Fully Compliant Risk Assessments for Legionella in the UK
With over 7 years of happy customers and over 50 years of experience in the control of legionella across our team. We pride ourselves on being communicative, professional & reliable. We’re always just a phone call away and no question is ever too small.
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At Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd, we have over 50 years combined experience providing fully compliant legionella control & water hygiene / treatment services for companies large and small throughout the UK. Our friendly staff are always on call to help you with any enquiry you may have.
Unlike other legionella risk assessment companies, Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd can also provide you with monitoring programmes, training, remedial works and cleaning & disinfection services as well as ongoing support and self delivery packages. This will allow you to monitor your water system and to stay compliant with Acop L8 legislation and HSG274 guidance.
Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd has a team of experienced, City & Guilds qualified legionella risk assessors. We are highly experienced in assessing the risk for Legionella, including full colour CAD drawn schematic diagrams, in line with the requirements of Acop L8, HSG274, BS8580-1 2019 & HTM04-01 for Healthcare buildings.
Leisure & Retail, Social/Sheltered Housing, Care Homes, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Offices Hospitality, Educational, Residential.
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After you enquire we’ll be in touch to discuss your full requirements and agree the scope of the assessment. This will much depend on the size and system installed within your site(s). Some buildings have many types of cold water storage tank, water heaters, calorifiers etc. Buildings can also have water features which must be assessed and controlled. Industrial premises often have process water systems which are complex but provide real risk in terms of bacterial growth and amplification.
A qualified and experienced assessor will visit you at your premises to carry out a detailed inspection of your water system including water sampling if requested / agreed.
Any legionella logbooks, training qualifications / records, monitoring, inspection and cleaning records will need to be inspected if present.
The assessor will then inspect the water system. This includes assessing each system individually:
Temperatures will be taken from taps, showers and other outlets, photographic evidence taken of risk & general observations. Our assessor will need to check as much pipework as possible. Risers, roof spaces and cupboards may also be checked.
The assessor will need to meet with the building manager or responsible person to inspect any previous legionella assessments you may have and your legionella monitoring log book to confirm control measures currently used to control the risk.
They will also need to check the competency of staff which will involve inspecting training records they have. Our assessor will also need to find out about the types of people using the building such as general ages of staff and building users in order to identify if susceptible people are present. This also provides a risk rating for the report which will confirm the risk of exposure.
Once this is complete, then the assessor will need to inspect all of the water system(s) in full. This will involve inspection and testing the mains cold water supplies, cold water tanks, water heaters, water features, heating systems and all pipework feeding your taps, baths, sinks, showers and outlets. Temperatures will need to be tested from as many outlets as possible. Photographs will be taken of general observations and anything else considered to be a risk.
We commonly identify risks such as:
Our assessor will need access to as many areas of the building and system as possible, which will help with the schematic diagram we will produce for your system(s) as part of the report.
If samples are taken, these will be dropped off directly at a UKAS accredited laboratory and the Assessor will return to our office where they will compile a full report.
Any sample results are delivered digitally to you swiftly upon being received from the laboratory (10 days for legionella samples) however we can receive interim resorts of any samples that appear to be positive before the final result is issued. This ensures you have early warning of potential problems within your water system.
When the report is complete, we will then electronically send you the report and can also post out a hard copy of the assessment in a presentation folder.
We then can provide detailed guidance and assistance after the assessment to ensure the document is fully understood and you are on the path to being compliant. We can also assist with any remedial actions recommended within the assessment, as well as training and equipment.
Legionella is a harmful bacteria which causes legionnaires’ disease. Legionella grows in many common environments such as man made water systems. If your business has a hot and cold water system, it is your legal duty to keep your water systems properly maintained to prevent an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease.
Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia. Symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease include:
Coughing, fever, shortness of breath, vomiting & diarrhoea, headaches, muscular pain.
The fatality rate is approximately 25% for people with underlying medical conditions and around 10% for those with good health.
A Legionella Risk Assessment is a test of water systems and management protocols to identify risks which could lead to legionella bacteria growth.
If you are the owner of business premises or rented accommodation with a hot and cold water system, it is a legal obligation to conduct a legionella risk assessment in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the relevant legislation, such as the Acop L8 (4th edition) and the HSG274 guidance document.
This assessment is necessary to determine the likelihood and level of risk of exposure to legionella and other waterborne bacteria for your staff, visitors, or building users. Failure to comply with this legal requirement can result in serious consequences, including legal action and harm to human health.
An assessor will visit your premises to inspect your water system and management protocols. The assessor will inspect all accessible areas of the system. We will take samples at this stage if agreed in the initial scope.
If we discover legionella in your water system, our trained experienced consultants will give you prompt advice on what to do next.
The onsite element of a test takes from one hour to one week to complete. This depends on the size of the building(s), sites and systems installed. A Legionella Risk Assessment takes around 1 – 2 weeks from start to completion.
To provide an accurate quotation we need to know the size of the building(s), water systems and details about the building usage. For a free quotation, get in touch today!
You should review your legionella risk assessments on average every 2 years. Also if conditions change such as changes in building usage/ water system or availability of new guidance.
Give us a call today on 0330 094 5466 or email info@acquiescecompliance.com. One of our experienced, friendly staff will gather the information for the scope of the assessment and book you a time to suit your needs.
Alternatively, fill in our contact form here and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
“I would just like to say how happy we are with the service we get – they Monitor our water system on a monthly basis they do the risk assessment when needed, always punctual polite and if ever I need them they are at the end of the phone. Nothing is too much of a problem to sort out for us”
Jane
St James’ Catholic Primary School
“Callum and the rest of the team have been a great company to deal with – not always the case with health and safety matters! They were communicative, punctual & courteous.We will be using them again – 5 stars”
Charlie Taylor
Hadsham Wedding Venue
“We have been using Acquiesce Environmental Compliance to carry out our Legionella Risk Assessments, install Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Smoke Alarms to our rental properties. They have been brilliant, contacting the tenants and liaising with them to carry out the appointments (often at unsociable hours).”
Sara Roche
Manager – Rowley Roche & Associates
