Construction Fire Safety Advisor Service

CONSTRUCTION FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Contractors are required both by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 [Regulations 38 to 41] to manage fire safety on construction site.

Fire safety in timber frame structure is included in the HSE's current plan of work and recent HSE enforcement activity indicates that fire safety enforcement on construction site is an important issue for the HSE.

Despite this knowledge of construction site fire safety management in the construction industry is not as good as it should be.

Although much of what you need to know to manage fire safety in construction is set out in the HSG168 Fire safety in construction it is difficult without additional knowledge or training to undertake an effective fire risk assessment just by using the guide.

How we can help

Safetymark have both fire engineers and fire risk assessors who specialise in construction fire safety. Our services include:

• Construction Fire Risk Assessment;
• Proactive Construction Fire Safety Advice;
• Construction Fire Safety Advice following enforcement activity;
• Construction Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Safety Management Training;
• Advice on construction fire safety strategies; and
• Fire safety engineering consultancy.

Safetymark have a particular expertise in healthcare and the implementation of Health Technical Memorandum 05-01: Managing healthcare fire safety [HTM 05] and act as fire safety advisers to a number of NHS Trusts.

Safetymark also have expertise in construction fire safety and the implementation of HSG 168 : Fire safety in construction and our consultants work for both SME's and National Contractors in this capacity.

For more information about the services we can offer, please contact Mark Snelling on 01372 462277