Trail Group wins two-year passive fire safety deal
Iain Hoey
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Passive fire safety contract awarded for Home Group homes
Trail Group has been awarded a contract worth around £3m over the next two years to provide passive fire safety services for Home Group across the Southeast and Southwest of England.
Trail Group announced that the contract was awarded through the Pretium Building and Fire Safety Framework for works covering fire door installations and replacements, fire compartmentation and fire stopping.
The company was first appointed as a supply chain partner to Home Group in 2021.
It has since worked on more than 100 properties including residential apartment buildings, street properties and community wellbeing homes in Norfolk, London and the Home Counties, along with locations across the South Coast from Hampshire to Devon and Cornwall.
The first projects under the new contract are due to take place at two residential buildings in Portsmouth.
Those works will cover roof compartmentation and fire door replacements.
Passive fire safety works already completed
Trail Group said recent projects for Home Group included work at Olympic Way in High Wycombe, where fire doors, fire stopping and fire compartmentation were carried out across three apartment buildings.
In the largest building at Olympic Way, all automated smoke vents were also replaced.
At Deck Place in Colchester, all fire doors for two apartment blocks were renewed.
At Court Place in Folkestone, communal doors and entrance doors to more than 50 flats for over-55s were replaced.
Full fire compartmentation was also installed throughout the Folkestone building, including in the loft area.
Jon Crosby, Managing Director of Trail Group, said: “This new contract award builds on our long track record of working as a trusted delivery partner to housing associations and local authorities for fire protection, compliance and maintenance services.
“Our engineers are highly trained in building safety and compliance to deliver each project to consistently high standards, with residents and life safety firmly at the centre of everything we do.”
David Richardson, Maintenance and Contract Manager at Home Group, said: “Trail Group continues to work well for Home Group and complex projects are completed to a high standard.
“How their teams put our customers first is well recognised.
“Their capabilities are strong and staff always professional.
“Any challenges that may arise are dealt with promptly, effectively and with a genuinely positive attitude.
“We definitely want longevity with our supply chain partners and so are pleased to award this latest contract to the business.”
Trail Group also provides active fire protection, building upgrades, security solutions, electrical testing and installations, and planned maintenance for property, estates and facilities managers.