Spaces Brighton, Mocatta House
Spaces Brighton, Mocatta House
JRA Fire Safety Advisors were commissioned to prepare a comprehensive retrospective fire strategy for Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, a multi-storey commercial building operating as a serviced office and co-working facility. The purpose of the commission was to clearly document the existing fire safety provisions within the building and to assess how these align with current life safety expectations under the Building Regulations and fire safety legislation.
The retrospective fire strategy developed by JRA Fire Safety Advisors involved a detailed review of the building’s layout, height, occupancy profile, and means of escape arrangements. The assessment considered horizontal and vertical escape routes, travel distances, stair capacities, evacuation strategy, and the interaction between active and passive fire safety measures, adopting a risk-based approach informed by recognised design frameworks for complex commercial buildings.
Given the building’s history of refurbishment and extension, JRA Fire Safety Advisors carefully evaluated compartmentation, firefighting shafts, smoke control measures, fire doors, and concealed spaces, ensuring that the strategy accurately reflected the building as it currently operates. Particular attention was given to documenting assumptions, limitations, and areas requiring confirmation, providing transparency and clarity for future fire safety management and decision-making.
The completed retrospective fire strategy provides Spaces Brighton with a clear, structured, and defensible record of the building’s fire safety design intent and performance. This project demonstrates JRA Fire Safety Advisors’ capability to deliver robust retrospective fire strategies for complex, occupied commercial buildings, supporting compliance, operational continuity, and informed future development planning.




















