Safety, Testing and Compliance
Safety, testing and statutory compliance
Compliance is the part of running a building where the frequency is not a matter of opinion. Fire, electrical, gas, water and lifting equipment all carry duties with dates attached, and the evidence has to exist in writing before anybody asks to see it. Kairos runs the whole cycle: the assessment, the testing, the certificate, and the reminder before the next one is due.
What is included
Every item below is quoted on its own, or bundled into a single monthly contract with the rest of the building's services.
The calendar is the service
Almost nobody fails compliance deliberately. They fail it because the fire alarm service was six monthly, the emergency lighting test was annual, the EICR was five yearly and the legionella review was every two years — and no single document held all of those dates in one place.
Kairos builds that document first. Every applicable duty for the building, the date it was last done, the date it is next due, and where the certificate is filed. From then on the work is booked against the calendar instead of remembered.
What happens when the records are not there
An insurer asked to settle a claim will ask for the records. So will an enforcing authority after an incident, and so will a buyer's solicitor during a sale. In each case the question is the same, and it is answered by paperwork rather than by intention.
Where a programme has already slipped, the starting point is a compliance review: what applies to this building, what has been done, and what is missing or out of date. That produces a list with dates on it, which is the only thing that turns a backlog into a plan.
Who this is for
- Landlords, letting agents and property managers
- Offices and serviced workspaces
- Residential blocks and communal areas
- Restaurants, cafés and hospitality
- Churches and community buildings
- Retail and commercial units
safety, testing and compliance questions we are asked most
Which of these actually apply to my building?
It depends on the building, what is installed in it, and how it is used. An office with no gas, no lift and no water tanks has a much shorter list than a restaurant or a residential block. A compliance review establishes the real list in a single visit, and it is the sensible place to start.
Do you issue the certificates?
Yes. Every test comes back with its certificate or report, and the next due date is added to the building's compliance calendar at the same time.
Can you take over a programme that has fallen behind?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons clients come to Kairos. Nothing is gained by pretending the backlog is not there: it gets listed, prioritised by risk, and cleared in an order that deals with the most serious gaps first.
Who is the responsible person for fire safety?
Under the Fire Safety Order it is the employer, owner or occupier who has control of the premises. That duty cannot be contracted out. What can be contracted out is the work of carrying out the assessment, doing the testing and keeping the records that prove it.
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