KFS Sector E-book 042024 - Flipbook - Page 9
Healthcare | 9
HEALTHCARE PROJECTS
Hospitals | Care Homes
NHS Trusts | Research Laboratories
St David’s Hospital Cardiff
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Kings College Psychiatric
QE2 Birmingham
Medway Hospital
Duchy Hospital Truro
St Luke’s Residential Home
1 St Kildas Road Children’s Care Home
London School of Hygiene
Mawdsley Hospital Institute Psychiatry
Berkshire Independent Hospital
Colchester Oaks Hospital
Fitzwilliam Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Ramsay Health Care
Graylingwell Hospital
CHEALSEA & WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL
The 430 bed teaching hospital in Chelsea, London has been
operational since 1993. The client requested that Kiwa Fire
Safety Compliance conduct a fire compartmentation review and
Engineers assisted in detailing both the current and potentially
effective compartmentation lines of the site.
We were able to present a case for a number of
recommendations that avoided overprovision and minimised
unnecessary replacement of materials with proven integrity.
ST DAVIDS HOSPITAL
Kiwa Fire Safety Compliance were asked to review the efficacy
of the existing fire safety strategy against the as-built drawings
of the site, to ensure the documents were accurate, complete
and suitable for the building.
As the hospital was built in 2002, the client was keen to seek a
review to ensure the building still complied with current building
regulations and guidance.
Through site visits, some invasive inspections and a thorough
analysis of the existing strategy, we were able to clarify and
recommend engineering solutions to compartment walls that
would help the building achieve compliance.
From our work the client received both assurances of the quality
of their installations already in situ, as well as the ability to plan
any remedial actions as necessary. Kiwa Fire Safety Compliance
identified where installations and compartments were
satisfactory, ensuring the client was not put in a position of
unnecessary expenditure or overprovision.
NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY
The site consisted of 16 interlinked modules on both ground and
first floors, with the addition of 21 satellite buildings. As a
substantial site with multiple operations co-existing at any one
time, the operational risks associated with fire were complex
and required an invasive review.
We were commissioned to provide an invasive assessment to
develop a risk classification with respect to life safety from fire.
Kiwa were able to assist the client in recommending risk
mitigation measures associated with their site in a concise and
accessible format.
By working closely with the client, elements of further
investigation were afforded which assisted in satisfying both
inspector and client queries.
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