The standard is now a mandatory condition for SCA membership, reflecting the high im-portance being placed upon it by the industry. Lareine Engineering is one of only five companies in the UK to have been approved to date.
Approval under the scheme ensures that competency is maintained in all aspects of the provision of smoke control.
To achieve certification, businesses must demonstrate experience in fire strategy verifica-tion together with the design, installation and commissioning of smoke control systems in accordance with the relevant standards and guidance documents, including: Approved Document B and BS 7346 Parts 4, 5, 7 and 8.
The scheme also recognises the ability of the certified business to provide appropriate subsequent levels of service and maintenance, in respect of building type, size and us-age. The certification process involves comprehensive internal office and external site audits.
The SCA states that: “The independent review of building regulations and fire safety supports clear cultural changes in the procurement, design, construction and mainte-nance of buildings and building systems in order to deliver safer buildings. Contractors should be responsible for the systems they install and end users should always look to use a capable, experienced contractor.”
IanWoodhouse, IFC’s Director of Certification, said: “The application and certification of Lareine Engineering and other leading businesses, underlines the importance that the industry is placing upon raising competency standards. We’re proud to be a key part of this initiative in partnership with the SCA.”
Tom Bates, Managing Director of Lareine Engineering, said: “As an active SCA member, we have always maintained the highest quality standards and we fully support the SCA’s efforts to raise competency across the industry. Our expertise – combined with that of our trusted ventilation product manufacturing partners Brakel (part of Kingspan Light+Air), Windowmaster and Innivate – allows us to provide fully tested, high quality solutions. We are delighted that this capability is now underlined and confirmed by our certification un-der the scheme”.
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