Aluminium Balcony & Terrace Decking, Southwark: Fire Safety Remediation

Comprising several four-storey blocks at Evan Cook Close, fire safety issues were identified in the external envelope of the buildings as part of EWS1 inspections. Specifically, the timber decking present in large quantities across the balconies, roof terraces and common walkways posed a major risk, preventing a compliant EWS1 certificate being issued.

The EWS1 crisis has caused untold pain for all stakeholders since very shortly after its launch in December 2019. The Government issued the Consolidated Advice Note just one month later which required multi-occupancy buildings of all heights to be considered for fire-safety requirements, derailing EWS1 immediately with the huge influx of additional buildings into scope and trapping homeowners in unmortgageable properties.

The Wandle buildings at Evan Cook Close were unfortunately caught up in EWS1 so the essential remediation works began to be planned to solve the issue. Construction and roofing specialists Breyer Group were appointed as main contractor for the refurbishment and AliDeck became involved with the project in early 2021, with our team conducting extensive site surveys to begin to understand the materials requirement to replace the dilapidated, combustible timber decking.

The decking replacement works were to be completed by Alu-Installations, an AliDeck Approved Installer. George and his team at Alu-Installations are experts at working with our products, being one of the earliest teams to complete our Training Academy process in 2019. Having now completed many similar remediation and install projects, a real depth of understanding was immediately available to the project from George and his team.

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