Case study
Fire door inspections to one standard, with remediations built in
Earl Kendrick wanted every fire door survey to work through the same questions, not only list what failed. Gigabyte built a fire door app in EKi: a configurable 12-section checklist on mobile, a remediation suggested for each failed answer, and the report produced on the web.
2026
- 50
- checks per door, across 12 sections2026
- 11
- standard remedial actions, each referenced to BS 8214:20162026
The challenge
Clients want different depths of fire door survey: some a basic check that the door will perform, others extra tests such as opening and closing forces. Reports EK had reviewed from other firms often listed only the defects, not the checks behind them. EK wanted its own standard for every door, with quarterly checks of communal doors in high-risk buildings in prospect, and each survey was still written up by hand from photos and notes.
What we did
- March 2026 — scoped alongside the fire compartmentation app, which was built first
- April 2026 — EK's fire safety surveyor set the standard: a 12-section checklist and a remediation list referenced to BS 8214:2016
- Design — each door gets a pin on the floor plan, with the checklist as a question-based form inside it, configurable per survey
- Sign-off — one complete survey, from photos on site to a report EK would issue to a client
What we built
Sections can be switched off before the visit or on site: glazing on a solid door, fire stopping when the survey is not intrusive. Hidden answers are kept rather than deleted, so switching a section back on restores them in the report. Each 'no' maps to its remediation, and the report sets out every question for every door, with the recommended remedials at the end.
- Configurable checklist: sections on or off
- One question-based form per door
- Remediations suggested from failed answers
- Gap diagram from measured clearances
- Photos with comments on each door
- Separate communal and apartment door reports
The result
Every EK fire door survey now follows one checklist, so a door that passed shows why it passed and a door that failed carries a remediation referenced to the British Standard. The report comes out of the web app rather than being rebuilt in Word, using the building records and floor plans EKi already holds for the compartmentation surveys.