For local authorities and public sector bodies, compliance and safety aren’t just legal obligations — they’re essential to protecting the people and communities who rely on your services every day. From schools and civic offices to leisure centres and housing stock, the challenge is balancing complex estates, tight budgets, and high public expectations while meeting ever-evolving regulatory standards.
Ark Workplace Risk partners with councils, local government organisations, and public sector bodies across the UK to deliver end-to-end risk, compliance, and safety solutions. With unrivalled knowledge of the Building Safety Act, fire safety legislation, and occupational health and safety requirements, we help you create safer, compliant, and resilient public estates.
We understand the challenges local authorities face:
- Navigating Building Safety Act obligations for residential assets, including Safety Cases and BAC submissions.
- Managing diverse, high-footfall public buildings with varying compliance needs.
- Balancing compliance with budgetary and procurement restrictions.
- Demonstrating transparency and accountability to regulators, residents, and stakeholders.
- Managing contractor competence and ensuring consistency across complex supply chains.
- Protecting reputation in an environment of heightened public and media scrutiny.
How Ark helps local authorities
Whether you’re a Head of Compliance, Health & Safety Director or Estates Manager, Ark provides the frameworks, tools, and expertise to ensure your public estate is safe, compliant, and resilient.
We deliver:
- Building Safety Act solutions – gap analysis, Safety Case Reports, BAC support, and Resident Engagement Strategies.
- Comprehensive risk assessments – fire, structural, general, asbestos, legionella, and water systems.
- Safety management systems – tailored frameworks for local authority governance.
- Competency management frameworks – ensuring all staff, contractors, and duty-holders meet statutory requirements.
- Digital oversight with QUOODA® – real-time visibility across complex public estates, embedding the golden thread.
- Training and CPD – bespoke programmes for local authority teams to embed competence and resilience.
“The team at Ark is incredibly responsive, reactive and proactive. QUOODA® records everything we need, is easy to manipulate and helps us maintain the golden thread and manage risks effectively.”
Proven results in the public sector:
- Reduced compliance administration burden by up to 40% through QUOODA®.
- Delivered safer, more resilient estates through competency frameworks and training.
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