Host - Case Study

HOST - Student Accommodation - Cumberland Place Southampton

Sector

Student Accommodation Security

CCTV Monitoring

Security Patrolling

Fire Warden Duties

Access Control

The Contract

Construction of new substation.

Veritech have been working in partnership with Host at their student accommodation in Southampton since September 2020.

Front of house and manned guarding services including patrolling at regular intervals throughout the shift utilising the guard patrol system installed on site. We are contracted to respond to fire alarm activations, handle deliveries and post for student residents of the building. We responding to student lock outs to permit only authorised access back into their place of residence.

We handle access control for contractors, responding to noise and anti-social behaviour within the building, reporting of site faults and health and safety issues. Assisting management with new student check ins which occur out of hours and weekends.
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The Challenge

This was a new building and we needed assist with the development of working practises and solutions to issues arising over the first few months.

All staff had to be recruited and trained due to no previously employed staff to employ under the TUPE scheme.

The students were also new tenants and were unsure of the client specific instructions. This increased the workload for the officers who were their only point of contact out of hours.

The Solution

Increased management visits to the site, including out of hours supervisory visits.

Weekly senior management meeting with the building manager during the transition stage and monthly meetings thereafter.

All officers were trained inhouse at Veritech as FPA approved fire wardens, including bespoke training for their site. A range of onsite training was delivered for their specific job role and refresher training relating to the SIA, including ACT awareness.
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We have been using Veritech Security Services for our out of hours security service at our student accommodation. The guards are very good, always professional, well trained with a real can-do attitude which is essential in the student accommodation sector.
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Benefits to Host

Our head office is less than 1 mile from their site, and we have been able to rapidly respond to issues on numerous occasions.

Veritech is experienced in providing security services for purpose-built student accommodation clients. We have local managers and staff who have worked with multiple managing agents & sites across the South Coast.

We can provide additional short notice cover, an example being when Host were short staffed during a recruitment drive for maintenance staff and have also provided short notice security cover due to HOST staff sickness.

Host are aware that we can produce and deliver a range of bespoke courses. We previously delivered fire warden training to maintenance staff on a different site due to a shortage of courses and the increased convenience of doing this onsite.

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Veritech has serviced our sites for several years, they have always demonstrated professionalism with a personal touch. Problems have never become a drama and a solution was always found. I recommend them highly.

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Since changing our security systems over to Veritech we have been provided with a fantastic customer support network and have built a great working relationship with them. Their security systems work great in conjunction with our secure welfare units and temporary accommodation on a variety of different projects. Everyone at the company from those in the office to the engineers and security staff that visit our premises are extremely professional. Their response times have been second to none and we look forward to partnering with them for many more years

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Veritech systems have provided our project with 24 hour security, CCTV and motion sensors and access control. The service that they have given has been exemplary, from the standard of guards through to emergency call outs. I would highly recommend their service and would have no hesitation with obtaining their services in the future.

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