The approved drawing identifies the fire and smoke separation at this location.
BCAM / SAMPLE BUILDING RECORD
One building. Connected decisions.
Explore how a change to a compartment line can touch a trade task, a fire system interface and the information available to responders.
CONNECTED EVIDENCE / INSTALLED REALITY
A record should take you back to the asset.
The photograph, exact location, design intent, observation, test and follow-up action should resolve to one installed asset. That is the practical difference between a document archive and a usable building record.
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Illustrative record. All locations, assets, findings and people on this page are fictional. This preview reads no BCAM customer data and changes no work order or compliance status.
SAMPLE BUILDING 01 / LEVEL 02
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Select an asset to see how its evidence and responsibility connect to the same barrier.
Read the passive fire guideBCAM FIRE / PASSIVEEvidence incomplete
Service penetration
Level 02 · East riser · Barrier B-2
A new cable route crosses a recorded compartment boundary. The installed fire-stopping detail has not yet been reconciled with the approved barrier schedule.
Connected records
A contractor’s cable route change created the opening.
The zone boundary and mechanical interfaces need to be checked against the revised penetration.
Evidence on file
- Dated location photographs
- Approved barrier drawing reference
- Work order E-27 and installer record
What remains unknown
Product/system identification and application evidence are not attached. No compliance conclusion is recorded.
ILLUSTRATIVE DECISION TRAIL
What a defensible close-out has to show
These are example stages, not actual BCAM audit events. Each gate identifies the human decision or missing evidence that prevents a premature green status.
- 01 / CHANGEElectrical contractor
Cable route change E-27 linked to barrier B-2.
Retain the installer and change record. - 02 / OBSERVEField inspector
Opening and installed treatment photographed at the exact location.
Record what is visible; do not infer a rating. - 03 / REVIEWPassive fire reviewer
Compare the installation with the approved detail and product evidence.
Blocked until missing application evidence is supplied. - 04 / CLOSEAuthorised verifier
Attach rectification, reinspection and signed disposition.
Not yet complete; status stays open.
NEXT RESPONSIBLE REVIEW
Passive fire reviewer to assess; electrical contractor to supply installation details.
RESPONDER HANDOVER
Barrier location and current uncertainty belong in a reviewed responder information packet if the responsible authority decides they affect the fire strategy.
THE BCAM ROLE