Maintaining safe,
compliant places for people to thrive
Specialist
fire safety solutions.
Our dedicated fire safety and compliance experts protect homes and buildings up-and-down the country. Leveraging close relationships with specialist manufacturers and installers, we minimise lead times to respond to urgent requirements as well as providing longer-term safety strategies.
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WPS at a glance
Reimagining places
for people to thrive
WPS combines deep sector expertise and a purpose-driven approach to deliver maintenance, compliance and energy transition solutions.
Our 3,000-strong team of property services experts look after more than 600,000 homes in the UK – that’s almost one in seven social homes in England.
Typically carrying out around 600,000 responsive repairs each year, we support thriving homes through planned and reactive maintenance, plus energy efficiency and renewables services.
What we can help with
Passive fire protection
- Fire door installation and compliance
- External wall cladding systems
- Communal fire-safety upgrades – floor linings, internal wall coverings, emergency lighting installation, fire signage
Active fire protection
- Automatic opening vents (AOVs)
- Emergency lighting systems
- Fire alarm systems
- Sprinklers and water mist systems
We work across many types of buildings, from large multi‑storey developments to individual homes. Our strong relationships with specialist manufacturers and installers help us plan work efficiently, reduce waiting times, and respond quickly when projects need urgent attention.
“The breadth and scale of our services means we can introduce to individual clients the experience of many, while at the same time designing solutions to meet very specific, frequently unique, demands. Our focus is on keeping residents and occupiers safe, and our clients compliant.”
Stewart Reid
Regional Managing Director, WPS
Resources
Find out more about our services – view our fire safety and compliance brochure.

Helping you to navigate the Building Safety Act
Since the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force, all companies and individuals working under its scope have a legal duty to comply with its requirements. This includes:
- Duty holders: clients, principal designers and principal contractors
- Building owners and managers: accountable persons and principal accountable persons
- Leaseholders and residents
- Construction industry professionals: repair, maintenance and improvement workers and professionals involved in designing or constructing higher-risk buildings.
All have specific duties and accountabilities under the Act, the objective of which is to raise safety standards for higher-risk buildings through improved design, construction, accountability and management.
- are 18 metres or higher; or
- have a minimum of seven storeys; and
- have at least two residential units; or
- are a hospital or a care home
The Act is both ambitious and far‑reaching, which makes it complex to navigate. Combined with other recent building‑safety legislation, it creates new challenges for duty‑holders as they plan, deliver and manage building projects.
Clients often need clarity on whether their works fall under the Higher‑Risk Building Gateway process (Gateways 1, 2 and 3). WPS will support clients by assessing and confirming the correct categorisation of works, drawing on our specialist expertise and resources.

Procurement routes
We are active on several procurement frameworks, which offer social housing providers quick and compliant routes to market to deliver quality fire safety programmes.
Case studies
Our work in practice
Get in touch with our experts
If you’d like more information, our experts are on hand to discuss – don’t hesitate to get in touch for support.
