Fire Safety
At M-Four, one of our primary aims is improving fire safety. We pride ourselves on our accredited Quality Management System used to achieve this, paired with the range of consultancy services we offer.
Over the years, we have been involved in delivering Fire Safety and Fire Engineering Consultancy services for clients all over the UK.
There are 6,500 high-risk, high rise buildings and another 16,742 high-risk buildings such as care homes under the management of Social Landlords in Scotland.
A fire within these buildings has the potential to be catastrophic; with our knowledge and expertise in these buildings we are uniquely placed to make every one of these buildings as safe as reasonably practicable and to provide solutions to ensure buildings remain safe for their entire lifespan.
Working with our clients and partners, over the next ten years, we intend to ensure there are no deaths caused by Fire in high-risk buildings in Scotland.
Two of our dedicated team of experts are W05 Certified, accredited by FRACS, and are members of the Fire Protection Association. They have decades of combined experience in the Fire Safety Industry and perform these services to the highest standards.
Through our Fire Safety Consultancy Services, we have been able to deliver workable solutions for Fire Safety which fit around clients’ project timelines and specifications. From multistorey developments to historically significant buildings, we have delivered thorough and consistent services for our clients, including follow-on training for staff and building users.
Fire Safety Consultancy Services
Our Clients
We have been privileged to work with Local Authorities, Registered Social Landlords and organisations within the private sector for years. However, below are just a couple of exemplar projects we have consulted on.
North Glasgow Homes
A larger-scale project, North Glasgow Homes, contracted us to carry out Fire Safety Consultancy and a fire safety strategy. The proposed strategy was for the refurbishment of six high-rise tower blocks in Glasgow.
As part of this report, multiple fire safety areas had to be covered. Firstly, a fire strategy for each building had to be developed. Once complete, this was demonstrated to key stakeholders that it satisfied fire safety legislation.
This was imperative in the wake of the Grenfell disaster, and the completed strategy comprehensively summated methods of protecting occupants.
Building on this, another facet of our consultancy services produces design studies and engineering analysis. These studies evaluated for these buildings in collaboration with the client and fire service.
In so doing, we could test designs for fire safety risks and deficiencies, while developing measures to mitigate against risks. By building this strong relationship with the design team, we were able to ensure that they could incorporate the fire safety requirements into their designs.
Easy Heat Systems
We delivered fire safety measures in the form of Fire Risk Assessments and remedial works for Easy Heat Systems.
The client had three commercial premises requiring assessment in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.
We provided each with a Type 1 Fire Risk Assessment. It was essential that we ensured all combustibles and ignition sources were identified. All areas of the building also had to be assessed to ensure they were secure against fire risk.
We also developed a fire safety strategy for the Perth office. Spread over two floors, we implemented a strategy proven to be effective in smaller premises such as care homes. This was considered to be more effective as it allows margins for less mobile occupants to escape safely and immediately to a place of total safety in open air.
As such, the strategy is deemed appropriate in more complex premises. These may be commercial business for the safe evacuation of both visitors and staff.
Through our dedication to leaving 100% of projects defect free, we advised a course of recommended actions to ensure the buildings maintained their low-risk status. By doing so, this helped our client to remain compliant and upholding the highest safety standards.