Our direct client in this case is actually Mitie, for whom we undertake a number of services across a variety of industries. Mitie are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company. They look after a large, diverse, blue-chip customer base, from banks and retailers, to hospitals, schools and critical government strategic assets and we are fortunate enough to have become a trusted subcontractor for the Group.
THE CHALLENGE:
The requirement was for this Gas Safe testing to be undertaken at the UCA campus locations in Farnham and Epsom.
By law, commercial premises, and properties rented to tenants, must have a gas safety check completed every year. Inspection and testing must be carried out on all gas appliances and installations in each property. This is a requirement of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
Our engineers make thorough checks with the aim of providing the owner or landlord with a Gas Safety Record.
OUR SOLUTION:
Despite the complications of working around a busy campus inhabited 24/7 by thousands of students and staff, we completed the contract in good time and on budget.
Our extensive records at the UCA Epsom and Farnham campuses show that we were able to successfully sign off the following:
- A description of each appliance tested
- Results of the safety checks carried out on each appliance
- Any safety issues identified during the checks
- Any action or work needed to ensure safety
- Details of the engineer who did the checks, their signature and the date of the check
- Details of the landlord and the property
OUR CLIENT:
University for the Creative Arts was voted the ‘Modern University of the Year 2019’ and the No. 1 Specialist Creative University, ranking in the Top 35 of all UK universities, in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
As the UK’s No.1 specialist creative university for employment of graduates and the second largest provider of creative education in Europe, the University has been producing exceptional graduates for the global creative sector for over 150 years.
96.9% of UCA’s graduates were either in employment or further study within 6 months of graduation in the most recent Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey released in 2018. UCA has more than 7,500 students studying on 120 creative arts, business and technology courses at campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Rochester, Hampton Court (Royal School of Needlework) and Maidstone (Television Studios), as well as by distance learning through Open College of the Arts.
