Transport & Infrastructure
Passive fire protection for terminals that run to a timetable.
Overview
Airport terminals, train stations, rail infrastructure, bus stations, ferry terminals, road tunnels, transport depots and car parks. These are public buildings with a timetable, and the timetable does not move for a contractor.
We size the scope to the possession, escort or closure actually available, and finish and certify inside it. The asset hands back at the end of the window in a defined safe state, with the records for what was completed — which is what the possession was booked for.
We size the work to the window and finish inside it
A rail possession or a tunnel closure lasts a handful of hours and ends whether or not the work is finished. We plan for that: smaller parcels of work, more of them, everything staged and checked before the window opens, and a defined safe state at every point so the asset hands back on time even if something turns up.
Overrunning on these sites is not a variation, it is a service disruption, and it is measured publicly. That is why the scope gets sized to the window before you are quoted, rather than after.
We work behind the public areas
Most of the passive fire scope sits behind the public areas: service corridors, plant rooms, risers, switchrooms and back-of-house circulation. The parts of the building the public sees are hoarded, protected and reinstated each shift, so the terminal opens looking untouched.
What you get from us
- Penetration sealing and rectification through rated walls in service corridors, risers and plant rooms.
- Fire doors to stairs, plant, back of house and egress routes on the path of travel.
- Fire-rated construction around shafts, services and plant enclosures.
- Structural fire protection where the project requires it.
- Baseline surveys across a terminal or station, giving the operator one register.
- Records that suit an asset owner who will hold the building for decades.
The conditions we plan for
- Possessions and closures — Short, fixed and shared with other trades. We book into them early and turn up able to finish the parcel.
- Airside and secure areas — Passes, escorts and inductions arranged before mobilisation.
- The public is in the building — Hoarding, separation and clean reinstatement every shift.
- Egress routes — Work on doors on the path of travel is planned so the escape route stays usable throughout.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Can you work during a night possession?
- Yes. Scope is sized to the window, with a defined safe stopping point.
- Do you work airside?
- Yes, subject to the airport's own pass, escort and induction requirements. Those are arranged before the work is scheduled rather than on the day.
- Can you work on doors on an escape route while the building is open?
- Yes. The work is staged so the escape route stays usable throughout. Where that cannot be achieved, it moves to a closure rather than being worked around.
- Can you survey a whole terminal?
- Yes. For an asset owner holding the building long term, one register is worth far more than a series of one-off inspections.
Related
Drawings, photos or a defect report in front of you?
Send what you already have. We will tell you what else is needed before the work can be reviewed, priced or booked for site inspection.