Viral Amin is principal and fire protection/life safety leader across all offices for SmithgroupJJR. He has extensive fire protection systems experience in the design and analysis of building fire alarm and mass notification systems (high-rise, campus systems) and automatic fire suppression systems (wet, dry, pre-action, gaseous) for a variety of market sectors. His day-to-day responsibilities include leading and mentoring the in-house fire protection/life safety staff, quality control review on projects and developing company-wide specifications and drawing standards for life safety, and fire alarm and sprinkler design. He is a licensed engineer in Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia. He is a LEED AP and has over 15 years of specialized fire protection consulting experience. Email him at viral.amin@smithgroupjjr.com, and visit www.smithgroupjjr.com for more details.