These elements make up a fundamental part of your day-to-day operations, helping you and users to seamlessly access the building and move around your premises.

The staircases and raised walkways will also act as evacuation points in emergencies, such as the breakout of a fire, and it’s important they’re in good working order if these situations do arise.  

This is where external staircase and access inspections come in. 

At IKT Consulting, our expert team of engineers have spent years providing customers with a whole host of structural services including external staircase and raised walkway inspections. 

Whether you have a block of flats, educational, healthcare property or own multiple high-rise buildings that have several, we’re fully experienced in providing quality inspections that always ensure your staircase structures are safe and in good working order.

If a fire breaks out on your property it’s essential that a safe and swift evacuation is conducted, and your fire escape stairs will likely play an important role in this process. This is especially the case if primary evacuation routes become blocked or inaccessible and the IKT Consulting team are able to undertake inspections that check the condition of these types of staircases.  

In addition to the P.U.W.E.R legislation, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, states the responsible person (usually the building or business owner) is required to ensure all fire safety equipment is in good working order.