Industry
OUTCO is a reliable and experienced services provider for industry, with a proven track record in working with industrial facilities from logistics to infrastructure, commercial and petrochemical giants
Industry
OUTCO’s outdoor maintenance and compliance services are critical to UK industry for a number of reasons, including:
- Health and safety: Regular maintenance of outdoor areas can help to prevent accidents and injuries. For example, ensuring that walkways are slip-free in winter and that grounds are safe can help to prevent slips, trips, and falls.
- Risk Management: Proper maintenance and compliance practices also serve as a form of risk management. By identifying and addressing potential issues early on, businesses can avoid costly and reputation-damaging incidents.
- Environmental protection: Outdoor maintenance can help to protect the environment by preventing pollution and contamination. For example, regularly sweeping up spills and leaks can help to prevent pollutants from entering the water supply. The UK places a strong emphasis on environmental protection and sustainability. Compliance with environmental regulations is essential to minimize the environmental impact of industrial activities. Proper maintenance can also prevent leaks, spills, or emissions that could harm the environment, water sources, and wildlife.
- Operational Reliability: Regular maintenance and compliance help ensure that industrial facilities and equipment remain in good working condition. This minimizes downtime due to unexpected breakdowns, which can be costly and disrupt production schedules.
- Property damage prevention: Regular maintenance can help to prevent damage to property. For example, repairing cracks in pavements can help to prevent them from becoming bigger and causing more damage.
- Increased productivity: Well-maintained outdoor areas can help to improve productivity by creating a safe and comfortable working environment. For example, employees are less likely to be distracted by hazards if the area is clean and tidy.
- Compliance with regulations: Many industries are subject to regulations that require them to maintain their outdoor areas in a safe and clean condition. For example, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires businesses to ensure that their premises are safe for employees and visitors.
Proper outdoor maintenance and compliance practices serve as risk management. By identifying and addressing potential issues early on, businesses can avoid costly and reputation-damaging incidents
Critical Infrastructure
OUTCO are trusted partners to many of the UK’s major businesses working within critical infrastructure. We manage over 7,500 sites, operating 24/7 365 days a year to provide our clients with peace of mind that outdoor estates are safe, compliant and accessible all year round. OUTCO is a reliable and experienced provider of site management and maintenance services, with a proven track record in working with critical infrastructure organisations such as BT, EE, BP and Engie. OUTCO offers a comprehensive array of services available 24/7, from surfacing works such as minor patching and pot hole repairs, through to major phased resurfacing works to grounds maintenance and civil engineering.
Industrial And Commercial
With an understanding of this difficult working environment that often operate 24/7, OUTCO provides a full range of grounds maintenance, surfacing, infrastructure and winter services to our clients nationwide. OUTCO provides a unique end to end solution for outdoor estate management that is powered by smart technology. We provide a full range of grounds maintenance, surfacing, infrastructure and winter services to our industrial and commercial clients nationwide, bundling services into comprehensive data-rich value add solutions. Our comprehensive array of services is available 24/7 and includes everything from surfacing works such as minor patching and pothole repairs, through to major phased resurfacing works to grounds maintenance and civil engineering.
Logistics And Transport
Thanks to extensive experience working in this challenging, 24/7 working environment, OUTCO provides a full range of grounds maintenance, surfacing, infrastructure and winter services to clients in the logistics and transport sector nationwide. As a national service provider to brands such as Amazon, Royal Mail and DPD, we understand the importance of minimising disruption during maintenance work at transport, logistics & distribution centres.
Petrochemical
Working closely with global brands such as BP and Shell and operators such as Euro Garages, OUTCO are an approved service provider to the petrochemical sector. Through our extensive work alongside our clients, OUTCO holds a breadth of relevant accreditations and a workforce trained to work in the Petrochemical environment, with a combination of client-specific training and SPA accreditations. We also have experience working on site in petrol station and service station environments, with capabilities to deliver right across the UK. Together with our commitment to quality, service and innovation, this petrochem retail experience has secured OUTCO national framework agreements with some of the UK’s leading petrochem organisations.
OUTCO provides a complete range of winter maintenance as part of our outdoor maintenance services to keep outdoor estates free of snow and ice, ensuring sites remain safe, compliant and operational even through the harshest of winters. From gritting to snow clearance, our winter services come with a full audit trail and automatic indemnity for protection against claims
Our grounds maintenance services keep the grounds of your estates well-managed, tidy and appealing. With our PPM or one-off grounds maintenance services, our outdoor maintenance teams ensure that you have well-managed grounds and communal areas, important for enhancing your consumer and employee experience
Asset maintenance and replacement services for estate infrastructure, keeping your assets fully maintained, operational, and up to specification, 365 days a year come rain or shine. Our reactive outdoor maintenance services ensure that your compliance and health and safety obligations are always kept up to standard.
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