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
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