FAÇADE REMEDIATION AND FIRE SAFETY COMPLIANCE
Making complex buildings
safer.
IRS delivers Façade Remediation and Fire Safety Compliance across occupied residential buildings.
As specialist Principal Contractor, we work with clients and professional teams to turn technical and regulatory requirements into controlled construction delivery: coordinating people, materials, programme, residents and evidence from early involvement through to handover.
Because remediation isn’t simply about replacing what’s on the outside of a building. It’s about understanding how the whole solution works together.
What you can see is only part of the problem.
Existing façades are made up of systems, materials and interfaces installed at different times, sometimes with incomplete records and sometimes in ways that only become fully apparent once the building is opened up.
The original design may not reflect what was installed. Existing substrates can vary. New systems have to connect safely and effectively with existing construction.
That’s why successful remediation starts with understanding what is actually there, not simply what the drawings say should be there.
Understand the building before you try to fix it.
The right solution is rarely one piece of work.
IRS coordinates the complete remediation scope, bringing specialist trades and technical expertise together around the approved solution.
We don’t treat those elements as isolated workstreams. We manage the interfaces between them.
External wall and cladding remediation
Insulation replacement
Cavity barriers and fire breaks
Compartmentation and fire stopping
Fire-rated doors
Balcony remediation and replacement
Rainscreen and façade systems
Associated building-envelope works
Roofline, windows, doors, copings, soffits, structural framing and ventilation interfaces.
The earlier we understand the building, the more useful we can be.
Through early engagement and PCSA, IRS works alongside clients, designers, façade consultants, fire engineers, structural engineers and manufacturers to understand how the proposed solution will work in practice.
Opening-up. Buildability. Materials. Sequencing. Programme. Logistics. Resident impact. Risk.
Resolve risk before it reaches site.
Compliance has to exist in the building, not just in the specification.
An approved design establishes what needs to be achieved. Construction has to deliver it.
That means understanding specified systems, approved details and critical interfaces, and making sure the people installing them are working from the right information.
Quality control is particularly important where completed work will conceal fire-safety-critical elements.
Specify it correctly. Install it correctly. Inspect it at the right time. Evidence what was done.
Existing buildings don't always follow the drawings.
Opening up can reveal a different substrate, a missing barrier, an unexpected interface or construction that does not match the information available at design stage.
The important thing isn’t pretending those discoveries won’t happen. It’s knowing what to do when they do.
As Principal Contractor, IRS connects site teams with the relevant design and technical specialists so new information can be assessed, implications understood and any required change agreed before it is built.
If it's going to be covered up, evidence it first.
Much of the work that determines façade and fire performance will no longer be visible once the building is complete.
Inspection therefore happens while critical details remain visible. Material records, photographs, quality checks and approved changes build the record as the work progresses.
That discipline supports our Right First Time approach and the evidence behind the finished building.
The best time to find a problem is while you can still fix it.
People live here while we work.
Façade remediation can surround someone’s home for months. Scaffolding changes privacy and access. Removing the external wall creates noise and dust. Work can affect windows, balconies and ventilation.
Resident management is therefore part of the construction plan, with Resident Liaison working alongside project delivery to communicate upcoming work, understand individual needs and support vulnerable residents.
Complex buildings. Real outcomes.
The Blake Building, Southampton
Nine storeys, Gateway 2 approved. Early PCSA involvement supporting Thomasons, with the delivery expertise brought in while the solution was still being shaped.
The Greenhouse
Combustible elements of an eight-storey mixed-use façade replaced with non-combustible materials, delivered around 172 occupied apartments.
Advent 2 and 3, Manchester
A £9.7m façade remediation and external wall insulation programme across 242 occupied properties, delivered as Principal Contractor under CDM through the Building Safety Fund.
In their words.
Daniel Ross
“The building looks extremely sharp, and the attention to detail from the site team is a showing of how IRS have continued to go over and above to meet and exceed expectations. The QA, the proactive approach to reporting, and the quality of works on this scheme have been a real success, we do see the efforts made, and we thank the team for them.”
James Howarth
“The external wall recladding and remediation works were completed to an exceptionally high standard. All aspects were delivered with a high level of workmanship, attention to detail, and consistency across all façades. The site was maintained in a clean and orderly condition throughout, with careful consideration given to health and safety and quality control. The completed installation is of a high technical and visual standard, and I would have no hesitation in recommending IRS for similar projects.”
Bring us in before the design is fixed.
Early involvement gives us the opportunity to challenge buildability, review materials and sequencing, identify delivery risks and understand resident impact while there is still time to do something about them.
SCOTLAND
74 Glencraig Street
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
ML6 9AS
NORTHERN REGION
Unit 12 Ashburton Park
Trafford Park, Manchester
M17 1EH
SOUTHERN REGION
Unit 3, 362B Spring Road
Southampton
SO19 2PB
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