UCL Employers Requirements (ER)

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• Fire Safety Project and Design Summary Aide Memoir
• Pre-Contract and On-Site Fire Safety Technical Notes
• Architectural Fire Safety Technical Notes
• Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP)
• Post Occupation Information

Fire safety project and design summary aide memoir

• UCL Employers Requirements (ER) - Fire Safety Project & Design Team Summary Aide Memoir
• Summary of Duties - Heads of Faculties, Departments, Schools & Professional Services Etc.

Pre-Contract and On-Site Fire Safety Technical Notes

• Fire Prevention on Construction Sites Guidance - Joint Code of Practice on the Protection from Fire of Construction Site and Buildings Undergoing Renovation (Ninth Edition October 2015)
• Fire Prevention on Construction Sites (Fire Safety Checklist) - Joint Code of Practice on the Protection from Fire of Construction Site and Buildings Undergoing Renovation (Ninth Edition October 2015) - Constitution Site Fire Prevention Checklist
• UCL Principal Contractor Site Fire Safety Risk Review & Mitigation Measures - arrangements for Principal Contractor to ensure adequate fire safety measures to spate Site From UCL Staff
• UCL Building Regulations 38 and Fire Safety Information Required for UCL Occupation at Practical Completion - arrangements and information required by the Principal Contractor
• UCL Estates & Fire Standard (General Performance for Site Hoarding & Contractor Cabins) - arrangements Principal Contractors and Pre-contractor Documents
• Emergency Lighting Systems - Principal Contractors contact information for sites in existing buildings fitted with 'Addressable' emergency lighting systems - pre-works information actions
• Fire Alarms System - Pre-Works Arrangements and Process to Prevent Unwanted Fire Alarms - arrangements for UPO / PMs / Principal Contractor and sub-contractors

Architectural Fire Safety Technical Notes

• Architectural (Fire Safety) Design Guidance - general employers requirements (ERs) around building designs and restrictions
• Principal Design Team / Principal Contractor - new projects practical completion - Regulation 38 Fire Strategies, Drawings & Information Requirements
• Fire Stopping & Passive Fire Protection - arrangements & approved UCL contractors
• Sliding / Revolving Doors & Means of Escape - project general fire safety means of escape design guidance
• Fire Doors / Fire Curtains / Fire Shutters - general UCL fire door design requirements fire door signage
• UCL Halls of Residence - general fire strategy new & refurbishment sleeping accommodation
• Protected Routes, Stairs and Noticeboards - fire safety considerations/limitations within protected routes including the provision of noticeboards
• Lockers (Sloping Roof) for Staff or Student Personal Effects - lockers fire safety considerations
• Fire Safety / Statutory Signage - arrangements, policy & project requirements
• Fire Safety Signs (Laboratories) - general hazard warning, signage and fixing systems
• Seating (Seatway) / Seminar / Lecture Theatre Layouts - guidance for setting out seating in lecture theatres, seminar AJND public events or similar
• Kitchens and Tea Points - general fire design information for all buildings including residences
• Bulk Flammable Liquid & Solvent Storage Facilities - structure design guide

Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP)

• Principal Design Team / Principal Contractor - new projects practical completion - Regulation 38 Fire Strategies, Drawings and Information Requirements
• Fire Stopping & Passive Fire Protection - arrangements & approved UCL contractors
• Access Security Systems (Electronic Locking) & Accessible Door Opening Devices on Means of Escape - door locking and design requirements etc
• Sliding & Revolving Doors - general guidance on their use on escape routes
• Hearing Impaired Persons - Fire Alarm Warning (Deaf Texting Facilities) - being alerted, when the fire alarm sounds for deaf and hard of hearing in an emergency
• Emergency Lighting - UCL's Employers Requirements (ERs) for the installation
• Emergency Lighting Systems - general contractors contact Information for existing 'Addressable Emergency Lighting' systems in refurbish or existing UCL buildings - pre works information actions
• Building Electrical & Mechanical Services Interfaces & Fire Brigade Equipment - including air handling, CL3 Labs, smoke control systems- FB Switches & Controls etc.
• Fume Cupboards Fire Suppression Installation Guidance - MEP general UCL specifications and detail installation information for the provision of fire suppression in fume cupboards
• Firefighters' Switches - Prescribed Voltages, High Voltage Electrical Luminous Tubes & Signs and Voltages generated in Photovoltaic (PV) roof equipment etc.
• Fire Alarms Systems Design Guidance All Buildings (with the Exception of Sleeping Accommodation) - MEP general UCL specifications and employers requirements (ERs)
• Fire Alarms Systems Design Guidance (Sleeping Accommodation / Halls of Residences) - general UCL specifications and employers requirements (ERs) for Cause & Effect Room Mode & Setup (TN055A) and Domestic Houses, Studio & Flats (TN055B)
• Fire Alarms Systems Design Guidance (Provision of Audible & Visual Warning at Internal Building Boundaries) - MEP general UCL specifications and employers requirements (ERs)
• Biological Service Units (BSU) - Specialist Fire Alarm / Emergency Lighting Requirements & Other Related Information) - fire alarm and design specifications and employers requirements (ERs)
• PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) Systems Installation & Safety Arrangements - design considerations for both sustainability and safety provisions
• Kitchen / Tea Point General Fire Design Information - MEP general UCL specifications and employers requirements (ERs)
• Bulk Flammable Liquid & Solvent Storage Facilities - MEP general UCL specifications and employers requirements (ERs)
• Disable Refuge Communications - UCL ISD project manager briefing note on managing Disabled Refuge Telephones for new projects (where appropriate and authorised)

Post Occupation Information

• Occupation fire safety familiarisation requirements