Independent, proportionate advice on remediating existing buildings — identifying what genuinely needs fixing, and reviewing the fixes against the building's fire strategy.
Remediation has become an industry of its own — and not all of it is necessary. Recommendations driven by caution or commercial interest cost building owners and leaseholders millions in works that the evidence never demanded.
Our advice is independent and evidence-based: we identify the true extent of remediation needed, aligned to the building's fire strategy, and we don't recommend unnecessary works under the guise of "compliance".
We stay independent of the design, too. Your appointed design team designs the remedial works; we review those proposals against the remediation intent and the fire strategy — commenting on fire safety matters as independent reviewers, not designers.
External wall remediation? Start with the appraisal: a PAS 9980 FRAEW establishes what the wall actually presents before anyone prices a fix.
Related reading: fire risk assessments identify what needs remediating; retrospective fire strategies give remediation a benchmark to aim at.
Get the recommendation independently checked before committing. Much of the industry's remediation advice is driven by caution or commercial interest rather than evidence. A proportionate review against the building's fire strategy — what the building actually needs to do in a fire — frequently reduces scope, and sometimes removes the need for works entirely.
No — and that's deliberate. Your appointed design team designs the remedial works; we review those proposals against the remediation intent and the fire strategy as independent reviewers. Keeping the reviewer independent of the designer means our advice is never shaped by a commercial interest in the works.
The fire risk assessment and any FRAEW identify the risk; remediation resolves it. We make sure the thread holds: the works proposed actually address the findings, align with the fire strategy, and are closed out with evidence — so the next assessment reflects a genuinely better building.
Yes. We are regularly brought in mid-programme — to re-scope works that have grown beyond the evidence, resolve disputes about what is necessary, or review completed works where quality is in doubt.
Get an independent view first — we'll tell you what the evidence actually supports.