A national consulting engineering firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin (founded 1978), with a dedicated fire protection engineering practice serving healthcare, science and technology, higher education, advanced manufacturing and data-centre clients. Its fire protection engineers design automatic and manual suppression systems (wet, dry, pre-action, clean-agent, foam and water-mist), analyse hazard classification and special-hazard storage, and coordinate detection and life-safety systems to NFPA and insurer standards.