This new later living apartment complex constructed at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, consists of multiple units located over lower ground, ground and first floor levels, with covered car parking also provided at lower ground floor level. To comply with the requirements of Approved Document Part B of the Building Regulations a means of escape strategy was required, to provide a protected corridor route to each apartment in the event of a fire, via an engineered solution. The building geometry and client standards necessitating a strategy including the provision of fire alarm and smoke ventilation to the atrium areas.