Fire risk assessments for Canary Wharf buildings
Canary Wharf and the wider Isle of Dogs have one of the densest clusters of residential towers in Europe, nearly all of them inside the higher-risk building regime.
If you are the Responsible Person for a non-domestic building, or the common parts of a block of flats, the law requires a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. Since the Fire Safety Act 2021, assessments for blocks of flats in England and Wales must also consider the external walls and the flat entrance doors.
Our assessments follow PAS 79-1 for non-domestic premises and PAS 79-2 for housing. We look at the building, its occupants, the ways a fire could start and spread, and the measures in place to warn people and help them escape. You receive a clear action plan with each item ranked by priority.
The rules that apply in Canary Wharf
In England, fire safety in non-domestic premises and the common parts of blocks of flats is governed by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as amended by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. Higher-risk residential buildings are also covered by the Building Safety Act 2022, which is overseen by the Building Safety Regulator.
What is included
- Site inspection and occupant risk review
- Means of escape, compartmentation and detection review
- External wall and flat entrance door considerations
- Prioritised, costed action plan
- Review dates and re-assessment reminders
Buildings we work on in Canary Wharf
- Blocks of flats
- Offices and shops
- HMOs
- Care settings
- Industrial units
- Places of worship
Areas we cover from Canary Wharf
From Canary Wharf we also cover Tower Hamlets (1 miles), Greenwich (2 miles), Stratford (3 miles), Southwark (3 miles) and Hackney (3 miles). Elsewhere in Greater London we work in London, Croydon, Westminster, Stratford, Wembley and Camden. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire risk assessments in London is handled the same way.