The professionals engaged to conduct fire compartmentation surveys will present their findings and remediation recommendations to the people responsible for fire safety in the buildings they inspect. Following these recommendations is a priority for building owners and managers, but even if no compartmentation issues were uncovered, the report must be kept in an easily-accessible format as part of an extensive audit trail.
Compartmentation survey reports form part of the “golden thread” approach. This is the new standard for transparency and recordkeeping which facilitates the transfer of knowledge across various responsible parties. The golden thread must be maintained throughout a building’s lifetime, beginning with its design, continuing through construction, and being handed over to the building owner on its completion. People designated as responsible for the building must continue adding information so that their successors can be fully informed.