Pendulum slip resistance testing for Kirkwall property managers, hospitality operators, insurers and solicitors. One to three working days on site as standard. UKAS-accredited reports inside 72 hours of the visit.
Aberdeen offshore-services and oilfield-supply premises tend to run their own slip-testing regime against operator standards. We do the testing; they handle the spec.
Most of our Kirkwall-area work comes from tourist attractions and offshore services. The instructions tend to look the same across all of them — a slip has happened, a letter has arrived, or a new floor needs signing off before it goes into use.
We test at every kind of commercial premises across Orkney, including petrol forecourts, country hotels and schools. The methodology is the same on each one. The pendulum reading is the pendulum reading.
Typical Kirkwall call-out: a slip on a kitchen floor mid-service. We try to be on site fast enough to read the floor in roughly the same condition as the incident. Once it's been mopped, treated or recoated, the reading is no longer about the floor that hurt someone.
Standard turnaround for Kirkwall bookings is three days end-to-end. Same-day visits are sometimes possible if a surveyor is already in Scotland — quickest way to find out is to ring.
Quickest is to ring. We'll agree the Kirkwall site address, scope, access arrangements, and a fixed price. Quote in writing within the hour.
UKAS-trained, with a calibrated pendulum and roughness gauge. Wet and dry, three directions, photographed. Verbal indication before they leave.
Results against UKSRG bands, surface roughness, photos, surveyor's opinion. Drafted same evening as the visit.
UKAS-accredited PDF inside 72 hours of the visit. Suitable for insurer, solicitor or HSE submission.
Pick up the phone if it's urgent — we'll be on your floor one to three working days. For everything else, the form does the job.