Pendulum testing
across Dorset.

Why Dorset needs real PTV data.

Dorset's tourism and leisure economy drives high footfall, wet conditions and significant public liability exposure. Hotel lobbies, pool surrounds, pier decking and seafront paving are classic slip-claim locations where pendulum data is the decisive evidence.

Coastal tourism, financial services in Bournemouth and the marine engineering cluster around Poole harbour.

Pendulum testing. Not opinion.

The pendulum method — defined in BS 7976 and BS EN 16165, and referenced throughout HSE guidance — is the only test HSE considers reliable on wet or contaminated floors. A rubber slider swings from a fixed height and drags across the test surface for exactly 127mm; energy lost to friction is recorded as a Pendulum Test Value (PTV) on a scale of 0 to 150.

HSE classifies any PTV below 25 as a high slip potential. 25–35 is moderate. A PTV of 36 or above, measured wet and dry with the correct reference slider, is the benchmark for a floor considered safe under normal use. Every report we produce in Dorset is issued under our UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation (Lab 7933) — the method, the technician and the equipment are all independently audited.