Wandsworth has been transformed by the Battersea and Nine Elms regeneration, which has introduced some of London's tallest residential towers to the borough. These modern high-rise developments, alongside the existing social housing towers in Battersea, Roehampton and Tooting, create significant fire safety assessment demands across a wide range of building types.
The Nine Elms towers, including those around Battersea Power Station, feature complex external wall systems including curtain walling, rainscreen cladding and composite panels that require expert assessment. Meanwhile, Wandsworth's social housing stock includes post-war towers with ageing fire safety provisions that need systematic review.
We provide fire safety consultancy across Wandsworth for developers, managing agents, freeholders and leaseholders, covering the full spectrum from FRAEW assessments of new high-rises to compartmentation surveys of existing estate blocks.
Wandsworth's residential towers, from Nine Elms high-rises to Roehampton estate blocks, require FRAEW assessment of their external wall systems. We assess curtain walling, rainscreen cladding, rendered insulation and concrete panel construction under PAS 9980:2022.
EWS1 certificates are in high demand across Wandsworth, particularly for leaseholders in the Battersea and Nine Elms developments. We provide timely assessments signed by qualified RICS professionals to facilitate sales and remortgages.
Fire compartmentation surveys in Wandsworth cover both modern high-rise developments where compartmentation must meet current standards and older social housing towers where decades of alterations may have compromised fire-resisting construction.
Fire door inspections across Wandsworth's residential buildings must satisfy Building Safety Act and Fire Safety (England) Regulations requirements. We deliver comprehensive inspection programmes covering all communal and flat entrance fire doors.
RICS regulated building condition surveys for residential and commercial property.
View ServiceExternal wall fire review certificates for mortgage and sale purposes.
View ServiceParty wall advice for extensions, loft conversions and basement projects.
View ServiceYes. The residential towers at Nine Elms and around Battersea Power Station are above 18 metres and subject to the Building Safety Act 2022. These buildings require registration with the Building Safety Regulator and proportionate fire safety assessment. Even recently completed towers may need FRAEW assessment where external wall systems require verification.
Yes. We work with Wandsworth housing providers to assess social housing towers across Battersea, Roehampton and Tooting. Our FRAEW assessments to PAS 9980:2022 provide a risk-based approach appropriate to the construction type and age of each building, avoiding unnecessary remediation while ensuring resident safety.
Modern curtain walling assessment involves desktop review of design specifications and as-built records, visual inspection of the installed system, and where necessary, targeted intrusive investigation to verify the cavity barrier and insulation materials used. We apply the PAS 9980 framework to determine the level of risk and any remediation required.
The Building Safety Act includes leaseholder protections that cap or eliminate fire safety remediation costs for qualifying leaseholders. We advise managing agents and freeholders on the remediation contribution assessment process and help identify available funding sources, including the Cladding Safety Scheme, to minimise costs passed to leaseholders.