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LEV Compliance and Testing
Extraction that no longer captures properly, a change to the process it serves, damaged ductwork or a thorough examination falling due are the usual reasons LEV work is instructed on a managed site. Note when the issue first showed and any change in use, operation or layout since. A clear timeline distinguishes a new defect from an existing limitation or an improvement already in the plan.
Overview
When several sites are involved, treat each as a separate line in the instruction. Similar symptoms often have different root causes on different installations, so local history and restrictions stay with the site they belong to.
Our full service catalogue, including every individual service, is available across every listed sector and location. For one site or several, we agree the scope, access and programme around the buildings concerned.
What the work can include
Typical elements are a review of the system against its process, inspection of hoods, ductwork, fans and filters, the defined examination and tests, and a report of performance and defects. Inclusions, exclusions and the completion record are written into the scope before the visit.
Each finding is referenced to the asset tags or locations in your register, so results feed budgeting, repeat visits and the next examination.
Important decisions
Airflow at the hood is not the same as effective capture. The system has to suit the actual contaminant and the way operators really use the hood.
Before we visit
Send the commissioning report, user manual, last examination report and a description of the process served.
Give us a site contact, the technical scope approver and the recipient of the action list. Permit, shutdown and contractor coordination requirements are identified before we arrange to attend.
How the work proceeds
Safe access and process conditions are agreed first. The installation is then examined and tested, and findings and remedial actions are explained to the responsible contact.
If the examination is part of a wider programme, we agree the order of sites and how significant findings are escalated. A site with actions outstanding stays visibly incomplete.
What affects cost and timing
Branch count, access, measurement points, the contaminants involved and any missing baseline data all affect the effort. Your enquiry and documents determine what can be priced directly and what needs a site assessment first.
Suitable tasks can be grouped into one programme, but access windows and operational dependencies still have to be checked for every building. Reporting and pricing of additional findings is agreed in advance.
Applications across sectors
Laboratories and industrial premises may run processes with their own substances and equipment. Managing agents need unambiguous landlord and occupier interfaces; education and care premises need work coordinated around vulnerable users. Whatever the setting, controls are built around how the process actually runs. See the full sector list and describe the building's use when you enquire.
Locations covered
Sites in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Darlington and Middlesbrough are all within reach, as is the rest of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Tees Valley and the wider towns and communities in our location directory. For multiple addresses, send the site list and a local access contact for each.
Frequently asked questions
Does replacing a filter complete an LEV examination?
No. Changing a filter is maintenance on one component; an examination looks at the whole system and whether it controls the contaminant as intended.
What information should I send about LEV compliance and testing?
Four documents matter most: the commissioning report, the manual, the last examination report and a description of the process. Add the site and say whether you are investigating a fault, planning a repair or setting up a programme.
What affects the price and programme?
Effort goes up with more branches, difficult access, more measurement points, more contaminants and gaps in the baseline data. Anything further is scoped in its own right before authorisation.
What should the completion information explain?
It should identify the systems covered, the examination and tests performed, limitations and open actions, referenced to your site and asset identifiers so the next examination or maintenance visit can rely on it.
Useful guidance and records
Our guide to remedial action tracking covers the supporting decisions and records. The same guide explains how an identified defect is taken through to evidenced closure. The wider technical and management context is in the official guidance.
Related work and your next step
Asbestos Management is a related service, and the Compliance and Specialist Risk overview shows where LEV work fits. Ongoing work links to maintenance, larger changes to projects, and the full range is under services.
Black & White Facilities can scope the work with clear responsibilities and reporting once we have your asset or site list, any findings to date and the operational constraints. Make an enquiry.
Discuss the scope
Tell us what needs attention.
Share the site, the issue and any access requirements so we can discuss the next step.