Haringey Broadwater Farm Estate
Fire Safety Works & Communal Decorations
Plan and Details
| Project Type | Properties |
| Client | London Borough of Haringey |
| Date | November 2023 – Autumn 2024 |
| Value | £3.5 million |
Scope
983 new fire doors, 336 fire-rated riser access panels, new detection systems in communal areas, associated electrical works, extensive communal decorations, improved signage and new spandrel panels.
Project Description
DCK secured this contract via an open competitive tender on the council's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The works involved in this project are deemed to be essential to ensure the buildings adequately provide a suitable means of escape in the event of fire and separation between the dwellings and the communal areas.
The works include the replacement of flat entrance doors (FEDs), cross-corridor and stairwell doors, and riser cupboard doors. Works also include extensive communal decorations, improved wayfinding signage in accordance with The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, installation of L4 detection systems in communal areas, and replacement of emergency lighting as and where required.
The cross-corridor doors also include hold-open devices linked to individual detectors. The works will ensure the blocks are compliant with the current Fire Safety and Building Safety Regulations.
DCK, holding the bmtrada certification to install fire doors, will install 655 FEDs and 328 communal doors, in addition to the 336, one-hour fire-rated riser access panels over six months with its own directly employed workforce. The FED specification is for an FD3OS door, with FD60S doors specified in communal areas.
Whilst the design and the range of colour choices of the doors will be set by the council, residents will have a choice of door colour to complement the new wall decorations. Of the 655 flats to receive a new FED, 91 are occupied by leaseholders.
DCK has committed to a range of social value activities that include providing new jobs for residents, a pledge to spend at least £280,000 with locally based businesses, and supporting local community-based organisations with donations and resources to undertake events and projects that will benefit the local community.
