Paul A. Roland

Experience

Paul Roland is a recognized industry expert with twenty years of experience in all areas of fire protection and life safety consulting and design.  Prior to joining WJE, Mr. Roland was a senior consultant with Schirmer Engineering/Aon FPE/Jensen Hughes, Inc. and provided code and fire protection consultation and design for a broad range of clients. He has been involved in a number of significant projects that required life-safety evaluation, fire protection performance-based design, smoke control system third-party testing, and building and life safety code consulting.

 

 

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Fire/Life Safety/Egress Assessment

• Starwood/Marriott Hotels - Worldwide *
• U.S. Forces Afghanistan Facilities - Afghanistan *
• One Main Place GSA Prelease - Dallas, TX
• The Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, TX
• Elan West 7th - Fort Worth, TX
• First United Bank - Durant, OK
• The Vista at Solana - Southlake, TX
• Lamar University Gray Library - Beaumont, TX
• Northshore Building - Austin, TX

 

Fire Protection System Design/Analysis (Higher Education)

• Texas A&M University - College Station *
• University of North Texas - Denton *
• University of Texas at Austin *
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas *

 

Fire Protection System Design/Analysis (State and Federal)

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission *
• Texas Facilities Commission - Austin *
• Randolph Air Force Base, Hangar 70 - San Antonio, TX *
• Volar Barracks - Fort Hood, TX *
• Rolling Pin Barracks Block 16000 - Ft. Hood, TX
• Port Isabel Detention Center - Port Isabel, TX

 

Fire Protection System Design/Analysis (Industrial and Commercial)

• Penn Cryo Facility, Natural Gas - Butler, PA *
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Cooling Tower - Dallas *
• RAM Chemical Storage Facility - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
• AT&T - Dallas, TX *
• Toyota Headquarters - Plano, TX *
• Trimont Condominiums - Pittsburgh, PA
• Houston International Airport Automatic Baggage Retrieval System - TX
• Gateway 50 Warehouse - Roanoke, TX
• Crosspoint 20/30 - Duncanville, TX
• El Ranchito Immersion Camp - Austin, TX

 

Smoke Control System Third-Party Testing/Inspections

• 4545 LBJ Freeway - Dallas, TX
• Great Wolf Lodge - Grapevine, TX *
• Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport, Terminal D - TX *
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Clements University Hospital - Dallas *
• HP Headquarters - Plano, TX
• Sandman Hotel - Plano, TX
• Westin DFW Airport - Dallas, TX

 

Building and Life Safety Code Consulting

• Waypoint Residential - Jeffersonville, IN
• University of Texas Systems *
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Clements University Hospital - Dallas *
• San Antonio Military Medical Center - TX *

 

CPVC Sprinkler Pipe Investigations

• Hampton Inn Tech Center - Denver, CO
• Statler Hotel - Dallas, TX

 

Hazardous Materials Handling and Storage Assessments

• 3-Dimensional Services - Rochester Hills, MI
• RAM Chemical Storage Facility - DFW, TX

 * Indicates with previous firm

Professional Affiliations

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) - DFW Chapter, First Vice President

Registrations

National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), Water-Based Systems Layout - Level IV
National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), Fire Alarm Systems - Level I
International Code Council (ICC) - Fire Inspector II

Education

Collin College
Associate of Science, 2018