Residential fire safety protects people where they are most vulnerable: at home, often asleep, and reliant on the building to keep them safe. From individual homes to blocks of flats and supported living, the sector has come under intense focus, and expectations of those responsible for residential buildings have risen sharply. MEP works across the residential sector, helping developers, housing providers and building managers keep residents safe.
Residential buildings carry a sleeping risk, where occupants must be warned and able to escape or be protected at any hour. High-rise and multi-occupied blocks have been the subject of major regulatory change, and the Building Safety Act has placed significant new duties on those responsible for higher-risk residential buildings, with a strong emphasis on evidence and accountability. Supported and sheltered housing adds occupants who may need extra help, and much of the work involves occupied homes, where sensitivity to residents is essential.
We work sensitively in and around people’s homes, planning to minimise disruption to residents and treating occupied buildings with care and respect. We coordinate with developers, housing associations, local authorities and managing agents, and we work with an awareness of the current residential regulations and the duties the Building Safety Act places on those responsible for buildings. Whether the project is new residential development or improving safety in existing blocks, we help those responsible protect residents and meet their growing obligations.
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Because people are at home and often asleep, relying on the building to warn and protect them, which makes the sleeping risk critical.
It has placed significant new duties on those responsible for higher-risk residential buildings, with a strong emphasis on evidence and accountability.
Yes. We work sensitively in and around people’s homes, planning to minimise disruption and treating residents with care.
Yes. We coordinate with developers, housing associations, local authorities and managing agents.
Yes. We work on both new residential development and improving fire safety in existing blocks.
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