Our Safety & Compliance Division brings together specialist expertise to help clients manage risk, meet regulatory requirements and maintain safe, compliant operations. Our services include asbestos testing and compliance, Legionella and water hygiene, water treatment and clean water assets, environmental monitoring and testing, incident response and remediation, electrical compliance, and safe access and fall protection.
Through our specialist member companies, clients can access complementary expertise across buildings, workplaces, infrastructure and the wider environment. From identifying and monitoring risks through to treatment, remediation, testing and ongoing compliance, our teams help clients protect people and the environment, maintain critical assets and meet their regulatory responsibilities.
Asbestos testing and compliance
Our asbestos testing and compliance capabilities help clients identify, manage and mitigate asbestos risks across buildings, estates and development sites. Services include management, refurbishment and demolition surveys, reinspection, air testing, contaminated land analysis, consultancy, compliance management, training and remedial support. Specialists including Riverside Environmental Services, APEC Environmental and Vintec Laboratories provide independent asbestos consultancy, surveying and testing, supported by in-house and mobile UKAS-accredited laboratory capabilities.
Our water treatment and clean water asset capabilities help clients maintain safe, efficient and compliant water systems and infrastructure. Our services span water hygiene and treatment, monitoring and ongoing compliance, clean water management, mechanical services and water treatment plant. Specialists including Concept Environmental Solutions and TWC provide tailored water treatment programmes, including reverse osmosis, UV filtration and chemical dosing, while Veriflo supports utilities and infrastructure providers with clean water asset verification, network optimisation and outage planning.
Our Legionella and water hygiene capabilities help clients manage water safety risks and maintain compliant water systems. Services include Legionella risk assessments, compliance management, water testing, consultancy and specialist training. HBE UK provides UKAS-accredited laboratory testing backed by more than 17 years of experience, while Primary Water Solutions delivers end-to-end Legionella consultancy, risk assessment and training.
Our environmental monitoring and compliance capabilities help clients understand, manage and mitigate environmental and workplace risks. Services include noise, dust and vibration monitoring, damp and mould assessments, fire safety, thermal assessments, environmental impact assessments, emissions monitoring and environmental management systems, alongside support with environmental liabilities and waste management. Specialists including Riverside Environmental Services provide environmental monitoring and compliance support across the UK, while Axis Environmental Services delivers emissions testing, EPA licensing support and environmental screening across Ireland for clients in sectors including pharmaceuticals, utilities and construction.
Our environmental incident response and remediation capabilities help clients respond quickly to environmental incidents, minimise impact and restore affected sites. Services include pollution and spill response, in-situ remediation, environmental restoration, domestic fuel oil incidents, and fire and flood remediation. Specialists including Seed Environmental provide oil, chemical and agricultural spill response and environmental remediation, while Seed Fire & Flood delivers specialist fire and flood restoration and reconstruction services for insurers, loss adjusters, public-sector organisations and other clients across the UK and Ireland.
Our electrical testing and compliance capabilities help clients maintain safe, compliant and operational buildings across single and multi-site estates. Calbarrie Compliance Services provides nationwide expertise in fixed wire (EICR) and portable appliance testing (PAT), electrical repairs, fire alarm and emergency lighting testing, and thermal imaging inspections, supporting facilities management providers, retailers and commercial organisations across the UK.
Our safe access and fall protection capabilities help clients protect people working at height and maintain safe, compliant buildings and workplaces. Uni-Safe Access brings more than 30 years of experience in the design, installation, inspection and certification of safe access and fall protection systems, alongside remedial works, planned preventative maintenance, workplace safety monitoring and 24-hour emergency support.
