CASE STUDY

Stowe School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Stowe, England. The school has been based since its beginnings at Stowe House, formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos.

We were asked to support in the capacity enhancement in the Grade listed Chapel. As part of our role, we worked very closely with the architect in establishing the correct regulations, standards, and guidance particular to the project. We advised on width of doors, travel distances and measures that would need to be considered to achieve the capacity upgrade. We documented this within a fire safety strategy report for Building Control purposes.

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The education academy represented a building spanning 15,000 sq. ft of space consisting of 3 floors of teaching, food and science labs, dance studios and kitchens. Several upgrades and renovations were made throughout the site, which meant the fire strategy had to be revisited.

We were involved early in the process where we worked hand in hand with the design team to support in the review of layouts and changes in the design to ensure compliance against codes and achievement of the business’s objective. We worked throughout the design process. We then collated all this information into a robust Fire Safety Strategy document which was accepted by BC and LFB.

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Harris Academy Ockendon is an existing school for students with ages ranging from 11 to 18 years. It is an existing school with the main building constructed in the 1960’s. It has since included several extensions, including the English block, MFL block, EcoCentre and Sports hall. The different blocks are interlinked and result in various courtyards around the development.

We were tasked in the development of a retrospective fire safety strategy for building management, in support of their ongoing operations and fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

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The Cube building is a detached purpose-built five storey block of flats housing 78 independent self-contained dwellings, with a footprint of the building being 800m2.

We were instructed to undertake a FRAEW in line with PAS9980 as well as Type 4 Fire Risk Assessment. We undertook several site visits which involved intrusive investigations both internally and externally. Following the assessment, we wrote 2 reports detailing the outcome of the assessments, what was found during the site visit and our recommendations to ensure the safety of the residents.