Surface Performance is a UKAS accredited slip resistance testing laboratory (lab 7933) serving Gateshead and the surrounding Tyne and Wear area. Post-incident work, routine audit, acceptance testing and expert witness — reported within 5 working days.
Gateshead hosts the Metrocentre — one of Europe's largest covered shopping centres. Combined with The Sage and BALTIC cultural venues, Gateshead generates significant UKAS testing demand.
Non-accredited slip tests are not admissible as evidence in civil or regulatory proceedings. When a pedestrian slips at a Gateshead venue — a retail site, a school, a factory, a council-managed surface — the case turns on whether the surface was compliant, and the only way to answer that question defensibly is UKAS accredited pendulum evidence. Lab 7933 is the answer.
The fastest route is a phone call on 020 8246 5562 or email info@surfaceperformance.com. We quote within one working day and typically visit within the following week.
Most Gateshead work is visited within the same week from our West London laboratory. Urgent post-incident work is typically visited within 48-72 hours. Call 020 8246 5562 to confirm.
NHS Trusts and private hospital operators in Gateshead, retail landlords and individual store operators, local authority estates teams, insurance loss adjusters handling claims against Gateshead venues, and multi-site facility managers running portfolios that include Gateshead sites. UKAS accreditation is the baseline requirement across all of them.
Single-site surveys in Gateshead typically start in the low-to-mid hundreds of pounds plus travel, with pricing scaling by number of test locations and report complexity. Multi-site estate audits are quoted separately. Every job gets a fixed-fee written quote — call 020 8246 5562 or use the enquiry form.
Fixed-fee quote within one working day. Nationwide UK coverage from our accredited laboratory in West London.