By working within the scope of our accreditations, we demonstrate the objectivity and competence of our employees. Our accreditations recognise and validate the scientific methods that we employ and the safeguards we put in place to assure our customers of the reliability of our results.

    Primary Authority (Co-ordinated Partnership) Assured Advice

    City of LondonAssurity Consulting have a Primary Authority co-ordinated partnership with the City of London Corporation, a local authority which is already recognised as one of the most experienced in Legionella management.

    Our Assured Advice;

    “concerns the competence and ability of Assurity Consulting to undertake suitable and sufficient Legionella risk assessments in accordance with the relevant legal requirements.”

    And

    “applies to all Local Authority enforced members of the Assurity Consulting regulated group within the geographic scope of the Primary Authority scheme (England and Wales) who are in receipt of a Legionella risk assessment undertaken by Assurity Consulting following the issue of this advice.”

    “In order for the advice to apply they must be a member of the Assurity Consulting regulated group at the relevant time of enquiry and there must be an ongoing relationship between Assurity Consulting and the organisation.”

    Achieving Primary Authority Assured advice demonstrates Assurity Consulting’s commitment to working in partnership with regulators and builds on our extensive accreditations and quality assurances giving you the best possible standards of service.

    UKAS accredited laboratory

    UKAS Testing 1150We have our own laboratory based at our head office in Horsham. All of the samples our Consultants take on site are processed here. Our team of microbiologists currently process around 35,000 samples every year.

    With the number of samples being handled, it is imperative that we follow specific procedures in order to maintain the high levels of quality that our customers expect. All of our laboratory analysis and a large proportion of our site work is accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) such as our sampling, water testing and air testing.

    Download ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certificate 1150

    UKAS accreditation for our Legionella risk assessments

    UKAS Inspection 0330We are accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service), for our Legionella risk assessment in commercial premises.

    We are accredited for on site testing of pH, Temperature, Bromine and Electrical Conductivity and sampling for subsequent microbiological and chemical analysis to support surveys.

    Our Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Coordinator reviews and updates our quality systems regularly to make sure our customers continue to receive an excellent service.

    Download ISO/IEC 17020:2012 certificate 0330

    UKAS accreditation for our site air and water sampling and testing

    UKAS Testing 1150We are accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) and BSi, to make sure the results of our environmental audits are reliable and reproducible. With UKAS in particular, this means that our Consultants and laboratory staff follow strict procedures when taking or processing samples.

    Our Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Coordinator reviews and updates our quality systems regularly to ensure our customers continue to receive an excellent service.

    Our UKAS accreditation covers:

    Site sampling and testing

    • Microbiological Air Sampling
       

    Site sampling and testing

    • Microbiological Water Sampling
    • Legionella
    • Drinking Sources
    • Cooling Tower
    • Humidifier
    • Domestic Services
    • Water Features
    • Temperature Measurement
    • pH Measurement
    • Conductivity Measurement
       

    Comfort testing

    • Temperature Measurement
    • Relative Humidity Measurement
       

    Laboratory

    • Air - Microbiological Analysis
    • Water - Microbiological Analysis
    • Legionella
    • Drinking Sources
    • Cooling Tower
    • Humidifier
    • Domestic Services
    • Water Features

    Download ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certificate 1150

    Legionella Control Association membership

    LCA LogoWe are a member of the Legionella Control Association - Registration No: 1999/641. Assurity Consulting is a registered Legionella Control Association Code of Conduct service provider. We are regularly audited and assessed by the LCA for a range of services designed to control risks associated with the Legionella bacteria.

    These services include Legionella risk assessments, training, and an on-site service supported by laboratory analytical services using our own in-house UKAS accredited laboratory. Each of these services complies with the Code and Service Standards set out by the Legionella Control Association. Holding our certification to the Legionella Control Association shows that we are clear about what we do, and how it is done and that we are confident in our knowledge and commitment when providing our services.

    Download the Legionella Control Association Code of Conduct

    Download Legionella Control Association certificate 1999/641