Recipient

Scape Operations Ltd

First report 22 Apr 2024•Latest report 22 Apr 2024

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 1
Stated actions: 3

Reports over time

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100%published responses found

3stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Scape Operations Ltd linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

22 Apr2024
Inner North London
Concerns raised1
1. Lack of sufficient window restrictors in student accommodation
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 3
1. Action
  Fit window restrictors to every window at Scape Bloomsbury.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Inspect window restrictors every three months, immediately remedy defects, and log the work in the PPM system.
  Stated completed
3. Action
  Visually inspect the building façade weekly for window defects, immediately remedy issues, and log the work.
  Stated completed
Respondent positions 2
1. Position
  Scape UK Management is identified as the entity responsible for managing the building and the more appropriate recipient of the report.
  Redirects responsibility
1. Position
  Existing window restrictors, periodic inspections, immediate remedial works and maintenance logging are considered sufficient, so no further action is proposed.
  Existing arrangements considered sufficient
AI-generated summary

Chenyang Li · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Chenyang Li, a 23-year-old third-year undergraduate student, entered a friend’s sixth-floor apartment on 30 September 2023 and climbed out of a window, falling onto concrete and dying shortly afterwards from multiple severe injuries. The report raised concern that the window did not appear to have any, or sufficient, restrictors to prevent over-opening, despite the relevant student-accommodation standard requiring such stops.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Scape Operations Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of sufficient window restrictors in student accommodation
Wider context from the report
“Students falling or jumping from windows is a known risk. Chenyang was able to easily jump to death from a 6th story window. Scope Bloomsbury is one of a number of is part of Scape Living Student Accommodation, a provider of purpose designed, student accommodation. The window Chenyang jumped from does not appear to have been fitted with any, or sufficient, form of window restrictors at all or as required under the National Code of Standards accreditation. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Fit window restrictors to every window at Scape Bloomsbury.

Verbatim wording from the response
“In line with the guidance set out by the National Code of Standards for Larger Developments for student accommodation not managed and controlled by educational establishments (the Code), each window at Scape Bloomsbury is fitted with a window restrictor; these were installed as part of the complete refurbishment of the building in 2018. The building will have received an inspection/sign-off from an inspector from The National Code at the time.”

Source location
Response from Scape Operations Ltd
Page 1 · response
Published 29 April 2024
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Inspect window restrictors every three months, immediately remedy defects, and log the work in the PPM system.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Over and above what is prescribed in the Code, the restrictors are periodically inspected every three months (as part of routine inspections of the condition of the student accommodation), with [on the rare occasion] any required remedial works undertaken immediately. This information is logged quarterly by the maintenance engineers within the building’s Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system. In addition to three-monthly inspections of the window restrictors from within the bedroom, the building’s façade is also periodically visually inspected (weekly) to identify any remedial works required which would include windows appearing to be open beyond the tolerance allowable by the restrictor. Any issues are remediated immediately and logged by the maintenance team.”

Source location
Response from Scape Operations Ltd
Page 1 · response
Published 29 April 2024
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Visually inspect the building façade weekly for window defects, immediately remedy issues, and log the work.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Over and above what is prescribed in the Code, the restrictors are periodically inspected every three months (as part of routine inspections of the condition of the student accommodation), with [on the rare occasion] any required remedial works undertaken immediately. This information is logged quarterly by the maintenance engineers within the building’s Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system. In addition to three-monthly inspections of the window restrictors from within the bedroom, the building’s façade is also periodically visually inspected (weekly) to identify any remedial works required which would include windows appearing to be open beyond the tolerance allowable by the restrictor. Any issues are remediated immediately and logged by the maintenance team.”

Source location
Response from Scape Operations Ltd
Page 1 · response
Published 29 April 2024
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Scape UK Management is identified as the entity responsible for managing the building and the more appropriate recipient of the report.

Verbatim wording from the response
“One minor point of clarification. The report is addressed to Scape Operations Ltd. The more appropriate entity to address would have been Scape UK Management, as this is the entity responsible for managing the building. Scape UK Management have been made aware of the report, and they are in agreement with this response.”

Source location
Response from Scape Operations Ltd
Page 2 · response
Published 29 April 2024
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Existing window restrictors, periodic inspections, immediate remedial works and maintenance logging are considered sufficient, so no further action is proposed.

Verbatim wording from the response
“In line with the guidance set out by the National Code of Standards for Larger Developments for student accommodation not managed and controlled by educational establishments (the Code), each window at Scape Bloomsbury is fitted with a window restrictor; these were installed as part of the complete refurbishment of the building in 2018. The building will have received an inspection/sign-off from an inspector from The National Code at the time.”

Source location
Response from Scape Operations Ltd
Page 1 · response
Published 29 April 2024
Open published response

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised1

Lack of sufficient window restrictors in student accommodation

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

Actions described in response 3

Respondent positions 2