At ProAct, we provide expert fire safety engineering solutions to help protect lives, property, and businesses across Melbourne and Victoria.
ProAct Fire Engineers deliver tailored fire safety strategies for buildings, infrastructure, and industrial facilities.
ProAct Fire Engineers provide a broad range of Fire Engineering solutions throughout Victoria.
Dedicated to providing the best fire-engineered performance solutions, ProAct develops performance solutions with over 30 years of specialist expertise and up-to-date knowledge.
We endeavour to advocate the best solution that maximises each building’s potential, whilst minimising project costs, to deliver the best outcome.
As we develop the best solution for each project, we ensure compliance and regulatory requirements are met, without compromising design principles.
The ProAct Edge.
Our years of experience helps us take a more creative approach to fire safety design when developing fire-engineered performance solutions that will achieve compliance cost-effectively.
Professional & Trusted.
Fire Engineering solutions delivered across Melbourne and Greater Melbourne throughout Victoria
BCA FIRE SAFETY
ProAct are specialists in BCA Fire Safety reviews on non-compliances and identifying performance-based solutions, to achieve required compliance levels per NCC performance requirements.
- BCA Assessment
- BCA Report
Performance-based Solution
The ProAct team has extensive experience in creative and innovative Performance-based, Fire Safety Engineering solutions that complies with the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC).
- Fire Engineering Brief (FEB)
- Fire Engineering Report (FER)
Fire Safety due diligence
ProAct’s experienced Fire Engineers offer services in:-
- Technical Due Diligence building compliance reviews (TDD)
- Fire Safety surveys
- Fire Wall Inspection
Risk Assessment
ProAct provides Combustible Cladding Audit Inspection and Report services including:-
- Collection of cladding material samples for testing
- Building Fire Safety Risk Assessment (BFSRA) report.
- Fire Engineering Solutions for Waste Fire Prevention
bushfire engineering
With specialist fire-safety expertise, ProAct Fire Engineers develop effective and tailored bushfire engineering solutions to help property owners meet bushfire planning, design and compliance requirements :-
- BAL Assessment
- Bushfire Safety Performance Solution
- Bushfire Hazard Management Plans (BHMP)
- Bushfire Hazard Report
- Bushfire Protection Design
complex computer modelling
Computational Fluid Dynamics | CFD and Zone Modelling technologies are widely used as analysis tools in proving the validity of fire strategies and fire engineered designs.
ProAct Fire Engineers have over 15 years’ experience using CFD and Zone modelling technologies as a key tool in the design of fire systems.
ProAct understands Victoria’s fire engineering needs and priorities.
effective bespoke
fire safety solutions
With over 30 years of specialist experience in all aspects of Fire Safety, our dedicated Fire Engineers continuously strive to be the trusted Fire Safety advisors in Melbourne and Greater Victoria.
Our People. Experienced & Trusted.
Mark has a Degree in Fire and Risk Engineering from Glasgow Caledonian University and is a Chartered Professional Engineer RPEQ, C10.
He brings over 30 years experience in the industry to ProAct in fire safety, fire risk, fire protection engineering including experience in compliance issues.
Mark has worked with the best in the world fire safety teams, such as WSP and AECOM, both in the UK and Australia, dealing with large prestigious projects like Cleveland Clinic Dubai, and the Queensland Children’s Hospital Brisbane.
Recently Mark undertook numerous combustible cladding audits in Queensland. Mark’s experience has allowed him to develop innovative design solutions to collaboratively improve safety in design, in conjunction with architects and builders which ensures that his projects are delivered to the client on time and on budget.
He also sits on the Building and Development Dispute Resolution Tribunal for Queensland Government and Strata Communities Australia (SCA).
Mark is passionate about the industry. He is a member of the Queensland regional committee, for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Mark also gives up his spare time to write technical articles for RICS, and referees articles for the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).
Addison Tam
Associate Director
Addison is a highly versatile and results-driven Fire Safety Engineer with a proven track record of delivering practical, high-impact fire safety solutions across a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, commercial, retail, car parks and high-rise residential developments.
His approach to consulting is founded on the belief that the best engineering outcomes begin with active listening, close collaboration and careful attention to detail. By understanding each client’s objectives and considering the perspectives of all project stakeholders, Addison develops fire safety strategies that are technically robust, practical to implement and commercially cost-effective.
From early concept stage through to construction phase, Addison provides carefully considered guidance to fire safety designs with a strong focus on collaborative problem-solving and cost efficiency. He is a dependable project delivery partner who takes a tailored approach to every commission rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions.
With a pragmatic and attentive mindset, Addison navigates the complexities of the built environment by examining the specific requirements and constraints of each project. This enables him to address challenges effectively and deliver solutions that support the client’s vision while ensuring public safety.
Addison is passionate about the projects he undertakes and takes pride in contributing to society through safer buildings and communities. He views his work as a meaningful responsibility to protect people, create safe environments and support the wellbeing of both current and future generations.
Choose ProAct.
Expertise in wide range of buildings High-rise residential, commercial, large retail, warehouse and workshop buildings and mixed use buildings.
Over 30 years experience
in Fire Safety, Fire Risk Assessments, Bushfire Engineering and BCA Compliance.
Depth of knowledge
with innovative design solutions in conjunction with architects and builders.