On too many UK construction projects, fire stopping is the trade that gets called in three weeks before practical completion — after the ceilings have closed, after the floor finishes have been laid, after the M&E; trades have packed up and gone home. The result is predictable: difficult access, hurried installation, photographs taken from awkward angles, and a final O&M; pack that records the work in just enough detail to pass a cursory inspection but nothing more.
On too many UK construction projects, fire stopping is the trade that gets called in three weeks before practical completion — after the ceilings have closed, after the floor finishes have been laid, after the M&E; trades have packed up and gone home. The result is predictable: difficult access, hurried installation, photographs taken from awkward angles, and a final O&M; pack that records the work in just enough detail to pass a cursory inspection but nothing more.
On too many UK construction projects, fire stopping is the trade that gets called in three weeks before practical completion — after the ceilings have closed, after the floor finishes have been laid, after the M&E; trades have packed up and gone home. The result is predictable: difficult access, hurried installation, photographs taken from awkward angles, and a final O&M; pack that records the work in just enough detail to pass a cursory inspection but nothing more.
Our standing recommendation to every main contractor we work with is unchanged: bring your fire stopping contractor in alongside your M&E; trades, not after them.
