Hackney's residential landscape includes a substantial stock of social housing tower blocks, many built in the 1960s and 1970s, alongside rapidly expanding mixed-use developments in Dalston, Hackney Central and along the canal corridor. The borough has one of London's highest concentrations of residential buildings requiring fire safety assessment under the Building Safety Act 2022.
The social housing towers across estates in Clapton, Homerton and De Beauvoir present particular fire safety challenges, with non-traditional external wall systems, ageing fire compartmentation and fire doors that have exceeded their service life. Meanwhile, newer developments are subject to gateway requirements and must demonstrate fire safety compliance from the outset.
We provide fire safety consultancy across Hackney for local authority housing departments, housing associations, managing agents and individual leaseholders, delivering proportionate, risk-based assessments that prioritise genuine safety improvements.
Hackney's social housing towers and mixed-use developments require proportionate assessment of their external wall systems under PAS 9980:2022, from original concrete panel construction to modern rainscreen cladding.
Leaseholders in Hackney's residential buildings frequently require EWS1 certificates for mortgage applications. We provide assessments and certificates for buildings of all sizes, signed by qualified RICS professionals.
Fire compartmentation in Hackney's social housing towers is frequently compromised by decades of service upgrades, tenant alterations and maintenance interventions. Our surveys identify every breach and provide costed remediation schedules.
Fire door compliance across Hackney's residential estates is a significant concern. We inspect fire door sets against BS 476 and BS EN 1634, covering frames, ironmongery, glazing and intumescent seals, with prioritised replacement programmes.
RICS regulated building condition surveys for residential and commercial property.
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View ServiceMany of Hackney's social housing towers are above 18 metres and fall within scope of the Building Safety Act 2022. These buildings require proportionate fire safety assessment, including external wall appraisal to PAS 9980:2022. Our FRAEW assessments provide an evidence-based, risk-proportionate approach that avoids unnecessary remediation costs.
Yes. We assess both new-build and existing residential buildings across Hackney for EWS1 purposes. New developments in Dalston, Hackney Central and along the canal corridor frequently require EWS1 certification, particularly where lenders have specific requirements for buildings above 11 metres.
We provide a comprehensive suite of fire safety services for housing associations operating in Hackney, including FRAEW external wall assessments, fire compartmentation surveys, fire door inspection programmes and Building Safety Act compliance advice. We can deliver estate-wide programmes across multiple blocks.
PAS 9980:2022 provides a risk-based framework for assessing external wall fire risk that avoids the blanket remediation approach of earlier guidance. For Hackney's tower blocks, this means a proportionate assessment considering the specific wall construction, fire safety measures and building use, leading to targeted recommendations rather than wholesale cladding removal.