested to perform together

Support at every stage

Guidance from early design through to installation

A responsible approach to fire safety

We take fire safety seriously at every level of our business and have a dedicated department, OPTech, to support projects to compliant completion.

The whole OPTech team holds IFE Level 3 qualifications, bringing specialist competent fire-safety knowledge into the technical support we provide. This helps us interpret fire-performance requirements, test evidence and system limitations throughout the design and specification process.

This ensures that the right knowledge is applied at the right stage, reducing risk and maintaining compliance throughout. Our ongoing investment in training and development keeps us aligned with current standards, so you can be confident your project is in safe hands.

Independently tested systems

All of our fire-resistant partition and door systems are tested in line with recognised fire testing standards.

Testing is carried out by independent, accredited laboratories using full-scale system constructions, ensuring results accurately reflect real-world installations.

Our systems are tested as complete assemblies, including glazing, framing, doors and interfaces, rather than isolated components. This ensures that performance data is reliable and representative of how the system will behave in practice.

By relying on third-party verified test data, we ensure that every specification is based on evidence you can trust.