Student accommodation build - Wembley, London

The Challenge:

As part of a multi-billion pound development, this plot in Wembley comprises the construction of a 20 storey building providing 770 student accommodation units. The building design features a high number of windows for residents and therefore requires a significant number of fire barriers for safe compartmentalisation.

Furthermore, the building plans utilise a brick slip system requiring a fully compatible, high performance passive fire protection system.

Our Solution:

We brought forward our product fire test evidence for VFB120/120 and intumescent pads, supplying a detailed performance specification to the architects. The strength of our evidence in compliant fire testing meant that we were exclusively selected and named on the drawings based on the specific Tenmat test performance - despite the fact that the sub-contractor was pushing for the use of another barrier on the site.

The strength of our follow up meetings with the fire engineer, and the scale of our manufacturing capabilities, meant the case for Tenmat was too strong to be ignored. Tenmat picked up the project order in July 2024.

Key stats:

• £74 million build cost
• 20 hour project order development
• 20 hour onsite detailing with contractors
• 80 hour specification development