Fire safety for property managers and project managers

Yes. For managers and owners with multiple properties we work to a fixed inspection method and a uniform report format, so the properties are mutually comparable. You receive a report per building with the defects and the costs, plus a portfolio-level overview showing which properties are in order, where priority action is needed and what the total estimate is.

Not to start with. With a larger portfolio, an initial survey of selected properties can help set priorities and a provisional budget. Look beyond the construction period and use when selecting: building system, installations, renovation history and previous defects also count. A sample does not prove that properties that were not surveyed comply; work out the quantities per property in more detail before setting a final budget.

We supply the costs per property with unit prices per penetration and per door, split into priority and plannable work. That allows whoever draws up your maintenance plan, or your asset manager, to include the item and spread it across the planning period. If you are requesting the survey for your budget round, let us know the deadline - we schedule delivery of the report back from it.

That depends on the duty of care and the agreements. Article 3.5 of the Dutch Buildings Decree concerns the condition of an existing building, Article 6.4 fire-safe use by whoever uses the building or has it used. The manager acts on behalf of the owner, and the tenant is responsible for its own use and for what is changed during the use phase. Set out in lease and management contracts who manages and checks which provisions. In practice this means you want to know after every tenant change whether the fire separations are still intact.

Yes, that is the bulk of our work. Work in communal areas, shafts and technical rooms is done during the day with minimal disruption. Work in the leased space itself, or work that generates noise or dust, is scheduled in the evening or at the weekend, in consultation with the tenant and your property manager.

That depends on the floor area, the number of storeys and the complexity of the technical rooms. For an average office building it is a one- to two-day inspection including the report. You receive a fixed price in advance; for multiple properties, a tiered rate per building.

Yes. For an acquisition or redevelopment we map out, ahead of the transaction, the condition of the structural fire protection and what the remediation costs. It is an item that technical due diligence often dismisses briefly with an assumption, whereas catching up on compartmentalization and penetrations in an ageing building can amount to a serious sum.

Yes. The reporting is set up so you can pass it on unchanged to the owner, the investor or the board: for each defect the location with a photo, the nature, the risk and the costs, with a summary up front. If you work with your own format or your own property system, we supply the data in a form you can import.