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Fire engineering challenges don鈥檛 come much bigger than this. The Sedley Place development on Oxford Street has a two-storey suspended glass entrance structure, within which it houses a five-storey retail store, offices, retail kiosks, residential apartments, a restaurant and a cafe. It is bounded on almost all sides by adjoining properties, and is located right next to Bond Street Underground Station in the Mayfair conservation area. The fact that Fletcher Priest Architects鈥� solution made it the stand-out winner of this category is testament to how well it rose to the challenge. Westminster council building control 鈥� and the judges, too 鈥� had nothing but praise for the architect鈥檚 co-operative approach and its use of high-level bridges, glass floor, facade sprinklers, fireproof blinds and escape stairs to provide an award-winning fire engineering solution.

The finalists

Capita Percy Thomas: Wales Millennium Centre

The Wales Millennium Centre is Cardiff鈥檚 landmark theatre complex 鈥� but the construction team didn鈥檛 make a song and dance about building it. During the design and construction programme, which lasted less than three years, the structural design continually evolved to provide the best solution at the best price. Structured hazard identification, risk assessment and information gathering methodology were all used to develop fire scenarios, which in turn informed the final design. It鈥檚 an approach that architect Capita Percy Thomas can be justifiably proud of.

London Borough of Lambeth: Evelina Children鈥檚 Hospital

鈥淧rofessional鈥� and 鈥渆fficient鈥� were the words used by Lambeth building control to describe the approach of its construction team to the new-build Evelina Children鈥檚 Hospital. As well as the installation of alarms, sprinklers and emergency lighting, providing effective fire separations was a key design consideration.

The team had to separate the huge glazed atrium from the wards that overlook it, as well as ensuring that the tunnel linking the new hospital with the old was adequately protected. Gleesons, Michael Hopkins and the hospital trust did the job in truly impressive style.

Lymm Water Tower

You can鈥檛 argue with a score of 96% 鈥� unless you鈥檙e some kind of wild-eyed perfectionist that is 鈥� and that鈥檚 the mark that Warrington council gave the transformation of the 130-year-old grade II-listed Lymm Water Tower into a family home. The council鈥檚 building control manager said of the scheme鈥檚 fire engineering that it proved how safety and conservation could work side by side 鈥� and gave it 20 out of 20 for compliance with Part B of the 好色先生TV Regulations.