
City Centre Mixed-Use Development
- Client type
- Tier 1 main contractor
- Sector
- Mixed-use residential and retail
- Location
- Manchester city centre
- Scope
- Full fire stopping package across 18 floors of residential cores and risersCavity barrier installation behind rainscreen facade zonesCompartment line reinstatement at every service penetrationOneTrace per-penetration photographic record handed to the client at PC
The scheme had dense M&E risers, repeated apartment layouts and a higher-risk building handover requirement. The main contractor needed fire stopping installed at pace without losing traceability between the drawing detail, the tested system and the final photographic evidence.
Delivered to programme over a 14-month installation window with zero non-conformances raised at the building control intrusive sample audit. Full golden-thread compliance pack issued for the higher-risk building registration.
Each penetration was recorded in OneTrace with floor, riser, service type, product reference, installer ID and completion image. The close-out pack was structured by compartment line so the project team could answer building control queries without manually matching photographs to plans.




