BUILDING AUDITS AND FIRE SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS AUSTRALIA.
When you need to know the actual condition of a building's fire safety measures, not what a contractor claims, you need an independent audit. EBS Consultants conduct detailed visual and destructive fire safety audits, providing an objective assessment of what is installed, how it is performing and where the gaps are. From visual reviews to destructive penetration investigations, we tailor the audit to your building and its risks, uncovering what is really there and what needs to change.
Fire safety investigations, done properly.
Essential Fire Safety Measure Audits
EBS provides visual and destructive audits for any essential fire safety measure, including: • Smoke detection and alarm systems • Sprinkler systems • Hydrant systems • Emergency lighting and exit signage • Fire stopping and passive fire protection • Fire doors and frames Every audit is a complete review of your building's essential fire safety measures against current standards. Every audit is scoped to what the client actually needs. We identify the specific risk areas and focus the work there, not audit for the sake of generating a report.
Destructive Penetration Investigations
The only way to verify fire stopping in concealed locations is to open the ceiling or wall and look. EBS Consultants conduct destructive penetration investigations: we cut our own access, inspect every penetration within the agreed scope, photograph and document findings and produce an independent report. This service is used by strata plans, owners corporations and legal teams where a suspected or disputed fire stopping non-compliance cannot be assessed from surface observation alone, including fire order assessments, pre-litigation investigations and due diligence audits.
Visual and Destructive Audit Options
Choose the depth that suits your building, from visual reviews through to full destructive audits. We tailor the audit to your building and its risks, so the work matches the question you actually need answered.
Fire Safety Investigation Reports
Objective, independent reports documenting what is installed, how it is performing and where the gaps are, used for fire orders, pre-litigation investigations and due diligence audits.
Strata and Owners Corporation Audits
Used by strata plans and owners corporations where a suspected or disputed fire stopping non-compliance cannot be assessed from surface observation alone.
Pre-Litigation Investigations
Independent investigations that establish an objective factual record of fire safety measure condition before litigation proceedings, covering fire stopping, passive fire protection and essential fire safety measures.
Due Diligence Audits
Independent fire safety audits for property acquisitions, insurance requirements or strata plan changes where objective evidence of compliance status is required.
Negotiated Audit Scope
A scope agreed with you up front, so the audit fits your building, its risk profile and your budget.
Customised Compliance Plans
Tailored plans that map exactly what is needed to bring your building into compliance, with clear findings and advice that let you make confident, well-informed decisions.
Frequently asked questions.
A formal technical assessment of a building's essential fire safety measures against current standards. The output is a report documenting what is installed, how it is performing, what is compliant, what is not and what is required to achieve compliance.
A visual audit assesses what can be seen and accessed without opening up the building. A destructive audit cuts access into ceilings and walls so concealed elements, particularly fire stopping, can actually be inspected and verified.
We cut our own access, inspect every penetration within the agreed scope, photograph and document findings and produce an independent report. This is the only way to verify fire stopping in concealed locations.
Fire stopping sits inside wall and ceiling cavities. Surface observation cannot confirm whether a penetration has been correctly sealed to the required standard, so the only reliable verification is to open the area and inspect it.
Commonly for fire order assessments, pre-litigation investigations, due diligence on a property acquisition, strata disputes and insurance requirements, wherever an objective, independent factual record is needed.
Smoke detection and alarm systems, sprinkler systems, hydrant systems, emergency lighting and exit signage, fire stopping and passive fire protection, and fire doors and frames.
Yes. The scope is agreed with you up front so the audit fits your building, its risk profile and your budget. We identify the specific risk areas and focus the work there, rather than auditing for the sake of generating a report.
An independent report documenting what is installed, how it is performing and where the gaps are, with photographs, findings and a clear path to compliance.
NEED AN INDEPENDENT FIRE SAFETY AUDIT?
Talk to our fire safety specialists about a building audit, destructive penetration investigation or essential fire safety measure audit, your first consult is free.
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