Inspection, Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance & Reporting
Assesmont Group Ltd offers a range of inspection, maintenance, reactive maintenance and reporting services for projects throughout the UK.
Our experienced assessment team are able to thoroughly inspect and provide detailed cost estimates for any maintenance project, large or small. We use the latest technology to ensure accurate results and our team can even provide additional advice on potential solutions if needed. Our reporting service involves attending your site, carrying out detailed survey and performing any minor repair works where possible. We will then prepare a report on any dangerous items or major repairs required and if requested quote for the works to be carried out.
Maintenance & Reactive Maintenance
We understand the importance of durability and longevity in our industry. Therefore, we offer maintenance services to our clients to ensure their steel structures, steelwork items and coated finishes remain in excellent condition over time. This can involve rust prevention, structural integrity checks, repair works, and more. Reactive maintenance involves responding to any unexpected damages or wear that might occur over time.
Whether it’s a structural issue that needs immediate attention or damage from external factors like weather conditions, physical deterioration or weather damage, our team is equipped to handle these situations promptly and efficiently. At Assesmont Group Ltd, our approach to reactive maintenance is all about promptness, efficiency, and reliability. We understand that unexpected issues can arise, and we’re committed to resolving them quickly to ensure durability.
Thorough Reports and Robust Solutions
Thorough and comprehensive reports are vital to ensuring the safety of structures, and we are committed to providing clients with detailed information and advice on the condition of existing steelwork structures, steelwork items and coated finishes. A survey will be undertaken with a visual inspection conducted to assess the overall condition of the structure, including any signs of damage, corrosion, or deformation. Based on the findings of the site investigation and survey, a decision can be made on whether the existing steelwork is suitable for its intended purpose or if repairs or modifications are necessary.
After our survey, we produce a comprehensive report that details the scope of our assessment, a list of all inspections and work that has been carried out (including remedial and anticipated repair works), an aerial image (where possible) to further illustrate the scope of our survey and, of course, all of our findings including photos. Our aim is to remediate all minor issues on the day, however, in some cases, additional advice may be required on potential solutions for any major issues found. Our experienced professionals are able to provide this advice, outlining the most suitable and cost-effective solution for each individual project.
BS 8210:2020 Building Escape Route Inspections
BS 8210:2020 recommends a structural survey of the external fire escapes, CAT ladders, platforms and gantries – in fact any route that can be deemed as an escape route – of a building at least every 5 years as well as regular maintenance checks.
We recommend to our clients that existing steel structures are inspected on an annual basis. All our inspections carry out a maintenance check on the whole steel structure where we will highlight any defects that are visually possible to see.
We don’t carry out intrusive surveys i.e. removal of existing paintwork or digging out footings to check the structure underneath. We will highlight any areas where we can see that the structure or finishes are deteriorating and highlight possible solutions to extend the life span. If required, we do have an external structural engineer who can verify our findings and calculate the required strengthening works should it be deemed required or requested by the client.
Please note this requirement for verification by a structural engineer would always be at an additional cost to the initial inspection and report cost as we do not include this in our standard inspection fee. The cost of this would vary on each individual item inspected.
NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) can be carried out, which can be done by visual inspection, MPI inspection or ultrasonic inspections of the steel and the welds. Again this is not something we include within our standard inspections costs but can be carried out at an additional cost should it be deemed necessary or requested by the client.
In addition to the maintenance inspections, when on site we will carry out minor repairs such as fixing handrails being out of alignment or level (where possible). Tightening lose fixings and replacing missing fixings where possible, minor finish repairs such as paint touch-ups where paint is cracked or chipped and spray galvanised items where rusting is occurring. We only carry this out locally and if the steelwork underneath is in a fair condition. We will not cover up areas of significant damage or deterioration. These areas will be highlighted to the client in our report with possible solutions given to rectify issues. Any additional requirement for significant repairs will again come at an additional cost to the initial inspection and report.
If we find any item on an escape route (staircase, cat ladder, platform, gantries etc) is in a state where we don’t believe it’s safe to use, we will immediately inform the client and suggest that the structure be taken out of use until repair or replacement works are carried out, to ensure the continued safety of users of the structure.