Central Street, London EC1

The Fire & Rescue service attended 624,000 fires or false alarms in Britain during 2010 - 2011.

There were 306 deaths in dwellings in 2010 - 2011. 268 were of accidental causes such as careless disposal of cigarettes!

Presenting at the National Association of Healthcare Fire Officer (NAHFO) annual conference in May 2012

Presenting on the topic of Fire Risk Management at the Ministry of Justice in January.

Delivering BS 9999 training for an Approved Inspector on Wednesday

In the process of drafting PAS 7 - Strategic Fire Risk Management due May 2012

Presenting tomorrow at London Fire Brigade on the topic of Fire Safety in Healthcare premises.

A Bill to require landlords to provide smoke alarms will come back to the House for a 2nd Reading debate on 21 Oct 2011.

Presenting on the subject of managing Fire Engineered Buildings on Monday at International FireEx Birmingham NEC.

Bill Koffel is arriving in the UK on Tuesday to share with us some of his NFPA expertise! Looking forward to that.

recent Fire Safety Engineering projects from BB7

Central Street, London EC1

BB7 are finalising the Fire Strategy and dealing with Section 20 issues for the development scheme at Central Street, London EC1 which has a development value of circa £109 million.

The two acre site has detailed planning consent for 274 homes, 170 of which will be for private sale. There will be a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, in seven blocks ranging from 5 - 10 storeys, with the views from the upper floors expected to be outstanding. It also includes 4,500 sq metres of commercial space and a basement car park for 58 vehicles. Located equidistant between Old Street and Barbican tube stations, the site offers excellent transport links and is close to both the City and Clerkenwell.

In what is certainly one of the largest land deals in Central London at the moment, Mount Anvil and its joint venture partner, One Housing Group, together with their funders, Allied Irish Bank and Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets, are displaying their confidence in the project and in the residential market as a whole.

The vendor on Central Street was a subsidiary of Bee Bee Developments Ltd and the price paid for the land was £26 million. Demolition work has already started, with a completion date of June 2012.

BB7 were the first company in the United Kingdom to obtain Quality Assurance Certification of Companies Offering Life Safety Fire Risk Assessment Services. BB7 has demonstrated to Warrington Certification, technical and management competencies to undertake life safety fire risk assessments as required by, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and is now listed as a certified company.