WHO ARE CLC?
As a FIRAS certified property maintenance and refurbishment contractor, CLC has been at the forefront of implementing bespoke fire protection solutions for more than 20 years. Our qualified technicians are on hand to provide everything from fire compartmentation and fire door surveys to installing fire alarms and replacing fire doors. Ensuring the safety of your building occupants can be daunting but our team will walk you through the entire process, so you feel confident in the products and measures that are being installed.
Our technicians undergo rigorous training, and their skills are continuously assessed and audited both internally and externally so you can be assured our work is of the highest quality and in line with the latest regulatory standards.
The products that we use are from third-party certified manufacturers and are tested to the current British and European standards for fire safety.
Using an innovative software package, we record, label and certificate fire stopping works to ensure buildings and facilities have a fully traceable record of all installations in line with current safety laws.
Social Housing
Hotel & Leisure
Health Care
Retail & Commercial
Education
OUR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES
CLC can provide a comprehensive solution for the installation of all passive fire protection systems to new and existing buildings in line with the Fire Safety Act 2021, Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005, and Building Safety Act.
Our teams of FIRAS and BM Trada accredited fire protection technicians are on hand ready to install the best fire protection product or solution to suit your needs. Our specialist memberships and accreditations combined with our wealth of knowledge and experience, means you can feel confident in the quality of workmanship and products we provide.
As part of our accreditations, we can offer complete fire door installations, fire door maintenance and fire stopping works across multiple industry sectors. We also carry out compartmentation and fire door surveys which allow us to provide viability and budget costs for bringing a building in line with the Regulations. Our experience allows us to install solutions for problems within all budgetary constraints.
To achieve and maintain our accreditation, our management procedures are audited annually and quarterly at our work sites where installer and site management competency is audited.
Upon completion of all fire protection work, we provide a Certificate of Conformity, proving materials used, and workmanship carried out comply with tested solutions.
Our services include:
Fire Compartmentation & Fire
Door Surveys
Fire Stopping to service penetrations and Linear Gaps
Cavity Barriers
Fire Door Upgrades
Fire Door Replacements
GOLDEN THREAD OF INFORMATION
When we talk about the Golden Thread in fire safety, we refer to the information on how a building is designed, managed and operated as well as how the management of that information remains accurate, accessible and up-to-date. As your contractor of choice, you will have the ability to access the software that we use during and after the completion of work so that you can maintain an accurate record of building safety data in line with the latest building and safety regulations.
Using an innovative software solution such as Bolster, all records and documentation are stored on the cloud based system giving you full visibility of the project from inception through to completion. Working through a mobile app, our FIRAS certified management team can upload reports, layout drawings, materials used and much, much more. After closing a job, a unique reference number is issued along with a compliance report encompassing a fully transparent audit trail including dates and time stamps, so you receive full traceability for each action taken.
In addition, all information is automatically uploaded to a cloud database for future use and evidence provision which you will have access to.
The system can be used for:
Passive
Fire
Fire
Smoke
Sprinkler Systems
HOW DOES THE SYSTEM WORK?
After works are inspected, layout drawings are uploaded via a tablet or smartphone. Any compartment breaches are added to the drawings using a simple pin and up to 10 photographs showing its location.
The numbered pins show whether work is required, in progress or completed and location labels are printed using specially coded mobile printers.
Next, information regarding any required remedial work is recorded and all information is uploaded to a cloud database. Once the survey is complete, a report detailing all findings will be issued to you.
Finally, the app creates a robust management system providing our customers with peace of mind that fire compliance can not only be achieved but also maintained and documented to satisfy fire service enforcement officers, building control and external auditors as well as the golden thread of information.
CASE STUDY SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
From 2017, we have worked alongside Southampton City Council on a £45m project to upgrade their current passive fire protection across 17 high rise blocks, medium and low-rise properties, and managed accommodation within the city.
The project includes all fire protection works including the replacement of fire doors to flats and communal areas, compartmentation works and the installation of sprinkler and fire detection systems.
To complete the works, we utilise 45 directly employed trained technicians as well as specialist contractors. By phasing out the works across the sites we have been able to minimise disruption to residents. To date we have installed over 7,500 fire new doors, installed 14 Sprinkler Systems, and completed over 50,000 compartmentation seals, the works have also involved extensive enabling works such as asbestos removal and building upgrades and repairs.
With our innovative phasing of the works to minimise disruption, we are awarded runner up for the ‘Best Customer Impact’ award at the National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF).
