BUILD Construction Engineering award Winners - Best Passive Fire Protection Specialists 2023 & 2024
Our part in the Education sector...
We play a large part in the Educational sector when it comes to fire protection improvements as well as potential for both building conditional improvements and expansion. Schools have a great deal of responsibility when it comes to site safety and building compliance and that's where we come in.
Condition Improvement Funding (CIF)
What is CIF?
Eligible academies, Sixth Forms, Colleges and voluntary-aided (VA) schools can apply for capital funding from the conditional improvement fund (CIF) in an annual bidding to aid projects to ensure the educational provider is running optimally.
What projects does the funding cover?
Projects surround health and safety issues as well as building compliance and poor building conditions. CIF also supports a small proportion of expansion projects. These are mainly aimed at academies, sixth-form colleges and VA schools rated good or outstanding by Ofsted that can demonstrate a need for expansion.
Who administers the fund?
The Department for Education (DFE) has a priority to administer the funding for significant condition needs. This allows for education providers to keep their buildings in good and safe working order.
Where do we play a part?
Fire safety systems are very much at the top of a lot of Schools and Colleges improvement list. With buildings aging and regulations changing it is a frequent demand. The process of CIF from a contractors perspective is that we receive the list containing projects that we have won once the funding has been given the go ahead. The size and nature of the projects are variable.
Case Studies
Southgate School
Evolution supplied & installed fire doors, compartmentation & decorative finishing at Southgate School
- Removal & Replacement of Fire Door, Single EVO FD30's & 60's, Double EVO FD30's & 60's & EVO FD30 Leaf & 1/2's, including all associated joinery. Installed through the BM Trada Q-Mark fire door installation scheme.
- Removal & reinstatement of non-fire rated glass borrowed lights with new fire rated glazing to suit the area.
- Passive Fire Protection installation. Stripping out & installation of compliant infill to the required rating.
- Electrical works in connection with electric hold open devices with connections to fire alarm systems.
- All decorative finishes undertaken in strict accordance with the manufacturers instructions.
- Flooring replaced where door frames have been re-fitted.
- 12 internal glazed units fitted with 30 minute fire rated glass.
Project: Southgate Fire Safety Works
Consultant: Barkers Associates
Fire Resisting Value: £648,500.00
Schools & Academies
This May we attended the Schools & Academies show at the ExCeL London for the second year! Yet again we met some amazing people with many discussions surrounding fire door maintenance. It was great to speak to everyone regarding their fire safety needs and concerns.
Education Business Awards
Evolution was happy to sponsor the School Security Award at the Education Business Awards 2024. We give our congratulations to 'The Holt School' and all the other winners in each category.
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All winners were announced on June 12th at the Leonardo Royal in St Pauls. The Education Business Awards are aimed to recognise excellence in over twenty categories, including those for Outstanding Progress and Leadership, SEN Best Practice and Provision, ICT innovation, Procurement, Security, Environmental Practice, Building, Catering and more.
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All awards were presented by Ashley John-Baptiste - a young BBC broadcast journalist and presenter who has a impressive storey of how be overcame his childhood alongside a champagne drinks reception and four course lunch