Services

3rd Party Site Inspections

Ensuring the integrity of your building's passive fire protection system is crucial for safety and compliance. Brigantia Fire's 3rd Party Site Inspections cover key components to maintain high standards and address potential deficiencies before they become critical issues.

Fire Doors: Fire-rated and smoke-rated doors are essential elements of a building’s passive fire protection system. Everyday use can cause issues such as clearance problems from sagging, tears in smoke seals, or cracks and holes in the door itself. Unnoticed deficiencies can lead to unplanned repair costs, compliance gaps, or worse during a fire or smoke emergency.

Cavity Barriers: Construction improvements and equipment installations often complicate maintaining fire-stopping penetrations. Fire-rated barriers are crucial for limiting the spread of fire and smoke during emergencies. Ignored deficiencies in these barriers can have serious consequences.

Fire Stopping: To prevent the spread of smoke, flames, and toxic gases, all gaps in walls, floors, and ceilings need to be properly fire stopped. These gaps, caused by cable and pipe penetrations, ducts, cable trays, and door frames, must be sealed to provide more time for building occupants to escape in the event of a fire. Our inspections focus on high-risk and evacuation areas to ensure all necessary fire-stopping measures are in place.

Intumescent Coatings: Intumescent paints applied to structural steel play a vital role in fire protection. The thickness and consistency of the paint application are critical for its effectiveness. Ensuring the coating meets thickness specifications and is uniformly applied is essential for safety and quality control.

Benefits of Brigantia Fire Inspections: Using Brigantia Fire's inspection services will help you save money, maintain your reputation, and most importantly, ensure the preservation of life in the event of a fire. A passive fire protection inspector acts as an on-site independent representative of the client, responsible for monitoring the installation of passive fire protection works. This provides a quality control measure to ensure construction is compliant and meets design specifications.

Ensure your building's passive fire protection systems are effective and compliant with Brigantia Fire's comprehensive 3rd Party Site Inspections. Let us help you maintain safety and compliance in your building.

Compartmentation Surveys

Our compartmentation surveys provide tailored reports on the current fire safety status of buildings. This service informs building owners and managers about the condition of existing passive fire protection and identifies necessary installations to ensure compliance with government guidelines for life preservation.

Objective: The primary goal of our surveys is to prevent the spread of fire and smoke by subdividing buildings to protect high-risk and high-value areas, as well as escape routes, thereby minimizing potential losses.

Survey Types:

• Destructive Surveys: Offer detailed reports on the condition of various elements by physically inspecting them.
• Non-Destructive Surveys: Provide an extensive visual inspection without causing any damage to the building.

Detailed Reports Include:

• Fire Doors: Condition and compliance with safety standards.
• Walls: Integrity and fire resistance.
• Floors: Structural and fire-resistant properties.
• Roof Cavities: Fire barrier effectiveness.
• Wall Cavities: Fire stopping and insulation quality.
• Risers and Shafts: Proper sealing and fire resistance.
• Floor Cavities and Basements: Overall condition and compliance with fire safety regulations.

Survey Components:

• Extensive Visual Inspection: Examines existing fire safety provisions, including fire doors, roof cavities, floors, walls, basements, ceiling cavities, and risers and shafts.
• Condition Assessment: Evaluates the state of fire doors and compartmentation, identifying defects per building regulations guidance, relevant British standards, and site-specific fire strategy information.
• Action Plan: Provides a clear outline of defect locations, photographic evidence, and recommended remedial actions.

Ensure your building's fire safety measures are up to standard with Brigantia Fire's comprehensive compartmentation surveys. Our detailed assessments and actionable plans will help you maintain a safe and compliant environment.

Brigantia Fire offers expert advice and guidance on building regulations, product manufacturers, and passive fire protection installation companies. Our consultation services help clients understand their roles and responsibilities in ensuring their buildings meet UK passive fire safety standards.

At Brigantia Fire, we recognize the demanding nature of our clients' daily operations. However, we also understand that passive fire protection is crucial for the safety of buildings and the people within them. As a business owner, it is your responsibility to ensure your building is as safe as possible.

Before implementing passive fire protection, numerous factors must be considered, and a variety of fire-stopping solutions are available on the market. We reference the following standards and guidance documents to ensure compliance and safety:

• BS 9999: Code of practice for fire safety in the design, management, and use of buildings.
• BS 5839: Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings.
• BS 476: Fire tests on building materials and structures.
• Approved Document B: Fire safety (Volume 2, Buildings other than dwelling houses).
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: Ensures general fire safety precautions are taken.
• PAS 79: Fire risk assessment guidance and methodology.
• Scotland Technical Handbook: Domestic and non-domestic guidance on meeting building regulations in Scotland.

Brigantia Fire ensures this process is cost-effective and compliant with current British standards. Let us help you protect your building and enhance its safety with our tailored consultation services.