Industrial and Logistics passive fire protection
Compartment wall fire stopping and fire doors to offices, plant and escape routes in warehouses, factories and distribution centres.
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OneTrace digital records
Site survey and quote
Passive fire protection for industrial and logistics
Industrial buildings have large compartments, high-value stock and plant that runs around the clock. Compartment walls between units, between warehouse and office, and around plant and battery rooms carry hundreds of service penetrations for power, data, sprinkler mains and ductwork, and every new line or conveyor adds more. TECS surveys and seals those walls, and keeps the fire doors on escape routes, offices and plant rooms compliant, across London, the South East, East Anglia and the East Midlands.
We work to your operational pattern, whether that is a night shift, a weekend shutdown or a live 24-hour site with permit-to-work controls. Work at height is carried out from MEWPs or towers by trained operatives. Every penetration and door is recorded in OneTrace with a photograph, location and product used, which is the evidence insurers and fire risk assessors ask for.
What the regulations and insurers require
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to every industrial and logistics premises, and the Responsible Person must maintain fire doors and compartmentation. Insurers often go further, requiring tested fire stopping systems on compartment walls between high-value storage areas and documented inspection regimes. Where a wall is designed as a fire wall between units, every unsealed opening undermines the whole wall.
Typical scope on an industrial site
Compartmentation surveys of fire walls, warehouse-to-office walls and plant room enclosures
Fire stopping of cable trays, busbars, sprinkler and process pipework, ductwork and large multi-service openings
Linear gap seals at the head of blockwork and composite panel walls
Fire door surveys and repairs to office, welfare, plant and escape route doors
New FD30 and FD60 doorsets and frames in steel or timber
Planned maintenance contracts covering multi-site estates and 3PL portfolios
How we work on operational sites
Our teams complete your site induction, work under your permit system and keep forklift routes and escape routes clear. Exclusion zones are agreed with the shift manager, and we sequence work so production or picking continues. Reports are itemised by wall and by door, with a priority rating, so you can plan the budget across a shutdown programme.
Services industrial clients use most
Compartmentation surveys, fire stopping, fire door inspections, fire door installation and planned maintenance.
Frequently asked questions
Can you fire stop penetrations at height?
Yes. Most industrial compartment walls run to roof level and our operatives are trained to work from MEWPs and towers. We bring our own access equipment or use yours by agreement.
Do you need the site shut down?
Usually not. We work in agreed zones with exclusion barriers during live operations, and reserve noisy or disruptive work for shutdowns or quiet shifts.
Will the work satisfy our insurer?
Our fire stopping uses tested systems installed to the manufacturer’s details, and the OneTrace record gives the location, product and photograph for every seal. That is the evidence insurers typically ask to see.
Related reading: what is fire stopping and why does it matter and what a fire stopping survey report should contain.
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