Portsmouth's insurance & legal estate has a slip-risk profile of its own — driven by a coastal city with year-round salt spray and a busy ferry terminal, alongside the usual contamination, footwear and cleaning-regime variables. We provide accredited assessment and reporting across Hampshire.
Portsmouth's insurance & legal estate concentrates around Gunwharf Quays, Commercial Road and Spinnaker Tower, with a wider catchment across Southsea, Cosham, Fratton, North End, Eastney and the rest of Hampshire. The HSE region of competence is South East.
Within this sector, the typical risk vectors are loss of evidence due to remediation, refurbishment or routine cleaning before testing can occur. Slip-related personal-injury claims continue to make up the largest single category of UK public-liability insurance loss. The duty-holder is regulated by the Civil Procedure Rules, particularly CPR Part 35, and the courts, and expert evidence under CPR Part 35 must be impartial, independent, and directed to the court — not to the instructing party.
Typical surfaces we test in Portsmouth insurance & legal sites include any surface relevant to a pleaded claim, with chain-of-custody documentation. Where the surface is wet, contaminated, or in a barefoot zone, the appropriate slider and contamination protocol is selected at the point of test.
All our pendulum work is performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, using equipment calibrated against UKAS-traceable references. Our reports include the full PTV dataset, photographs of test points, calibration cert references, methodology narrative, classification table and remediation guidance.
For insurance & legal specifically: rapid mobilisation, full chain-of-custody evidence pack, witness-statement-suitable narrative report.
Reports are PDF-delivered within 24 hours of the site visit. They include the full PTV dataset, photography, calibration cert references, UKSRG classification, methodology narrative, and remediation recommendations where any test point falls below the relevant slip-risk threshold.
Tell us the Portsmouth site postcode, surface type and approximate area. Fixed-fee written quote within 4 working hours.
Booked into the next available slot for Portsmouth and Hampshire. Out-of-hours and weekend work routinely arranged.
UKAS-accredited pendulum testing on site. Wet, dry, multi-direction. Verbal feedback before our engineer leaves.
Signed PDF report inside 24 hours. PTV dataset, classification, photography, calibration certs, remediation guidance.
Free phone consultation on findings. Independent remediation guidance. Discounted re-test after any treatment work.
Optional annual re-test programme to maintain auditable continuity for your insurer or HSE inspection record.
Standard mobilisation to Portsmouth and Hampshire is 2–5 working days. Urgent or post-incident response within 48 hours is available — call 0208 246 5562 to confirm capacity.
Yes. Our pendulum slip testing is performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, using calibrated equipment with traceable certification. UKAS accreditation is held by a minority of UK slip-testing providers and is the most defensible credential for an evidential report.
You receive a clear narrative of why it failed, which test points are problematic, and a tiered set of remediation options — operational controls, surface treatment, or replacement. We are independent of treatment manufacturers, so the advice is free of conflict.
Yes. Reports are formatted to meet the evidential standards expected by UK insurers, the HSE region South East office, and the courts. Calibration certificates and chain-of-custody documentation are included as standard.
Yes. Our Portsmouth field cover extends across Southsea, Cosham, Fratton, North End, Eastney and the wider Hampshire at no additional travel cost. Single fixed-fee quote, inclusive of travel.
Tell us where, what, and when. We'll come back with a written quote, an engineer name, and a date — not a brochure.