In 2020, CLC also successfully tendered for passive fire protection works to all low and medium rise buildings across Southampton City Council’s housing stock. After successfully completing the first 3-year term to the delight of SCC and its residents, the contract has been extended to August 2024.
As part of the project, we are also undertaking remedial works to fire doors and passive fire compartmentation following inspection, in the first six months of this project we have completed 8,000 actions.
Southampton City Council are delighted with the positive and proactive manner in which CLC has worked to deliver this challenging project, working with all stakeholders, and ensuring minimum disruption to our residents.
- Southampton City Council spokesman
CASE STUDY NHS PROPERTY SERVICES
In 2020, we embarked on a pilot scheme to provide Passive Fire Protection works to NHS Property Services to Sheltered Accommodation and General NHS Buildings across the West Midlands. The success of the pilot scheme has since resulted in further works which are due to conclude in 2025.
The safety of staff and patients is paramount to the NHS and so the main scope of work involves upgrading and maintaining the fire safety of NHS buildings. Works include penetration sealing, cavity barriers, fire compartmentation including loft voids, cross corridor door voids, replacement intumescent strips, fire door maintenance, replacement fire doors and fire safety signage on public buildings including occupied hospitals, medical centres, doctor’s surgeries, and NHS administration buildings.
There is a particular need for transparency for public spending, and so to keep work within a strict budget, we strive to carry out work during normal working hours and keep out of hours working to a minimum. Our teams work closely with the estates team and hospital staff to segregate working areas and ensure our works have little to no impact on the day-to-day operation of the hospital. On site, works are controlled through daily site checks from the Site Manager and quality and compliance are checked in line with our internal governance processes. From mobilisation through to handover, we engage with the estates team and NHS staff so that we can proactively work together to complete the work as quickly and diligently as possible.
It is a pleasure to work alongside CLC on our Fire Compartmentation Project. We appreciate the knowledge and expertise that they provide us on each project and collaboration with them is effortless, making them feel like extended colleagues rather than contractors. The work is completed seamlessly in a live environment, with thorough care and consideration given at all times to building users.
- David Holmes, Programme Manager Fire Compartmentation NHSPS
ABOUT CLC OUR LONGSTANDING SERVICE
CLC is a national refurbishment contractor with over 50 years of industry experience. With 13 offices based nationwide, we offer a national service to a wide range of public and private clients spread throughout the UK. We maintain an excellent reputation in the industry of being a dependable contractor, that is small enough to care but big enough to cope.
Our financial stability also sets us apart from our competitors making us an industry leader in providing a reliable service of the highest calibre. Growing steadily over the years, we have established a base of local people with a local supply chain to help strengthen our service delivery in all areas of operation. Our directly employed team backed by our approved supply chain ensures we deliver a reliable high-quality service. We pride ourselves on forming strong relationships with our clients which is why 75% of our work comes from long term or repeat customers.
OUR OFFICES
As a nationwide company, our offices are based in:
THE CLC WAY
Our People
Our workforce largely consists of directly employed tradespeople from the local areas where we operate. We believe that investing in a directly employed team and providing them with training and progression opportunities leads to committed tradespeople with a passion for what they do.
Our Directors, across our group structure, are personally responsible for the successful delivery of each and every contract. With Directors spread throughout our branches, our staff, supply chain and most importantly our clients can walk into a branch and speak directly to a Director.
Our Values
Our values form the promises that we make to our employees, clients, and their customers and what we set out to achieve on every project we undertake.
Delight our customers: By exceeding our client expectations we aim to create long standing relationships with our customers.
Deliver on our commitments: We do what we say we will, for our customers, staff and suppliers.
Dare to change: Our culture is based on continuous improvement, and we are always seeking ways in which we can enhance service delivery.
Develop our people: We believe that success comes from motivating people and maximising their potential.
Drive for results: Through empowering our staff and working in partnership with our supply chain and clients, we can work together to ensure an excellent service and value for money is achieved.
Our Commitments
Our clients trust us to deliver a safe, efficient, and reliable service built on quality workmanship.
To achieve this, we commit to:
Providing a high quality service to our clients and building strong relationships built on mutual trust and honesty.
Providing our people with training and development opportunities to allow them to maximise their potential.
Encouraging long lasting relationships with our supply chain based on openness, fair payment and offers of repeat business.
Contribute socially and economically to our communities through community initiatives, employment prospects and training opportunities.