Failed compartmentation survey: what to do next
Your Type 3 or Type 4 survey came back with hundreds — or thousands — of defects, and the report alone doesn't tell you what to do first.
The exposure
- Responsible Person duty under the Fire Safety Order
- Insurer non-disclosure risk
- Building Safety Act enforcement for higher-risk buildings
- Reputational risk for housing providers and NHS trusts
A failing survey is a starting point, not a verdict. We turn the defect schedule into a costed, risk-prioritised programme that the Responsible Person, insurer and (where relevant) the Building Safety Regulator can defend.
How we close it out
- 01Triage
We re-cut the survey into a defect register your team can action this week.
- 02Phase
Risk-based phasing minimises disruption in occupied buildings.
- 03Deliver
Self-delivered remediation with daily QA and per-defect photo evidence.
- 04Close
Per-defect closeout, updated register, third-party certificate.
What we'd typically deploy
Fire Compartmentation Remedial Works
Close out failed compartmentation surveys with a phased, evidenced remediation programme.
Fire Stopping Installation
Audited, photographically evidenced fire stopping installation tied to a digital asset register.
Penetration Sealing
Every penetration sealed to a named tested system — cables, pipes, ducts, mixed services.
Frequently asked
Not necessarily. Our closeout evidence is structured so the original surveyor can validate it remotely. Where a re-survey is required, we coordinate it through our partner network.