Local context
Portsmouth has one of the most distinctive height safety estates in the UK, anchored by HMNB Portsmouth (the principal Royal Navy base in the south), the historic Portsmouth Dockyard, and the surrounding marine and engineering infrastructure. Naval and dockyard buildings carry the strictest documentation and audit requirements of any sector, and the height safety regime for mast, crane, and rigging access work to standards that often exceed commercial building practice. The University of Portsmouth operates a substantial city centre campus with regular height access requirements across both heritage and modern buildings.
Beyond the naval and university estates, Portsmouth’s commercial sector includes the Gunwharf Quays retail and residential development, the city centre commercial estate, and the substantial Portsmouth City Council portfolio across the island. We cover Portsmouth from our Shaftesbury head office.
Building types we serve in Portsmouth
- HMNB Portsmouth and Portsmouth Dockyard infrastructure
- University of Portsmouth campus
- Gunwharf Quays and city centre commercial
- NHS estate at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- Portsmouth City Council estate
- Marine and dockyard adjacent industrial sites