Mark D. Hayes

Experience

Mark Hayes is a recognized industry expert with thirty-eight years of experience in fire alarm systems. Prior to joining WJE, Mr. Hayes was manager of the Texas offices of a large international fire protection engineering firm. His responsibilities include design, layout, and review of fire alarm and occupant notification systems; system installation issues; and loss investigations. Mr. Hayes’ related duties include designing fire alarm system details; designing a variety of projects to ensure compliance with local code requirements and project specifications; construction management for various federal, state, and local government fire alarm/fire sprinkler retrofit projects; and producing illustrations to show solutions to complex technical problems.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Fire Alarm Design (Commercial Real Estate)

• Crescent Real Estate*
• Stream Realty*
• Behringer Harvard*
• Cassidy Turley*
• Brandywine Realty Trust*
• Cousins Properties Inc.*
• Cushman & Wakefield*
• Parmenter Realty Partners*
• RWMG Property Management*
• Endeavor Real Estate Group*

 

Fire Alarm Design (State)

• Texas Facilities Commission - Austin*
• Texas Health and Human Services Commission*

 

Fire Alarm Design (Universities)

• University of Texas*
• Texas A&M University*
• Texas Tech University Health Science Center - Lubbock*
• Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX*
• University of North Texas*

 

Fire Alarm System Design

• Texas Supreme Court Complex - Austin*
• Dallas School Book Depository Building*
• Fort Hood San Antonio Military Medical Center*
• Dallas County Jail: Medical modification*
• Department of Public Safety Headquarters Complex - Austin, TX*
• Neiman Marcus *
• Raytheon*
• University Medical Center - Lubbock, TX*
• AT&T*

 

Smoke Control Systems

• University of Texas*
• University of Texas, Office of Facilities Planning and Construction*
• Texas Facilities Commission - Austin*
• DFW International Airport Terminal D*
• Clements University Hospital - Dallas, TX*
• Dallas County Jail - TX: Medical modification*

 

Commissioning

• The University of Texas, Office of Facilities Planning and Construction*
• Texas Facilities Commission - Austin*
• Texas Health and Human Services Commission*
• Clements University Hospital - Dallas, TX*

 

Code Development

• North Central Texas Council of Governments International Code Advisory Board, principal
  Member, NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, Technical Committee - Chapter 12, Circuit and Pathways, Chapter 21, Emergency Control Functions, Chapter 23, Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems*

*Indicates with previous firm

Professional Affiliations

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
Texas Department of Insurance Alarm and Detection Council, former principal

Registrations

National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) - Level IV in Fire Alarm Systems