Kaleidoscope House
Building Safety Cases
We have been awarded a Building Safety Certificate for Kaleidoscope House. This is on display in the foyer of the building.
We can provide residents with a summary upon request.
You can also view the Building Safety Case Report in full, by booking an appointment at the EVML Office at 80 Celebration Avenue.
This report demonstrates how fire and structural safety risks are being managed. This document is under constant review from the Building Safety Regulator. The report summarises the steps the Principal Accountable Person (in this case, EVML) has taken to identify, assess, remove, reduce and manage building safety risks.
Means of Escape
Escape from upper floors is via a single staircase, which terminates at the front ground floor exit door to Mirabelle Gardens. An alternative exit from the 1st floor staircase into the central courtyard. Means of escape from the central courtyard is either via external staircase leading to Medals Way or via each individual blocks’ main stairwell. Escape from the car park is either via 2 of the blocks’ internal stairwells or via means of escape near the vehicle gate that leads outside to Oriens Mews. Escape from the roof is via the main staircase via roof hatch, fixed steps and then door. Escape from upper floors is via a single staircase, which terminates at the front ground floor exit door to Mirabelle Gardens. An alternative exit from the 1st floor staircase into the central courtyard. Means of escape from the central courtyard is either via external staircase leading to Medals Way or via each individual blocks’ main stairwell. Escape from the car park is either via 2 of the blocks’ internal stairwells or via means of escape near the vehicle gate that leads outside to Oriens Mews.
AOV System
Automatic Opening Ventilation (AOV) system consists of smoke shaft vent louvers in the internal corridors and a roof vent hatch at the head of each staircase, operated by smoke detectors. Openable Vents (Windows) are also present in the staircase escape route.
Risks
External Walls
A full Fire Risk Appraisal of the External Walls (FRAEW) is available, and the summary for your building is below. If you’d like to see it in full or prefer a printed copy, please let us know. Work is not required to the external walls or the balconies on your building.
Internal Work
Compartmentation (walls and lift shafts)
We’ve been assessing the internal walls, and the initial findings show the walls may not offer enough fire protection. This affects the corridors, lift shafts and some apartment walls. We’re well underway in planning the solution which will prevent smoke or fire spreading. Depending on the advice of our fire engineers, we’re planning to submit an application to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), to approve the remediation plan. We’ll then appoint a contractor to complete this work.
Fire doors
Following a thorough investigation, we’ve found that most of the internal fire doors within your building do not meet fire safety standards. We’ll replace all affected doors and door frames as part of the internal work we’re carrying out. We’ll contact you in advance if your front door needs replacing.
Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW)
Understanding the summary FRAEW:
PAS 9980 includes five risk level outcomes as summarised below:
- Low: The rate and extent of fire spread via the external wall construction is within normal expectation and risk is sufficiently low that no remediation is required.
- Medium (Tolerable): Risk is heightened but is nevertheless considered to be tolerable. There is potential to accept the heightened risk (subject to periodic review) provided any risk-proportionate actions are undertaken. In some cases no action is advised.
- Medium (Uncertain): Risk might be heightened, but it is not possible to determine that the risk is so high as to require risk reduction or sufficiently low that it can be tolerated.
- Medium (Upper): Risk is heightened to an extent beyond that which can be tolerated and risk reduction is required.
- High: Risk is significantly heightened, and risk reduction (remediation or mitigation) is required.
