Making sure everyone gets home safe.

We really do care

We’re actually pretty excited to be reliable! There’s something about being dependable that we all think matters, so you can count on us. It means the highest quality engineering inspections. On time. Every time. Whatever the assignment. We pride ourselves on being where we’re needed, when we’re needed. That’s just our thing.

Keep Britain working

Our team of more than 550 engineer surveyors and technical specialists are the best in the industry. Their drive and passion for what they do means they’ll do everything they can to keep Britain working, increasing plant and equipment safety and, in turn, their lifespan.

We’re on hand at every stage of your plant and equipment’s lifecycle. Right from the very start, we’ve got an important role to play. From assessing and verifying your early designs right through to checking your well used piece of kit is still safe to use with our thorough engineering inspections, our team of experts are undeniably the best out there.

This is everything we do

We’re focused on what we do and we do it well – We don’t try to be all things to all people. We only work with those who believe that putting lives at risk is never an option. It works for us, and that means we can consistently deliver for our customers every single time and we’re happy with that.

The BES Group is proud to be UKAS accredited. In fact, we hope you wouldn’t settle for anything less. For you it means complete peace of mind that you’ve chosen the most robust assurance of best practice. That’s got to be a no-brainer, right?

We’re innovative and pioneering and we’ve set the highest possible benchmark when it comes to meeting the needs of our customers. We use the very latest technology to make sure you’re getting exactly what you need from us. From efficient planning to real time reporting, we’ve thought of it all.

Knowing we always do the best job we can with absolutely no compromise means everything to us, which we hope means something to you too.

“Our accreditation is limited to those activities described on our UKAS schedule of accreditation found here: https://www.ukas.com/search-accredited-organisations/”

We’re more than qualified – we’re so proud of our credentials that we wanted to tell you a bit more about them

We take risk seriously, very seriously.  We believe that managing risk cannot be a side line. It’s everything we do. We couldn’t be prouder of our impressive credentials and we believe they really underpin everything we’re working to deliver for our customers, every day.

• First business to receive UKAS accreditation to ISO/IEC 17020
• Founding member of SAFed
• UKAS Accreditations (UKAS company reference No. 9230)
  • An Inspection Body for conformity assessment, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional checks in accordance with the RID, ADR and IMDG Codes. Periodic examination, testing and certification in service of UK road tanks in accordance with the requirements of Part 3 of the Approved Derogations and transitional provisions
  • A Notified Body for conformity assessment, reassessment of conformity and periodic and intermediate inspection and exceptional checks of TPED tanks in accordance with CDG Regulations 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 & 22
  • Safe Contractor Certificate of Accreditation
  • Certificate of Accreditation for the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS)
  • Inspection Body to the Malaysian Factories Machinery Regulations 1970
  • Inspecting Authority and Competent Authority under the Indian Boiler Regulations
  • Type ‘A’ Inspection Body (ISO/IEC 17020:2012) for Pressure Equipment, Welding Procedures and Welder Approvals, Lifting Equipment, Local Exhaust Ventilation Equipment, Power Presses
    

    And even more…

  • Testing Laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025:2005) for Mechanical, Metallurgical and Non-Destructive testing of metals
  • Quality Management System Certification Body (ISO/IEC17021:2015) for audit and certification of quality management systems to ISO 9001
  • Accredited by ASME as an Authorized Inspection Agency AIA-001 to cover Sections I, III Divisions 1 & 3, sections IV, VIII Divisions 1, 2, 3, Section X and XII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code in accordance with QAI-1, parts 1 and 5
  • Accepted by the National Board as an Authorized Inspection Agency. In accordance with the provisions of National Board publication NB-360 & NB-369
  • NICEIC Approved Contractor for Initial Verification and/or Periodic Inspection of Electrical Installation work. Including areas where potentially explosive atmospheres may be present
  • Appointed by the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as a Notified Body under European Directive (Identification No. 0040) for The Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, Simple Pressure Vessels Directive 2014/29/EU, the Lifts and Safety Components for Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU & the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
  • Designated as a Notified Body under the Construction Products Regulation (305/2011/EU-CPR)
  • Appointment by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) to undertake the inspection of Tanks/Road & Rail Tankers as:
  • An Inspection Body for conformity assessment, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional checks in accordance with the RID, ADR and IMDG Codes. Periodic examination, testing and certification in service of UK road tanks in accordance with the requirements of Part 3 of the Approved Derogations and transitional provisions
    

    And even more…

  • A Notified Body for conformity assessment, reassessment of conformity and periodic and intermediate inspection and exceptional checks of TPED tanks in accordance with CDG Regulations 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 & 22
  • Safe Contractor Certificate of Accreditation
  • Certificate of Accreditation for the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS)
  • Inspection Body to the Malaysian Factories Machinery Regulations 1970
  • Inspecting Authority and Competent Authority under the Indian Boiler Regulations