Bowsprit Point,
Tower Hamlets LB,
E14 8NT

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Your Building safety management team

Responsible Person: Scott Barnett

Building Safety Manager: Toyosi Agosa

Regional Property Manager: Valery Chu

Email: [email protected]

You can request compliance documentation for your building by contacting us at [email protected] or 0345 111 0000.

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Recent building safety surveys that have been carried out in your building

• Fire Strategy, February 2024
• Fire risk assessment Type 4, February 2024
• Structural Survey, February 2024

Survey type	Date completed	Risk rating
Type 4 Fire Risk Assessment	22/02/2024	Medium risk
Risk Matrix	22/02/2024	Medium risk
Registration number	02/08/2023	HRB05520D7W0

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Building Safety Registration Number: HRB05520D7W0
Evacuation strategy: Stay Put

Your building operates a ‘stay put’ policy. When a fire occurs within your flat, you should alert others in the flat if the alarm has not already sounded, make your way out of the building and call the fire and rescue service.

If a fire starts in the communal area, anyone in these areas makes their way out of the building and summons the fire and rescue service. All other residents not directly affected by the fire would be expected to ‘stay put’ and remain in their flat unless they become affected by the fire or are directed to leave by the fire and rescue service.

Building Description

Your building stands as a purpose-built 22-storey residential block comprising of 82 single flats. The building comprises ground plus 21 upper floors, standing at 67.59m in height, and dedicated exclusively to residential space. The Riverside Group is the Principal Accountable person who have assigned a Duty Holder for occupation and a Responsible person. We have a nominated Building Safety Manager and undertake routine in-house fire safety checks of all common parts of the building on a weekly basis.

Your local Fire Service

In the event of a fire, dial 999 for the fire service.

The fire service will enter the property through the entrance door in your building.

Your nearest fire station address:

Millwall Fire station
43 Westferry Rd, London
E14 8JH

Construction Type

The building structure comprised reinforced concrete floor slabs supported onto reinforced concrete columns and walls with external masonry infill panels. Building has a pitched roof supported by steel frame, which in turn is supported by the reinforced concrete frame.

Floor Construction Type

Concrete

Stair Construction Type & details

There is one concrete stairwell serving all floors in the building which is a full height stair core which is located at the rear of the communal area of each landing, it extends from ground level through to top floor level where and is treated as a firefighting stair, the stair discharges into fresh air at the rear of the building.

External Wall Systems

External Wall Assessment completed by Hydrock on 31/03/2023. The EWS1 form completed 14/04/2023 with the status identified as B2.

Remediation programme due to start in April 2025 and predicted finish in January 2026.

Height of uppermost occupied storey measured from ground level

67.59m

Flood Risk

The risk of flooding from surface water and that from rivers or seas is deemed very low. The yearly chance of flooding from now until 2069 has been deemed very low. You can check your risk on the gov.uk website.

Utility services

Calling the National Gas Emergency Service number on 0800 111 999* is an important step when you suspect a gas leak. The number operates 24/7 and is free to call.

If you’re a user of British Sign Language (BSL) you can call the National Gas Emergency number using the SignLive service. This service gives you access to an online interpreter enabling, you to communicate with National gas using sign language.

Electric power cut: call 105 or 0800 6783 105, if you are hard of hearing or deaf dial 18001 before each number and a text relay operator will join the call.

Fire Prevention Measures

• Communal fire alarm: L5 automatic fire detection is installed within the communal areas, with detection being fitted within the ground floor communal areas, service/plant rooms, ventilation shaft, roof void and within the residential lobbies on each level.
• Domestic fire alarm: Automatic fire detection system is found within in each flat.
• Sprinkler systems: Found on multiple levels used to suppress fire.
• Lightning protection: A lightning protection system is installed at Bowsprit Point.

Emergency Plans and Preparedness Procedures

In the event of an emergency, you must call the Emergency Services on 999 and ask for the necessary service giving details of the address and situation, there is no remote fire alarm monitoring.

Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) is used to document how people will be evacuated when they have difficulty responding to a fire alarm or escaping from a building unaided, in the event of an emergency. This gives a clear plan to the person(s) with a PEEP on how they are going to evacuate the building prior to it becoming a rescue scenario.

A PEEP may be needed for someone with an impairment or disability such as:

• Mobility impairment
• Sight impairment
• Hearing impairment
• Cognitive impairment
• A medical condition or injury which might cause them to need assistance to evacuate safely such as someone who is using a wheelchair because of a broken leg for instance.

Horizontal and vertical escape routes
All flats have a single direction of escape to a single escape stairway; the flat entrance doors need to be self-closing fire-resisting doors where they are being passed by others escaping. This will allow those escaping to pass a fire in a flat on the escape route to reach the stairway. It is vitally important that your flat door closes into the latch by the pull of the door closer.

