Should I carry out a shaft integrity survey?

Yes! If you are unsure if your lift shaft meets the standards called for within Document B, it is better to have a walkthrough carried out and a report issued to give peace of mind on your compliance and your building safety.

Who’s responsibility is it to carry out this check?

You’re responsible for fire safety in business or other non-domestic premises if you’re:

• an employer
• the owner
• the landlord
• an occupier
• anyone else with control of the premises, for example a facilities manager, building manager, managing agent or risk assessor

You’re known as the ‘responsible person’. If there’s more than one responsible person, you have to work together to meet your responsibilities.

As the responsible person you must:

• carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly
• tell staff or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified
• put in place, and maintain, appropriate fire safety measures
• plan for an emergency
• provide staff information, fire safety instruction and training

We can provide an initial shaft fire integrity survey that gives you the current condition of the shaft and how it may impact the integrity of your building compartmentation. With images of each area of non compliance, this makes it easier to show when planning the actions needed to address the failures. This also helps when scheduling further lift projects as all the tasks can be written in advance to minimise disruption during the project.