Fire Rated Systems

Rectification · Close-out evidence

What evidence is useful for closing a passive fire defect?

Short answer

Evidence closes a defect when it connects the original finding to the completed work and to the technical basis relied on. In practice that means the defect reference and its location, photographs before and after, the system used and the evidence behind it, who carried out the repair and when, and any variation from the original method. The exact set varies by system and by contract.

What to do next

Send the tag, the schedule reference, the drawings you have and photographs of the actual condition. We will tell you what they show, what they cannot, and what else is needed before anyone gives a conclusion.

General information only. A conclusion about a specific condition requires the actual construction, the evidence behind it and the site condition to be reviewed.