Fitness check
Airmec has been working with The Gym Group to plan and execute a nationwide strategic approach that has made sure fire dampers were tested and prompt remedial work was scheduled where necessary.
The Gym Group provides top quality facilities at affordable prices throughout the UK with a simple contract-free and affordable membership model. After being alerted to industry concerns about the ways fire dampers may have been fitted, using the wrong sort of fixings, The Gym Group pushed for the checks in its premises to be done quickly.
Airmec Essential Services was approached and suggested undertaking a desktop survey of all gyms in the group, reviewing drawings to assess the likely number and locations of fire dampers. This revealed some 150 gyms that were at risk of having unrecorded, untested dampers.
Airmec technicians methodically visited each gym during May and June of 2024, working around busy times to avoid closures.
Now The Gym Group has an accurate fire damper asset register and testing audit as a basis for future compliance management, and has been able to schedule remedial works, which Airmec’s in-house remedials team has also been able to do promptly.
