About Excel Inspection Solutions

Excel Inspection Solutions (EIS) was founded on the belief that compliance inspections should be independent, thorough, and delivered around the client, not the other way around.

Our approach

We carry out statutory Thorough Examinations under LOLER 1998, PUWER 1998, and PSSR 2000 across the South East of England and nationwide. Every inspection is conducted by a qualified Engineer Surveyor operating independently of any maintenance provider, which keeps the examination clear of the conflict HSE guidance warns against, where the same person maintains and examines.

Founded by an engineer surveyor

Joe Ward, EngTech MSOE MBES, Founder and Engineer Surveyor

EIS was founded by Joe Ward, a qualified Engineer Surveyor with extensive experience in lifting equipment and workplace safety compliance. Joe is a registered Engineering Technician (EngTech) with the Engineering Council and a Member of the Society of Operations Engineers (MSOE), and holds the post-nominal MBES. He has a Foundation degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Greenwich (2011 to 2014, Merit). He leads the business, and every inspection EIS delivers is carried out by a qualified Engineer Surveyor working to the same standards, which keeps the reporting grounded in real-world practice. Joe's public professional profile is on LinkedIn.

Part of a national network

Most of our clients are based in Kent, London, Essex, and the wider South East. As part of the Engineer Surveyor Inspection Network (ESiNet), we can call upon a national network of qualified engineer surveyors to deliver inspections anywhere in the UK, without the overhead of a large centralised firm. See our ESiNet explainer for what the network is and what membership means.

Certifications

• ISO 9001: Quality Management System certified
• ISO 45001: Occupational Health & Safety Management System certified

Who we work with

Our clients include property managers and managing agents, care home operators, facilities management companies, construction firms, local authorities, warehousing and logistics operators, automotive workshops, and hospitality businesses. Wherever LOLER, PUWER, or PSSR applies, we can help. For related COSHH LEV duty-holder guidance, see our guide.

What "independent" actually means

A Thorough Examination is not the same as routine maintenance. HSE guidance in L113 says the competent person should be sufficiently independent and impartial, and should not normally be the same person who performs routine maintenance on the equipment, so that nobody examines their own work. EIS operates entirely on that basis: we don't sell maintenance contracts, and we have no incentive to pass equipment that isn't safe. See our independence positioning page for the full structural case: what LOLER and HSE guidance actually ask of a competent person, and the four structural conflicts that can compromise a provider’s independence.