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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU Directive & UK Law) is now firmly embedded into the property transaction process, triggering the legal need to produce EPC’s for those buildings being offered for sale or rental. This applies to both residential dwellings and commercial non dwellings.

From April 2018 the EPC will form the basis on which continuing to offer all buildings for rental becomes subject to the minimum energy efficiency standard provision under the Energy Act 2011. To put it plainly, any building with an EPC rating of less than an ‘E’ band will be banned from being rented.

How we can help

• Experienced team of the highest level qualified Commercial Energy Assessors to level 5
• All Assessors have retained domestic qualification for residential dwellings
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-discipline Service
• Tailored Energy and Property advice
• Chartered Surveyors and CIBSE Low Carbon Assessors
• Fast and Effective service delivery
• Quality Focused
• Competitive pricing system

Contact our friendly, approachable team for an informal discussion today about your building or portfolio.

A DEC certificate and advisory report are required for buildings with a total useful floor area (TUFA) over 500m2 that are occupied in whole or part by public authorities and frequently visited by the general public. You will need to display a DEC sowing an operational rating in a prominent place clearly visible to the public. You will also need to have in your possession or control a valid advisory report.

• Buildings with a TUFA of more than 1,000m² - the DEC is valid for 12 months and the advisory report is valid 7 years
• Buildings with a TUFA between 500m² and 1,000m² the DEC and advisory report are valid for 10 years.
• Buildings with a TUFA between 250m² and 500m² will be brought into scope in 2015 (to be advised).

How we can help

• Experienced team of qualified Public Building Energy Assessors
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-sector service
• Tailored Energy and Property advise
• Chartered Surveyors and Building Services Engineers
• Fast and effective service delivery
• Quality focused
• Competitive pricing system

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All air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kw must be regularly inspected by qualified ACI Energy Assessors. The inspections should be no more than 5 years apart. Since 4th January 2011 all qualifying systems were required to have had their initial inspection completed and duly lodged.

Note: One or more air conditioning systems of less than 12kw are considered as ‘one’ system and their effective output combined.

How we can help

• Experienced team of qualified ACI Energy Assessors to Level 4
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-sector service
• Tailored Energy and Property advise
• Chartered Surveyors and Building Services Engineers
• Fast and effective service delivery
• Quality focused
• Competitive pricing system

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The G2A energy team are skilled in the use of a variety of floor planning tools for both 2D and 3D applications. From a simple 2D marketing representative floor plan through scaled Land Registry compliant lease plans, to the ultimate cutting edge 3D models our team are able to help with even the most complex and challenging building geometry.

How we can help

• Experienced team of Floor Plans Modellers
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-sector service
• Tailored plans to suit all applications and requirements
• Chartered Surveyors
• Fast and effective service delivery
• Quality focused
• Competitive pricing system

Contact our friendly, approachable team for an informal discussion today about your building or portfolio, if you don’t currently use marketing plans then why give them a try with your next building.

The G2A team benefits from internal ex Building Control experienced members, this gives us a unique expertise when dealing with your Approved Document L compliance requirements. We not only talk the Building Inspector language we also talk in Plain English. All SAP/SBEM and DSM calculations are processed and reverse processed until we reach the all important compliance pass standards for CO2 emissions. We do this by taking the time to integrate into the early stage design team thought process which ensures we fully appreciate the aims and constraints of each project, whether large or small.

We go the extra mile to minimise the costs and site supplication issues when offering design guidance on matching the design Target Emission Rate.

How we can help

• Experienced team of On Construction Energy Assessors to level 5
• SAP, SBEM and DSM methodologies
• Code for Sustainable Homes and BREEAM
• Thermal Comfort Calculations
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-sector service
• Tailored service to suit all applications and requirements
• Value engineering
• Liaison with Planning and Building Control bodies.
• Air and Sound site Testing.
• Chartered Surveyors
• Fast and effective service delivery
• Quality focused
• Competitive pricing system

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Our Consultants take pride in their abilities to see with x-ray vision. Let us carry out a full ground up appraisal on your building and we’ll show you exactly step for step how you could costs effectively improve you Building’s performance from mediocre to modern. Being Chartered Surveyors and Building Services Engineers we have the talent to think holistically, whether it’s championing the environmental cause or securing a handsome return on your investment...we can help.

