Fire-Rated Steel Encasement Birmingham
Fire-rated steel encasement in Birmingham, installed by FIRAS-certified specialists working from our Fort Dunlop base. Whatever rating your fire engineer has specified, from FD30 to FD240, we’ll deliver it with a compliance certificate to match.
- Fast Turnaround: Efficient PFP Delivery
We deliver surveys and installations quickly and efficiently, keeping your project on schedule without compromising safety.
- Trusted Specialists: FIRAS Certified
Our accredited team brings proven expertise in passive fire protection, giving you complete confidence in compliance.
- Safety First
Every solution is designed to protect lives and property, ensuring long-term security and peace of mind.
Our passive fire protection team in Birmingham installs fire-rated boarding and cementitious encasement to any rating, FD30 to FD240, working to your fire engineer’s or architect’s spec where one exists.
Non-standard steel isn’t a problem: we’ve encased curved beams, oversized columns and restricted-access steel across Birmingham sites.
- Fire-rated boarding and cementitious encasement to any rating, FD30 to FD240
- Works to an existing spec
- Finished to match the building
- Handles non-standard steel
Every surveyor and installer holds individual FIRAS certification (UKAS-accredited), not just the company. See our full accreditation list for proof.
Based at Fort Dunlop, we cover Birmingham and the West Midlands with no minimum contract size, backed by directors with 40 years’ combined experience and Constructionline Gold status for faster procurement. Slim or architectural steel usually calls for intumescent coatings instead, and we’ll tell you if that’s the case.
- Site survey and confirmation against your existing specification, before anyone picks up a tool.
- Quote provided after scoping the job against your specification, so pricing reflects the actual work rather than a generic rate.
- Installation by FIRAS-certified operatives, coordinated around occupied or live sites so your building keeps running.
- Certificate of compliance issued on completion, ready for building control, your insurer, or an audit.
Colmore Square, Birmingham: tight deadlines and real pressure on the fire-stopping and acoustic works.
“We recently worked with Bluechip at Colmore Square in Birmingham, and Bluechip’s support made a significant difference to our project. With tight deadlines and considerable pressure on the fire-stopping and acoustic works, Bluechip stepped in and quickly turned the situation around. Bluechip provided the labour and resources we needed and responded exceptionally well to the fast-paced demands of the job.”
We’ve delivered steel encasement across commercial new-build, social housing, healthcare, education and HRB residential sites throughout Birmingham, often against the same time pressure driving your enquiry now.
Got questions? We’ve put together some of the most common ones below to help you find the answers quickly and easily.
Whether you’re curious about how things work, what to expect, or just want a bit more detail, our FAQs are a great place to start. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us directly.
Can you install to a fire rating already specified by our engineer or architect?
Yes, we work directly to the rating and finish already in your specification, so there's no re-design needed. This need often comes out of a wider fire compartmentation survey in Birmingham, and we can pick up from those findings too.
Will your certificate of compliance satisfy building control sign-off and our insurer?
It will. Our certificates are accepted by building control and insurers as standard.
Can encasement be installed on an occupied or live commercial site without disrupting operations?
We coordinate installation around your operating hours and site access, so yes.
How quickly can you turn around a quote and start on-site?
Quotes are turned around promptly, with start dates confirmed once your specification is checked.
Can you encase non-standard steel, such as curved beams or restricted-access columns?
Regularly. Our installers handle curved, oversized and hard-to-access steel as a matter of course.
Do we need to be on-site to manage the works, or can it run unsupervised?
It can run unsupervised. Our FIRAS-certified operatives manage the job start to finish.
Our fire stopping services in Birmingham cover the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth, Aston, Selly Oak, Harborne and Erdington, as well as Edgbaston, Northfield, Perry Barr, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and West Bromwich. Beyond Birmingham, we also cover Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall and Dudley.
- Telephone: 0800 781 2652
- Email: info@bluechippfp.co.uk
- Address: Fort Dunlop, Dunlop Parkway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 9FE (Appointment Only)
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 5:00pm