Recently we reported on how the Stoke branch of construction services organization Kier was being forced to revisit the installation of fire doors in Stoke high-rise blocks.
Now, a week on, IFSEC Global has seen a copy of the report compiled by BRE Global for Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and the images that inspectors took show the scale of the problems with the six doors inspected.
In the report, BRE Global reported that it was not possible to conclude that the doorsets would meet the required 30-minute fire resistance, due to a high level of defects. Inspectors also continued to explain that the fire doors were installed into partitions that should also be fire-rated to 30 minutes, but that have been incorrectly built.
Click on the image below to see the full set of images showing the range of defects in the fire doors inspected by BRE Global and Stoke City Council.
In an accompanying statement to the report, Stoke City Council told us:
The report concludes that BRE found a high level of defects in the fitting of the flat, foyer and electric cupboard doors and frames by Kier and their subcontractors. Kier has accepted full responsibility for the defects and will remedy the work at their own expense.
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