Fixed price, quoted before the visit. No day rates that creep.
A DSEAR assessment starts from £400 for a straightforward site with a single hazardous area, from £650 where there are several hazardous areas or hazards, and from £1,000 for larger or more complex sites. Those are guide prices: the final figure depends on the areas, substances and processes involved and how much zoning is needed, and it is quoted as a fixed sum after a short scoping call, before anyone visits.
| Straightforward assessment, single hazardous area | from £400 |
| Multiple hazardous areas or hazards | from £650 |
| Larger or more complex DSEAR assessments | from £1,000 |
These are guide prices. The final cost depends on the number of hazardous areas, the substances and processes involved and the extent of any hazardous area classification or zoning required. The figure quoted after the scoping call is then fixed.
Every DSEAR assessment is quoted as a fixed figure after a short scoping call, before anyone visits. If the site turns out to be smaller than described, the price comes down. It does not go up.
Other UK DSEAR consultancies commonly publish ranges in the low to high four figures. Our guide prices start well below that, and every job is still quoted as a fixed figure after the scoping call, so the number you get is yours and does not move.
| Scope | Typical UK published range | Our guide price | What it usually is |
|---|---|---|---|
| One or two hazardous areas, no process plant | Low four figures | from £400 | A workshop with gas cylinders and a paint store; a park with a bulk LPG tank; a garage; a small brewery |
| Several areas across a site, zoning drawings needed | Mid four figures | from £650 | A contractor yard with stores, fuel and a spray booth; a forecourt with LPG; a food plant with dust and CO2 |
| Larger or complex sites, including process plant | High four to five figures | from £1,000 | AD plant, distillery, chemical blending, multi-building manufacturing |
Two things move a site down the table: existing layout drawings, and an empty or quiet site to work in. Two things move it up: process plant, and a live 24-hour operation. Travel inside Pembrokeshire is never a factor. The scoping call tells you which row you are in before anyone visits.
Health and safety offences in the Crown Court carry unlimited fines, and sentencing is scaled to turnover. That is before you count the shutdown, the insurance position and the contract you lose because a client asked for your DSEAR assessment and you did not have one.
Increasingly it is the last one that gets people to pick up the phone. Tier-one contractors on the big energy sites now ask for it at pre-qualification.
Guide prices start from £400 for a straightforward assessment with a single hazardous area, from £650 for multiple hazardous areas or hazards, and from £1,000 for larger or more complex sites. The final cost depends on the substances, processes and the extent of zoning required, and it is quoted as a fixed figure after a ten-minute scoping call, before any visit.
Travel within Wales and the South West is included. Further afield we add it at cost and tell you the figure up front. There are no surprise line items.
No. Where hazardous area classification is needed, it is part of the assessment. If you only want zoning drawings for an area already assessed, that is quoted separately.
Multiple buildings, multiple separate release sources, a site with no existing drawings, or process plant that needs a basis of safety review. Night or weekend access on a live site also moves it.
No charge for the conversation. Most quotes go out the same day.