INSURANCE COMPANY AXA UK is providing body-worn cameras for contractors so that they can record essential safety work transacted on those buildings containing flammable cladding and insulation. The recordings will provide detailed information about materials used, together with evidence of working practices and site management for the areas being refurbished.
The danger of flammable cladding was, of course, highlighted by the Grenfell Tower tragedy in Jun 2017. Some of AXA UK’s customers’ properties now require remediation to make them safer and more resilient to fire.
A lack of records of the materials used in the construction of multi-occupancy buildings like Grenfell Tower sets a huge challenge in identifying those that are affected and what needs to be replaced. Flammable insulation and poor workmanship can be hidden beneath external cladding, while evidence of what work has been carried out has often been impossible to trace once completed and the appointed contractors have left site.
Dougie Barnett, director of customer risk management at AXA Commercial, explained: “We’ve decided to use this technology in order to record evidence of the remediation work and securely store it…
