High-Rise 1960s Office Building to Residential Conversion
Commercial
Fire code consulting and performance-based analysis for the adaptive reuse of a 1960s high-rise office building converted to residential occupancy.
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Goodhead Consulting Engineers LLC
Cumberland, GA
Design What You Want. Protect What You Want. Achieve Your Vision.
- Services
- 22
- Offices
- 2
- Projects
- 3
- Leaders
- 2
- Founded
- 2020
Overview
Goodhead Consulting Engineers is a fire protection engineering and code consulting practice founded in March 2020 and headquartered in the Cumberland area of Georgia. Goodhead partners with architects, developers, general contractors, and building owners to resolve complex fire and life safety code challenges without constraining design ambition. Its principals are trained Fire Protection Engineers with MBA degrees, drawing on experience that spans high-occupancy buildings, performance-based fire design, biosafety laboratories, manufacturing facilities, major airports, and large-scale technology campuses across the United States and internationally.
- Founded
- 2020
Services
Design Realization
Goodhead works with designers to translate an owner's vision into a code-compliant building without sacrificing form or function. When building and fire codes introduce constraints, it identifies pathways that preserve design intent and protect occupant safety - enabling elements such as multi-story spiral staircases and open canopy structures at major airports.
Fire Code Consulting
Goodhead applies the history, interpretations, physics, chemistry, and mathematics behind building and fire code requirements - not just their literal words. Its engineers participate on code-writing committees and provide advanced analysis training to authorities, guiding projects to an optimum balance of safety, design, and cost.
Performance-Based Solutions
Where prescriptive code requirements limit design outcomes or fall short of optimal safety, Goodhead develops performance-based alternatives grounded in fire dynamics and egress science. This process evaluates available safe egress time against required egress time, often yielding higher design quality, simplified building systems, and reduced construction costs.
Negotiated Solutions
AHJ negotiation support for code-compliant outcomes that satisfy stakeholder, jurisdictional, and safety requirements.
Human Movement Modeling
Understanding human behavior in emergencies is central to sound fire and life safety design. Goodhead applies occupant movement models to optimize smoke management exhaust rates, improve normal-use circulation flow, and evaluate response in fire, armed aggressor, severe weather, and other emergency scenarios.
Value Management of Fire Codes
Fire-code value management that reduces construction cost, recovers usable space, lowers maintenance burden, and maintains required safety levels.
Industrial and High Value Asset Fire Protection Solutions
When processes and assets cost tens of millions of dollars, protection must address both people and property. Goodhead brings hands-on experience with rocketry, combustible dust, flammable and combustible liquids, aerosols, and high-voltage equipment to develop site-specific risk mitigation solutions.
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Projects
Large Amphitheater for Smoke-Protected Seating and Unprotected Steel
Arts & Culture
Performance-based design for a large amphitheater addressing smoke-protected assembly seating and code compliance for unprotected structural steel.
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Aviation
Forensic investigation and reverse engineering of an existing airport smoke control system to evaluate performance and support code compliance determination.
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Leadership
Christy Theisen
President and Principal Engineer
MBA
Christy Theisen joined Goodhead Consulting Engineers in January 2022 and became President approximately two years later, overseeing daily operations and growth. Based in Las Vegas, NV, she is a trained Fire Protection Engineer with an MBA and brings expertise in performance-based design and complex fire code challenges.
Simon Goodhead
Principal Engineer
MBA
Simon Goodhead founded Goodhead Consulting Engineers in March 2020, building a practice around integrity, innovation, and excellence in fire protection and code consulting. Based in Atlanta, GA, he is a trained Fire Protection Engineer with an MBA and extensive experience in performance-based design, high-occupancy buildings, and industrial hazard challenges.
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Headquarters
HeadquartersLas Vegas
Las Vegas, NV