Serious concerns about safety…
Serious concerns about safety documentation and accountability
Kimpton Energy Solutions was directly involved in the major commercial HVAC/VRF works carried out immediately next to my home.
After everything I have had to uncover about this project, I would not recommend this company.
Documents disclosed about the works show Kimpton involved throughout the project. Yet I have spent an extraordinary amount of time trying to obtain the complete safety and compliance records showing exactly what was installed, tested, commissioned and ultimately removed.
What I find particularly concerning is Kimpton's own disclosed 45-page risk-assessment pack. It covers asbestos, drilling, grinders, electrical work, cable pulling, hot works, dust, vapours, PPE and numerous other hazards. Yet the copies disclosed to me have blank project-name, job-number and project-date fields, and repeatedly state “Uncontrolled when printed.”
Many of those assessments also show a review date of 5 January 2025, while project records state the Moss House works were due to commence on 20 January 2025.
Their asbestos assessment required work to stop if suspected asbestos-containing material was encountered and confirmation to be obtained before continuing. Separately, project meeting minutes record that an R&D asbestos survey was due to be undertaken on 16 January 2025. I am still trying to obtain the actual project-specific survey and its documentary trail.
The disclosed Kimpton risk assessments also cover electrical work and expressly state that operatives must not break electricity-company seals or make final connections to cut-outs or meters. This matters because the electrical design documentation for the project refers to the existing DNO service fuses being upgraded and the DNO being consulted about the suitability of the incoming supply.
Most strikingly, despite this enormous generic safety pack, it does not provide the completed project records I have been seeking for the actual Mitsubishi VRF system including the full refrigerant/F-Gas trail, project-specific COSHH/SDS documentation and the records demonstrating what happened when the equipment was later decommissioned and removed.
Forty-five pages of generic risk assessments are not a substitute for a clear, project-specific documentary trail showing what was actually done.
For major engineering works beside people's homes, I expect safety documentation to be identifiable, current, traceable and readily produced.
My experience has been the