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It’s a minefield out there, here is news of another block of flats which may need to be evacuated. Lots of uncertainty over fire safety and cladding. New mortgage legislation making it harder for people in these type of buildings to sell...

If you look at this building from the front you would imagine there would be few problems inside. But it goes to show the value of incorporating compartmentation surveys into our fire risk assessments because you never know what’s hidden behind the walls and voids

We specialise in carrying out fire risk assessments in the London area to all residential and commercial premises. Whether its the common parts of flats, an HMO, pub, care home, office, shop, warehouse or a church, you name it we have you covered. We use a common sense approach and always assess a building on its merit looking at all the buildings characteristics and particular risks. We are not afraid to make a decision and don't over recommend just to cover our backs. We offer the following benefits: • Clear and concise recommendations within our reports • Realistic timescales for work to be completed, taking into account logistics and costs • A common-sense approach used within assessments • We will consider, but not necessarily agree with, Fire Brigade Officer’s recommendations (which can be costly and unnecessary) • We do this by taking a fresh approach and considering a whole range of alternatives • We work collaboratively with our clients to reach practical solutions • Our assessors are fully qualified and experienced, and include current and retired Fire Brigade personnel. Please get in touch

I am always a bit dubious of fire risk assessors that risk assess a building quoting from a fire safety guide word for word like they are just copying and pasting from the guidance without actually risk assessing the building properly.  It’s like every single recommendation comes directly from the guide.   I know that in theory that is correct and you can’t be wrong if you are quoting from the guide but for me, when carrying out a fire risk assessment you have to use your experience as well and know when to apply the guidance and when to make recommendations based on the actual risks within the building.  I have known fire engineers qualified up to their eyeballs carry out assessments that make recommendations to try and completely redesign the compartmentation in a building, as if somehow Building Control regulations are all retrospective.  Asking for lobbies where there is literally no space to put one.  How can you make a recommendation for a client that you know they literally cannot do?  For me you need to feel the personality of a building, its characteristics, construction, usage, age etc., and try to apply a balance between common sense, guidance and experience and understand the difference between them.

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The consequences of not having a fire risk assessment far outweigh the  small cost of having it carried out: