Posted Friday, July 21, 2023
Our Building Safety Team, led by Head of Fire & Building Safety Graham Oliphant, are subject matter experts and fire specialists. Over the last two years they have been providing reassurance and consultative advice to clients, as well as strategic direction to the business and technical support to our Property Management teams.
The team have been instrumental in a variety of projects across the Group, which include:
*The LFB are currently looking to adopt this PEEPS programme as part of their London wide community fire safety programme.
More recently, the Building Safety Team have been advising our property teams on the roll out of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations. They have been engaging with developers across our portfolio (39 developers across 165 in-scope 11m+buildings) to progress areas of remediation which fall under the developer contract, and navigate the nuances of the leaseholder protection regulation.
The team has been proactive in engaging with several developers to become involved with Building Safety discussions at the Gateway 3 stage across a number of pledged HRB buildings. As well as creating a ‘Safety Fee’ and Budget Guide to cover additional costs from new fire safety legislation, they have also identified the PAP and APs for existing occupied HRBs to negotiate instructions to assist them to fulfil their role as the PAP.
Our Building Safety Team have the competencies and experience to assist developers by offering a ‘Turn Key Solution for HRBs’ by being able to develop Building Safety cases and meet the compliance requirements and engagement with the BSR. They have also been providing technical and legislation guidance training to developers, freeholders and management companies as they strive to enfranchise all parties in a collaborative approach to making buildings match fit for the new legislation.