Creating safe & secure environments for building users
Why Choose Us?
Encon Associates provides expert Security Needs Assessments (SNAs) and SABRE certification consultancy to help developers and property managers foster safe and secure environments for building occupants.
Understanding Security Needs Assessments
What is a Security Needs Assessment?
A Security Needs Assessment (SNA) evaluates the security risks associated with a proposed development. It involves identifying security vulnerabilities and recommending appropriate mitigation methods, helping to reduce potential threats and keep building users safe.
These assessments are often a requirement in planning applications, particularly for high-profile or sensitive projects. If you’re working towards BREEAM certification, Security Needs Assessments can also aid you in achieving vital credits for Hea 06.
What is SABRE?
SABRE is a security risk management certification scheme developed by BRE Global. It provides a structured framework for assessing and improving security measures in buildings and infrastructure projects. Being certified under SABRE demonstrates your commitment to robust security planning and risk management, helping to add value to your development and reassure stakeholders that the structure is safe and secure.
Our Security Needs Assessment services
The Encon Associates approach to Security
Needs Assessments
Our comprehensive Security Needs Assessments aid developers in creating secure environments that safeguard people, property, and assets. We visit your site to identify any potential security risks specific to your project, and recommend proportionate security measures to reduce those risks.
Our security considerations align with local planning policies and Secure By Design (SBD) principles, helping to drive your development project towards planning approval.
SABRE certification
We can also assist developers in achieving SABRE certification. Our specialists conduct security risk management audits and provide advice on integrating SABRE-approved security measures throughout the entirety of your building’s lifecycle. Our independent third-party SABRE assessments help to enhance asset protection and add real value to your development project.
We partner with organisations like yours
We recently renovated a large early Edwardian home. Part of the planning approval was the need to obtain an excellent rating from BREEAM in our renovation. This covered everything from responsibly sourcing materials to energy efficient heat pumps and solar panels. Not being a developer the whole BREEAM process was very difficult to understand at first. Luckily we had Encon, and in particular, Glenn on our side. They provided invaluable advice and guidance, were reachable all the time and processed everything in a very timely manner. What was important was that we were able to seek their advice and counsel before we made key purchasing decisions. BREEAM is a complicated process and can seem overwhelming if unfamiliar with it. Having Encon on board with us had helped us achieve our goals of having an environmentally excellent renovation of a 1905 house.
Additional services
We offer a wide array of specialist services that complement our Security Needs Assessment services and are designed to boost your project’s overall sustainability rating.
From Daylight Calculations and Tree Surveys to Traffic Assessments and Acoustic Reports, our team provides the technical expertise you need to achieve the highest security rating possible.
Want to gain environmental credits or need planning advice for your next project?
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Frequently asked questions about Security Needs Assessments
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