Rhett J. Hesprich, Managing Director HD Engineering

Rhett J. Hesprich, Managing Director HD Engineering

Rhett J. Hesprich, PE, FPE

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Fire Protection Engineer

GA: #033644 / AL: #33407 / FL: #73536 /

Yrs. Experience: 18

CURRENT STATE REGISTRATIONS: AL, FL, GA, IL, KS, MA, NC, NV, NY, SC, TN, TX

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Member Society of Fire Protection Engineers

  • Member of National Fire Protection Association

  • Member Southern Loss Association

  • Principal Technical Committee Member

  • NFPA 32: Dry Cleaning Plants

  • Principal Technical Committee Member

  • NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials

  • 1st Vice President of Society of Fire Protection of Engineers (Greater Atlanta Chapter)

  • Georgia Certificate of Competency Holder (NICET Certification – Contractors License )


ABOUT HD ENGINEERING

Atlanta, Georgia

HD Engineering provides superior fire protection services for our clients, including risk and failure analysis, consulting services, design-build and design-bid-build. Our FPE promise is to minimize the potential risks of fire damages and safeguard both life and property. HD Engineering is committed to integrity-fueled, long-term client relationships.

Our diversified team of fire safety specialists are equipped with backgrounds in fire protection services, engineering, construction, and education. We prepare our team with extensive in-field training and all employees have expertise in building codes, fire codes and standards, fire alarm systems, fire suppression systems, special hazard systems, mass notification and communication systems, performance-based design, 3rd party review services, fire modeling, risk assessment, and litigation support.

The FPEs at HD Engineering specialize in building code consulting, life safety and generalized consulting, and design drawings and specifications. We also execute commissioning services including fire risk analysis, fire alarm system evaluation and design, fire suppression, and computer-based analyses of fire and smoke behaviors. We offer an all-encompassing, cohesive set of planning, design, and risk management services for buildings of all types. We provide location-specific knowledge of local building codes and standards while applying a deep understanding of fire resistant construction, fire suppression and detection systems, human life factors, and state-of-the-art computer-based fire and smoke modeling to combat and solve the fire and life safety concerns of our clients. Our experts ensure life safety engineering and potential risk reduction early in the design stages, helping to reduce costs and avoid schedule delays tied to code and regulatory compliance issues.