Determine the risk factor first, by considering the risk matrix, before referring to the fee structure.
Fee Structure
Small (up to 100m2)
Review (i)
Low risk
N/A
–
Normal risk
£430
£220
Medium risk
£650
£430
High risk
£860
£650
Medium (101 – 1,000m2)
Review (i)
Low risk
£430
–
Normal risk
£650
£430
Medium risk
£860
£650
High risk
£1,075
£860
Large (1,001 to 2,500m2)
Review (i)
Low risk
£650
–
Normal risk
£860
£650
Medium risk
£1,075
£860
High risk
£1,290
£1,075
Very large (2,500 to 10,000m2)
Review (i)
Low risk
£860
–
Normal risk
£1,075
£860
Medium risk
£1,290
£1,075
High risk
£1,500
£1,290
Extensive (ii) / complex / multiple
Review (i)
Low risk
N/A
–
Normal risk
£1,290
£1,075
Medium risk
£1,500
£1,290
High risk
POA (iii)
–
Retained clients will be entitled to the relevant percentage discount, which will be deducted from the fee(s) indicated above
Risk Matrix
Examples of contents / activities
Slow fire growth
Limited quantities of combustible materials and / or plastics (e.g. desks and / or other heavy furniture etc.)
No flammable materials
Medium fire growth
Limited quantities of easily ignited combustible materials and / or plastics (e.g. fittings, paper and ornaments etc.)
Minimal quantities of flammable materials (e.g. aerosols, adhesives etc., for admin purposes, only)
Rapid fire growth
Significant quantities of easily ignited combustible materials (e.g. paper-based displays, cardboard and packaging materials etc.)
Significant quantities of flammable materials (e.g. manufacturing and volatile processes etc.) and plastics, including furniture
Ultra fast fire growth
Large quantities of easily ignited combustible materials (e.g. storage and / or use of plastics, pallets and packaging materials, bedding or fabrics etc.)
Large quantities of flammable materials (e.g. highly volatile manufacturing processes, fuel and / or Pu foam storage, stacked or baled plastics etc.)
Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres (i.e. DSEA / ATEX apply)
Examples of premises types
Occupants awake and familiar
Small (single occupancy) office
Small stonemason
Swimming pools
Occupants awake but unfamiliar
General office environments
Light industrial units
Small pavilions and community / village halls
Single unit retail outlets
Small training venues
Multi-occupied office environments
Factories / industrial estates
Larger places of public assembly / leisure & sports centres
Multiple unit retail outlets
Teaching establishments
Warehousing (combustible stock)
Occupants asleep or vulnerable
Hotels and boarding houses
Production areas (e.g. explosion risk)
Hospitals, nursing homes and residential care (old, young, mental illness)
Transport hubs and termini
Boarding and special needs schools
Warehousing (flammable stock)
Construction and shipbuilding
Housing (medium and high rise)
Survey Type
(methodology)
Type 1 (iv)
Visual
Non-intrusive
Non-destructive
Type 3 (iv)
Visual
Semi-intrusive (easily accessible – removal of ceiling tiles etc., only)
Non-destructive
Type 2 or 4 (iv)
Physical and visual
Intrusive (full access)
Potentially destructive
Notes:
(i) = previous FRA still current (i.e. within ‘regular and routine’ review period, being annually if high risk, every two years if normal or medium risk and every three years, by the client, if low risk)
(ii) = in excess of 10,001 m2
(iii) = price on application (specific quote)
(iv) = all surveys, regardless of risk, will be Type 1, unless otherwise instructed, whereupon additional fees will apply.