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Over 30 Years
Exceptional industry standards
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Nationwide
Responsive teams UK-wide
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Products & Services
Fire doors, fire stopping and more
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Fully Certified
LPCB, Firas, BM Trada and ISO
Why choose Checkmate Fire for Fire Doors and Fire Stopping
Putting your building compliance and safety in someone else’s hands is not just important, but critical to getting it right. Ensuring your buildings are compliant, both now and into the future, will form an important part in your overall fire strategy…
Established in 1989, Checkmate Fire is the UK’s leading passive fire protection specialist, supplying a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector organisations across the country.
With more than 300 specialist personnel, we maintain passive fire safety in around 1500 buildings, along with completing 12,000+ fire door remediations or replacements every year. Providing bespoke solutions for our clients, and developing the most comprehensive range of built-in passive fire protection services in the market, Checkmate makes your buildings compliant now, and maintains this for the future.
From planning to post-installation, Checkmate provides a one-stop solution, encompassing a breadth of products, and tackling the majority of passive fire-related issues.
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Independent Fire Risk Assessments (FRA's)
We are proud to introduce our independent team of professionally trained and qualified fire risk assessors, operating UK-wide.
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Fire door and compartmentation surveys
We provide a comprehensive examination and report of your existing fire doors and building compartmentation.
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Fire stopping
Preventing the spread of fire, smoke and toxic gases, Checkmate installs fire-stopping to breaches, returning compartments to the required levels of protection.
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Fire door repair and installation
All of our fire door works are certified through third party accreditation under the BRE/LPCB scheme LPS 1271 and LPS1197.
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Fire resistant glazing
Specification, supply and installation of premium quality fire resistant glazed doors, windows and partitions, meeting EN standards and achieving fire resistances from 15 to 120 minutes.
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Pre-Planned Maintenance, Compliance+
Offering 3, 5 and 7-year inspection and maintenance programmes, we offer pre-planned packages to ensure full building compliance and give you peace of mind.
Delivering Projects Nationwide
With branches strategically placed across the UK, we are well positioned to deliver high standards of serivce, both regionally and nationally.
Our experienced management teams are well versed in delivering small scale solutions, alongside large, multi-million pound projects. Operating as both sub-contractor and Principal Contractor, Checkmate has huge, cross-sector versatility.
Protecting a wide range of environments, including public spaces, student accommodation, industry, offices, theatres, education centres, housing and hotels, we provide our clients with maximum safety and compliance.
Taking our clients on the path to passive fire compliance, our UK-wide company can manage your journey to complete compliance, no matter what your industry, no matter what your size.
Our People
Our people are at the heart of all we do. Through excellence, passion, integrity, curiosity, consideration, and a focus on getting it right first time, we have created a vibrant company culture, where our people can thrive, success can flourish, and our communities are protected. Our teams are passionate about passive fire protection in the built environment. Supporting apprenticeship schemes, training and development plans, and providing clear succession and career paths for our people, we like to think Checkmate is a fantastic place to work and grow.
Our Recent Work
Delivering efficient, compliant and quality-assured solutions across the UK, we work collaboratively with organisations to design, develop and implement the passive fire services required. You can take a look at some of our recent projects here.
King's Dock MSCP, Wilmott Dixon
Following the devastating fire at King’s Dock multi-storey car park on New Years’ Eve 2017, the building has since been demolished, with a new waterfront car-park built by Wilmott Dixon to exceptional standards.
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King's College Hospital
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Emanuel Whittaker Fire Stopping Works
Having delivered circa 30 projects for the facilities manager, our teams are currently working on several 2 and 3 story social hosing blocks for Salix Homes, on behalf of EW.
News & Events
From exhibitions, seminars, CSR activities and training programmes, to fresh contracts, new regional offices opening and exceptional project delivery, you can read all about what’s happening at Checkmate Fire here!
Checkmate's New Commercial Director!
Huge congratulations to our Commercial Director, Craig M Bendall, for being promoted from commercial manager within his first 4 months at Checkmate!
Women in Construction Week
Having been put forward as one of Checkmate’s ‘exceptional women’ by our Chief Financial Officer, we were delighted to have a quick catch up with our Head of Finance, Sophie Earnshaw.
International Women's Day - #ChooseToChallenge
At Checkmate, our MISSION is “To forge inclusive work cultures where women's careers thrive and achievements are celebrated”. With this in mind, we have taken the opportunity to catch up with Checkmate’s Head of HR, Natalie Toas, to see what being a senior woman in construction is really like….
The Budget - A Hot Topic
Until recent pandemic times, a fire could be the single most impactful and devastating event to occur to lives and a business. Budgets, although important, should not stifle necessary decision making.