Clear escape routes and communal areas
A clear exit route is essential for your escape from the building and required by emergency service personal in the event of an emergency.

Emergency lighting provision
All communal and stairwell escape routes has emergency lighting to assist in any evacuation event

Ventilation systems
A permanent open vent is at the head of the stairwell and found in flat lobbies. Due to be upgraded.

‘Firefighting’ lifts
The lifts are designated as Firemen’s lifts; this means the lift will return to the ground floor when prompted. Do not use lifts in the event of a fire.

Dry riser inlet outlet
Dry riser inlets are located on multiple floors for fire service use only.

Fire assembly points
No designated area as this is a stay put property.

Lexington Apartments,
Railway Terrace,
Slough,
SL2 5GQ  

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Your Building safety management team

Responsible Person: Scott Barnett

Building Safety Manager: Thelma Sheehy

Regional Property Manager: Sarah Harman

Email: [email protected]

You can request compliance documentation for your building by contacting us at [email protected] or 0345 111 0000.

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Recent building safety surveys that have been carried out in your building

• Fire Strategy: April 2024
• Fire Risk Assessment Type 4: June 2024
• Structural Survey: June 2024

Survey type	Date completed	Risk rating
Type 4 Fire Risk Assessment	04/06/2024	Medium risk
Risk Matrix	15/01/2025	Medium risk
Registration number	02/08/2023	HRB01941K3L6

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Building Safety Registration Number – HRB01941K3L6

Evacuation: Temporary Simultaneous Evacuation

Simultaneous evacuation means that all residents should leave the building in the event of the fire.

If the fire breaks out in your flat, get everyone in your flat to leave straight away, closing the door behind you. Do not stay behind to try and put the fire out, do not use lifts, press the nearest fire alarm call point, wait outside away from the building in a safe place and dial 999 for the fire service.

If there is a fire in another part of the building and you hear the firm alarm sound in the communal area or the smoke alarms in your own flat, leave immediately as the fire may be elsewhere within the building. Do not use lifts, wait outside away from the building in the assembly point. If in doubt, get out.

Building Description

Your building is a purpose-built detached 17 storey building containing a total of 136 flats located over 1st-15th floor levels. The ground floor level has not yet been developed but is understood it will be used as commercial premises. There are 3 stairwells for means of escape (stairways A-C).

Lexington apartments are in the Borough of Slough.

The Riverside Group is the Principal Accountable person who have assigned a Duty Holder for occupation and a Responsible person. We have a nominated Building Safety Manager and undertake routine in-house fire safety checks of all common parts of the building on a weekly basis.

Fire service access

In the event of a fire, dial 999 for the fire service.

The fire service will enter the property through the entrance door in your building.

Construction Type

The building is of reinforced concrete construction up to the 14th floor level, with 15th floor being of streel framing system construction. The building structure comprises reinforced concrete floor slabs supported onto reinforced concrete columns and walls with external metal cladding system. The perimeter of the basement car park is constructed of a sheet piled wall.

Floor Construction Type

Reinforced concrete

Internally, separating floor slabs are constructed as concrete compartment floors up to the 14th floor. The 15th floor construction appeared to consist of steel framing with 2x15mm Fireline plasterboard to the underside ceiling, with a timber raised flooring.

Stair Construction Type & details

Building stability is provided by the reinforced concrete lift shafts and stair cores present, providing restraint in all directions.

External Wall Systems

Remediation works to start in September 2025.

Height of uppermost occupied storey measured from ground level

45m in height to the uppermost occupied floor slab.

Flood Risk

The risk of flooding from surface water and that from rivers or seas is deemed very low. The yearly chance of flooding from now until 2069 has been deemed very low. You can check your flood risk via the gov.uk website.

Utility services

Calling the National Gas Emergency Service number on 0800 111 999* is an important step when you suspect a gas leak. The number operates 24/7 and is free to call.

If you’re a user of British Sign Language (BSL) you can call the National Gas Emergency number using the Sign Live service. This service gives you access to an online interpreter enabling, you to communicate with National gas using sign language.

Electric power cut: call 105 or 0800 6783 105, if you are hard of hearing or deaf dial 18001 before each number and a text relay operator will join the call.

Fire Prevention Measures

• Communal fire alarm: fire detection is installed within the communal areas, with detection being fitted within the ground floor communal areas, service/plant rooms, ventilation shaft, roof void and within the residential lobbies on each level.
• Domestic fire alarm: automatic fire detection system is found within in each flat.
• Sprinkler systems: found on multiple levels used to supress fire.
• Lightning protection: a lightning protection system is installed at Bowsprit Point.

Emergency Plans and Preparedness Procedures

In the event of an emergency, you must call the Emergency Services on 999 and ask for the necessary service giving details of the address and situation, there is no remote fire alarm monitoring.

Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) is used to document how people will be evacuated when they have difficulty responding to a fire alarm or escaping from a building unaided, in the event of an emergency. This gives a clear plan to the person(s) with a PEEP on how they are going to evacuate the building prior to it becoming a rescue scenario.

A PEEP may be needed for someone with an impairment or disability such as:

• Mobility impairment
• Sight impairment
• Hearing impairment
• Cognitive impairment
• A medical condition or injury which might cause them to need assistance to evacuate safely such as someone who is using a wheelchair because of a broken leg for instance.

Horizontal and vertical escape routes
All flats have a single direction of escape to a single escape stairway; the flat entrance doors need to be self-closing fire-resisting doors where they are being passed by others escaping. This will allow those escaping to pass a fire in a flat on the escape route to reach the stairway. It is vitally important that your flat door closes into the latch by the pull of the door closer.

Clear escape routes and communal areas
A clear exit route is essential for your escape from the building and required by emergency service personal in the event of an emergency.

Emergency lighting provision
All communal and stairwell escape routes has emergency lighting to assist in any evacuation event

Ventilation systems
Every floor from Level 1-15 has a smoke vent shaft in the corridor.

‘Firefighting’ lifts
The lifts are designated as Firemen’s lifts; this means the lift will return to the ground floor when prompted. Do not use lifts in the event of a fire.

Dry riser inlet outlet
Dry riser inlets are located on multiple floors for fire service use only.

Fire assembly points
No designated area

What is the difference between EWS1 classifications A1, A2, A3, B1 and B2?

In the EWS1 form, Option A indicates that external wall materials are “unlikely to support combustion”. There are 3 sub-classifications of Option A, which are explained below.

Option B indicates that “combustible materials are present in the external wall system”. There are two sub-classifications of Option B, which are also explained below.

What does it mean if my building is rated A1 in an EWS1 form?

An A1 rating in an EWS1 form means that a suitably qualified member of a relevant professional body within the construction industry has confirmed that:

• the primary materials used meet the criteria of limited combustibility or better, and cavity barriers are installed to an appropriate standard in relevant locations; and
• there are no attachments to the external wall (such as balconies) which include significant quantities of combustible materials.

What does it mean if my building is rated A2 in an EWS1 form?

An A2 rating in an EWS1 form means that a suitably qualified member of a relevant professional body within the construction industry has confirmed that:

• the primary materials used meet the criteria of limited combustibility or better, and cavity barriers are installed to an appropriate standard in relevant locations; and
• there is an appropriate risk assessment of the attachments to the external wall (such as balconies) confirming that no remedial works are required.

What does it mean if my building is rated A3 in an EWS1 form?

An A3 rating in an EWS1 form means that a suitably qualified member of a relevant professional body within the construction industry has confirmed that:

• the primary materials used meet the criteria of limited combustibility or better, and cavity barriers are installed to an appropriate standard in relevant locations; and
• where neither A1 nor A2 apply, there may be potential costs of works to attachments to the external wall (such as balconies).

What does it mean if my building is rated B1 in an EWS1 form?

A B1 rating in an EWS1 form means that a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer of the IFE (or person with equivalent status) has confirmed that:

• combustible materials are present in external wall; and
• their conclusion is that the fire risk is sufficiently low that no remedial works are required.

What does it mean if my building is rated B2 in an EWS1 form?

A B2 rating in an EWS1 form means that a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer of the IFE (or person with equivalent status) has confirmed that:

• combustible materials are present in external wall;
• their conclusion is that the fire risk is sufficiently high that remedial works are required; and
• they have identified to the managing agent or landlord the remedial and interim measures required (N.B. this is documented separately and does not form part of the EWS1 form).

Alarm Receiving Centre – Otherwise known as an ARC, the alarm receiving centre triggers an alert to the local fire brigade in the event of a fire.

AOV (automatic opening vent) – An AOV system is a control system designed to vent air or smoke for use in natural & smoke ventilation.

Emergency lighting – Back-up lighting source that typically operates in the event of a power outage where the mains power supply is lost and normal electrical lighting fails.

Fire alarm system – A building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency services of the presence of fire.

Fire curtains – A device designed to halt the spread of fire and smoke in a building. It’s made from heat-resistant materials. These curtains are engineered to descend automatically in response to a fire alarm signal, creating a fire-resistant barrier.

Fire dampers – Fire dampers are passive fire protection products used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ducts to prevent and isolate the spread of fire inside the ductwork through fire-resistance rated walls and floors.

Firefighting equipment – Tools that the fire brigade uses to help deal with fires within the building.

Part 6 (domestic) communal detection – This new standard holds landlords to account for ensuring that your building has the correct type of fire alarm system to deal with in the event of a fire.

Sprinklers – A fire sprinkler system discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a temperature has been exceeded within the building.