The City of London has a unique residential profile, with a relatively small but growing number of residential buildings amid the predominantly commercial district. The Barbican Estate is the City's most significant residential complex, with its distinctive brutalist towers presenting specific fire safety challenges. Other residential developments in the City, including mixed-use schemes and the emerging residential cluster around Aldgate, require fire safety assessment under the Building Safety Act 2022.
The Barbican towers, built in the 1970s, have concrete external wall construction that requires proportionate assessment under PAS 9980:2022. Their listed status adds complexity to any remediation recommendations, requiring sensitivity to the architectural significance of the buildings alongside fire safety imperatives.
We provide fire safety consultancy in the City of London for the Corporation, managing agents, freeholders and leaseholders, with particular expertise in the assessment of landmark residential buildings where fire safety and heritage considerations must be balanced.
The City's residential buildings, including the Barbican Estate towers, require FRAEW assessment of their external wall systems under PAS 9980:2022. We assess concrete panel, precast and applied external wall systems with sensitivity to the listed status of landmark buildings.
Leaseholders in the City of London's residential buildings may require EWS1 certificates for mortgage purposes. We provide assessments and certificates for buildings of all types, including the Barbican, signed by qualified RICS professionals.
Fire compartmentation in the City's residential buildings, particularly the Barbican Estate, requires detailed survey to identify any breaches from service upgrades and alterations over the decades since construction.
Fire door inspections in the City's residential buildings ensure compliance with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations. We inspect fire door sets to current standards, providing recommendations that respect the architectural character of listed buildings.
RICS regulated building condition surveys for residential and commercial property.
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View ServiceThe Barbican Estate's towers exceed 18 metres and are subject to the Building Safety Act 2022. Their concrete external wall construction requires proportionate assessment under PAS 9980:2022. The Grade II listed status of the estate means any remediation recommendations must be sensitive to the building's architectural significance, which requires specialist expertise.
Yes. New and existing residential buildings above 18 metres in the City are subject to the Building Safety Act 2022, including registration with the Building Safety Regulator. Mixed-use buildings with residential elements above the threshold are also captured. We advise on all aspects of compliance.
Yes. We have experience assessing fire safety in listed and heritage buildings where remediation recommendations must be sensitive to architectural significance. Our PAS 9980 assessments consider proportionate solutions that achieve fire safety objectives without unnecessary alteration to heritage fabric.
Mixed-use buildings in the City require assessment that considers the residential and commercial elements, including the interaction between different uses, shared fire safety systems and the specific external wall construction serving each part. We assess the full building envelope under PAS 9980:2022.