How we can help

• Experienced team of CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants.
• Market leading simulation software toolkit
• Nationwide coverage
• Multi-sector service
• Tailored service to suit all applications and requirements
• Value engineering
• Chartered Surveyors, Building Services Engineers and CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants
• Fast and effective service delivery
• Quality focused
• Competitive pricing system

Contact our friendly, approachable team for an informal discussion today about your building or portfolio.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales and Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 came into force in October 2006. This places responsibility for enforcing general fire precautions on the local Fire Authorities. The Order introduces a risk- based approach to fire safety and requires the Responsible Person to carry out a risk assessment to demonstrate that the fire safety precautions are adequate. Where the responsible person does not have sufficient training or knowledge they must appoint competent person to assist in undertaking the assessment.

How we can help

Due to the often confusing amount of current legislation, building regulations and guide lines for fire safety why not let our competent and experienced assessors help with your fire safety requirements. Our services include:

• Review your current policy’s and procedures and advise on any areas that may benefit from additional compliance in line with current legislation and guidance.
• Review your property’s active and passive fire protection including fire fighting equipment, fire detection, emergency routes, maintenance and other areas that will allow you to identify the level of risk to the relevant persons.
• Record all general and significant findings with recommendations set out in a workable document that can be used in conjunction with your staff fire safety training.

As part of your requirements we will provide on going support to help keep your business legal and protect the safety and well being of your staff.

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) require employers to prevent the exposure of their employees to asbestos. Where this is not practical they must reduce the exposure to the lowest possible level. In addition CAR includes a regulation that places a duty on those that have repair and maintenance responsibilities for premises due to a contract or tenancy, to manage the risk from asbestos in those premises. Where there is no contract or tenancy the person in control will be the duty holder.

How we can help

We provide Asbestos Management and Refurbishment surveys on commercial properties. All surveys are carried out in accordance with HSE HSG264 and HSG227 which are the approved and recognised format for asbestos surveys in the UK.

Our Management surveys include a room by room non destructive inspection of the building materials, sampling and analysis of suspected ACM’s, production of register and management plan (draught copy), assessment of the risk of ACM and derived scores for material risk and proposals for management action. We can also provide update surveys or complete periodic re-inspection surveys where required.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSW Act) requires an employer to conduct their work in such a way that their employees will not be exposed to health and safety risks, and to provide information to other people about their workplace which might affect their health and safety. Section 3 of the HSW Act places general duties on employers and the self-employed in respect of people other than their employees. Section 4 contains general duties for anyone who has control over a workplace.

How we can help

We provide a range of tailor made assessment surveys for commercial property’s from individual tenanted units to complex multi occupied buildings. We can action a review of your present Health and Safety policy, procedures and documentation along with a full property survey that will assess the risk to employees, visitors and contractors. A workable document is produced with risk based control plan, observations, guidance notes and recommendations. Guidance and recommendations take into account the many Health and Safety Statutory Legislations, Codes of Practice and Industry Standards.

Our professional Legionella Risk Assessments are fully compliant with the latest British Standards dealing with Legionella risk assessments HSE Approved code of practice L8.

How we can help

The Approved Code of Practice states that the person on whom the statutory duty falls is required to have access to competent help in assessing the risks. This may involve the engagement of an external water hygiene specialist such as g2a to prepare full and adequate risk assessment.

The Risk Assessment involves our assessor completing a comprehensive assessment of the buildings water system and assessing the risk for its potential to be colonised by Legionella bacteria. We work with minimal disturbance to your business operation, there is no disruption to the water supply.

Following the on-site assessment, we will compile a comprehensive report detailing the level of potential Legionella risk to your employees and public and suggest the most appropriate remedial actions. If the Legionella risk is considered to be high an ongoing water hygiene management program may be necessary.

The Equality Act of 2010 enforces the requirements of the previous Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). A report is the easiest and most comprehensive way of making sure the needs of your disabled employees and visitors are meet. The audit will provide you with a simplified report showing you the journey a disabled person has to take through your property. This takes into account many areas including access, egress, parking, corridors, doors, toilets, lifts, stairs and many more.

How we can help

Due to the increasing volume of published guidance, code of practices, equality acts, building regulations etc g2a can take the strain out of your requirements to comply to the various acts and guidance. Our experienced consultant will visit your property and action a thorough audit of all areas including policies and procedures already in place. The survey report provides a working and training document for management and staff including some of the following.