Ventro Group

Building safety across several disciplines

Ventro Group works with organisations responsible for occupied buildings. Its website groups the services into fire safety, electrical, security and environmental work. The customer sectors include housing associations, local authorities, healthcare, education, commercial property and government. This is a compliance service for building owners and managers rather than a general construction-material store.

Fire, electrical and security work

Fire services include alarms, extinguishers, emergency lighting, sprinklers, smoke ventilation, fire doors, fire stopping and surveys. Electrical work covers installations, lighting, inspections and portable-appliance testing. Security services list access control, CCTV, intruder alarms and monitoring. The website also describes air, HVAC and water-risk services, including Legionella assessments and routine monitoring. A property manager should define which systems and duties apply to a particular building before requesting a programme.

Planning compliance programmes

Ventro presents case studies, technical downloads, training, webinars and local office information. Its resident liaison material is relevant where work affects homes or occupied sites. For a contract, the useful documents are a site-specific survey, schedule, evidence of qualifications, maintenance intervals and handover records. The website's broad list of capabilities does not mean every office performs every task in-house. The range of services calls for a site-specific scope that names the systems to be tested, the standards applied and the records the client will receive.