Taller buildings - South and West

This page applies to South and West SNG customers only

How we keep your home safe

The Building Safety Act defines a higher-risk building (HRB) as one that is at least 18 metres high or has at least seven storeys. Managing the fire safety for these buildings is obviously a key focus for us and our Building Safety Managers have particular responsibility for these, including engaging with customers. 

While our own building safety remediation programme is well advanced, we are also carefully considering the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower final report to see what other actions we can take to make our customers and their homes safer.

Fire Risk Assessments

We regularly carry out Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) on our properties with communal areas. You can request the fire safety assessment for your building using the links below.

HRBs where SNG is responsible for the FRA

HRBs where a management company is responsible for the FRA

Please note: you can request the fire safety assessment for your building via the links below.

Cladding

Since 2017 the government has issued a series of fire safety advice notes to building owners and managers of tall buildings (buildings 18 metres or above). As a result, building owners across the country have been following this advice and carrying out investigations into their tall buildings.

This advice requires us to check the external wall system on our tall buildings, which means we need to verify that:

  • the correct materials were used that met regulations at the time of construction 
  • these materials were installed as recommended by the supplier/manufacturer 
  • these materials have been maintained as recommended by the supplier/manufacturer. 

This is not specific to your development; it affects all owners of tall buildings whether they are housing associations, councils, private companies or organisations operating in other industries (including hospitals, hotels, schools and colleges).   

Our intention is to pursue third parties to recover the costs for any mistakes they made while the building was being constructed. This could include developers, contractors, professional advisors and building inspectors. We will also investigate the building warranty to determine if it offers a route to recover some of these costs.  

Where relevant, we will also apply for any available government funding for building safety related work.

If you have any questions regarding your tall building, you can contact us.

EWS1 forms

We’ve carried out detailed surveys of all HRBs that we own and none have High Pressurised Laminate (HPL) or Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. 

We have undertaken a thorough review of all our blocks to determine which ones fall into scope of needing an EWS1 form in line with the current Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) guidance. See answers to frequently asked questions about EWS1 forms here.

Working with you

We have a Building Safety Resident Engagement Strategy in place, which sets out how we engage and communicate with residents about building safety for new and existing buildings that are 18 metres or at least seven storeys. This ensures residents can have a say when it comes to the safety of their home.