The Leadenhall Building is located in Central London and includes 51 upper floors and 4 basement levels, totalling approximately 56,000m² (net) floor area. The multi-use building is used for retail, entertainment (i.e. restaurant) and ‘trading’ floors on the lower levels with the remaining being tenantable office spaces. Maze Fire personnel provided the overall fire strategy for the building, including the following:
- localised structural fire engineering analyses of various parts of the structure supporting the building;
- a detailed external fire spread analysis due to the proximity of existing buildings in the locality;
- an evacuation analysis using Pathfinder; and
- fit-out advice and fire strategies for particular floors over the years.