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Safety strategies Work Stage >>> 1


Core objectives of work stage set by RIBA


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Fire Safety Objective at each work stage


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Preparation & Briefing


Develop initial project brief and project objec- tives, project outcomes and budget. Undertake feasibility studies and site information.


Fire Safety Goals & Ob- jectives for the Project. Basis of Design Fire Safety Risk Reg- ister


Identification of project constraints on fire safety.


Who are the Approving Authorities


Review of the feasibility options with respect to fire safety design, compliance and future operations and manage- ment.


The Arup Gateway Review Process – RIBA Plan of Work 2


Concept Design


Prepare concept design including outline pro- posals, outline specifi- cations and preliminary cost information and project strategies. Agree alterations to brief and issue final project brief.


Conceptual fire strategy and drawings


Identification of the principle fire safety features required. Identification of fire safety risks.


Identification of poten- tial solutions to the fire safety risks.


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Developed Design


Prepare developed design including co-or- dinated and updated proposals, outline specifications, cost information and project strategies.


Developed Design fire strategy and drawings. Building Control au- thority and fire service consultation and approv- al of the Fire Strategy Design.


Establish the fire safety performance require- ments and identification of the all fire safety measures required. Identification of main- tenance and operational fire safety management requirements.


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Technical Design


Prepare technical design in accordance with design responsibility matrix and project strategies to include all design and specifica- tions.


Technical design infor- mation such as draw- ings, details, specifica- tions and schedules that achieves the fire safety performance require- ments and reflects the approved fire strategy design and is co-ordinat- ed with it. Technical Design Fire Strategy Report & Drawings.


Identification of main- tenance and operational fire safety management requirements.


5 Construction 6


Construction in accord- ance with construction programme and resolu- tion of design queries from site as they arise.


Handover & Close Out


Handover of building and conclusion of build- ing contract.


7In Use


Undertake in use servic- es in accordance with the schedule of services agreed.


Construction of all elements complies with the requirements of the fire strategy design. The construction is built in accordance with the relevant manufacturer’s instructions and in line with relevant fire testing reports and certification being reli upon. Testing and commis- sioning of all active fire safety systems is con- ducted and each system is proven to work in line with the fire strategy design requirements and provide the required performance.


Certification of all fire safety systems.


Snagging lists/ records and records of rectifi- cation.


Accurate records exist of the fire safety systems which are constructed in the building.


Participants in Gateway Review


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Information Required for Gateway Review


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Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team Fire Engineer


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team Fire Engineer Building Control Au- thority


Fire Service Insurers


Project Brief


Feasibility information developed by the design team


Outline Programme Site information or existing information that is known at this stage.


Project Conceptual design reports


Conceptual fire strategy report.


Conceptual fire strategy drawings.


Existing Fire Safety Information.


Finalised Project Brief including fire safety information.


Outline specifications.


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team Fire Engineer Building Control Au- thority


Fire Service Insurers


Developed design reports


Developed design fire strategy report.


Developed design fire strategy drawings. Finalised Project Brief including fire safety information.


Gateway review At the Fire Sector Summit on 11 October 2017, in a presentation entitled ‘Construction Industry Standards: The Future from a Fire Safety Perspective’, we suggested the introduction of a gateway review process for fire safety in buildings. Dame Judith Hackitt in her Independent


Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report, published in May 2018, recommended something similar, though less complex than what we had originally envisaged. She called for a series of robust gateway points to be provided to strengthen regulatory oversight. The gateway review would be a checking


and assurance process that can be used on all building projects in the future in line with design and construction programmes. It would ensure progression of the project beyond the gateways and only occurs when there is agreement by all parties and evidence that safety is assured. This would aim to achieve improved level of transparency, understanding and overall


22 OCTOBER 2018 www.frmjournal.com


Outline specifications. Outline specifications. Feedback & Approval from Building Control Authority, Fire Authori- ty and Insurers. Draft Cause & Effect Schedule.


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team Fire Engineer Building Control Au- thority


Fire Service Insurers


Technical design reports Technical design fire strategy report. Technical design fire strategy drawings. Finalised Project Brief including fire safety information.


Finished Technical Design Architectural, structural and Building services Engineers drawings, specifications and schedules relevant to fire safety. Feedback & Approval from Building Control Authority, Fire Authori- ty and Insurers. Completed Cause & Effect Schedule.


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team


Fire Engineer Building Control Authority Fire Service Main Contractor Sub Contractors


This could be under- taken as a series of Gateway reviews as construction progresses. A review could be done to cover:- Fire walls


Fire resisting floors Fire doors Fire stopping Cavity Barriers Active Fire Safety Systems


Fire fighting Systems


For construction draw- ings, details, specifica- tions, and schedules. Manufacturers Product information supporting fire test evidence.


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Design Team Fire Engineer Building Control Au- thority


Fire Service Insurers Tenants


“As Built” drawings, details, specifications, and schedules. Manufacturers Product information supporting fire test evidence.


accountability for fire safety through the design, construction and handover of buildings. Such a process could set out to define: 1. The fire safety objectives per stage for each individual project.


Site inspection records and photographs during construction and upon completion. Testing and commission certificates and records. Practical Completion Certificates.


Final “As Built” Fire Strategy Report & Drawings.


Fire safety Manual for Building.


2. The core participants who need to be involved in the gateway review per stage.


3. The information required for the gateway review to be undertaken.


Site inspection records and photographs during construction and upon completion. Testing and commission certificates and records. Practical Completion Certificates.


Draft “As Built” Fire Strategy Report & Drawings.


4. The questions to be answered in the gateway review.


Records of site defects rectification.


5. When progress to the next stage of the gateway review should take place.


Our process would follow the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Plan of Works and a gateway review would occur at the end of each stage for fire safety, a process that is outlined in the excerpt image above. We are already using this gateway review on


Draft “As Built” Fire Strategy information to form the basis of a Fire Safety Manual to be handed to the client at practical completion and handover.


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projects now with clients and we believe that in order to meet the Hackitt Review findings, this process needs to be rolled out across the building industry and introduced formally into UK fire safety guidance and regulatory process.


Residual Fire Safety Risk Register.


Operational Fire Safety Management Plan. Handover Fire Risk Assessment.


Snagging List and records of defects remedial works being closed out.


Fire Safety Manual. Operational Fire safety Management Plan. Fire Risk Assessments.


Building Owner/ De- veloper


Building Occupier Fire Engineer Insurers Tenants


Fire Service


Practical Completion and handover certifica- tion. Final As Built Fire Strat- egy Report & Drawings. Hand over of an “as built record” of the construction of the fire safety features in the building. Provision of a Regulation 38 Fire Safety Manual for the Building. This should include details on the fire safety products and materials and systems used to enable them to be maintained correctly and operation and main- tenance instructions.


To ensure compliance with the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or equivalent throughout the use of the building. To ensure Building is being managed and op- erated safely and in line with the requirements of the Fire Safety Strategy. To regularly update Fire Risk Assessments for the premises to reflect the changing environ- ment, conditions and management of the building. To update the fire safety manual for the premises in line with any changes that are being made.


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