Managing fire safety across a 440-acre science campus using smart systems and on-site expertise.
Alderley Park, a sprawling 440-acre site comprising 34 buildings with
a mix of laboratories and office spaces, is managed by a prominent
UK property management company. In December 2022, EA-RS was
enlisted to oversee the site’s service, maintenance, remedial, and
project works.
The 2023-2024 service and maintenance contract spans a three-year
term with a potential two-year extension, covering over 10,000 assets
on site. The responsibilities of EA-RS included maintaining fire alarm
systems, extinguishers, firetrace, fire dampers, AOVs, dry risers, gas
suppression, Ansul, and sprinklers.
In July 2023, early discussions led to the integration of a permanent Fire Door/Fire Stopping Engineer by December 2023. Currently, EA-RS have four permanent employees on site. The team consists of a Contract Manager, Fire Alarm Engineer, Fire Extinguisher/Firetrace Engineer, and Fire Door/Fire Stopping Engineer. All other disciplines are completed by companies from within EA-RS including Firesec, Vulcan Fire, and Air Projects.
EA-RS introduced innovative solutions, such as the Honeywell Gent
CLSS (Connected Life Safety Services) platform, installed in May 2023,
to store live data for the site and includes asset information for fire alarms, extinguishers and firetrace systems. The platform allows the customer to see the current state of their systems, shows when maintenances have been completed and provides them with engineers maintenance reports as soon as the maintenance has been completed.
Additionally, Bolster was implemented in December 2023 for comprehensive asset validation and fire door action recording including inspections, remedial works and fire doorset replacements.
The proactive measures and strong collaboration between Alderley Park and EA-RS led to a significant projected increase in the maintenance contract value for 2024-2025.
This partnership’s success extended beyond Alderley Park, as EA-RS secured a new maintenance contract for another site, Centre City in Birmingham, in March 2024. The model developed at Alderley Park became a benchmark, with EA-RS now providing advice and assistance for other sites across the country.
We believe in being judged by our results – here are just some of the things our clients say about working with us. From fire safety and security to electrical and data solutions, our trusted services help UK businesses stay protected, connected, and compliant.
EA-RS are an excellent contractor with a very good level of service delivery, and always work well under pressure, especially when tight deadlines need to be met. I wouldn’t hesitate in employing them for any future contracts.
EA-RS worked very closely with my team throughout, always striving to exceed expectations, with consistently high levels of workmanship and fire stopping throughout, with a high volume of projects being managed simultaneously and efficiently.
EA-RS have a depth of expertise from a technical point of view. They provide detailed support in relation to Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) compliance. The other companies we’ve used before don’t have the same level of expertise.
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