NHS estates & public sector
Public estates carry years of deferred building risk and a hard fight for the capital to fix it. Ovrsite gives estates teams independent, costed condition evidence that supports a maintenance and capital-funding discussion.
01 The problem
The risk is known. The evidence to fund it is not.
Across a public estate, the roofs and elevations that drive the biggest risk are the ones nobody can safely or cheaply inspect. Condition records go stale, backlog grows, and every failure competes for the same limited capital.
When the money is contested, the estate with the clearest, most defensible evidence wins the case. Too often that evidence is a spreadsheet of estimates, not a current, comparable record of what condition each building is actually in.
02 Plain answers
Evidence that stands up to a funding panel.
How does condition data support a funding case?
Capital is allocated against evidence. A costed, prioritised backlog, with the worst risk first and proposed deferrals identified for responsible review, turns 'the roofs are failing' into a business case a finance team and a board can defend and fund.
Why does the envelope matter to operational risk?
In an operational estate, a roof leak is not just a repair. It is a ward closure, a decant, or an out-of-hours contractor at a premium. Seeing envelope risk early lets you plan around clinical and operational demand rather than react to it.
03 How Ovrsite helps
One current record, across the whole estate.
Inspect the estate on a cycle and Ovrsite Enterprise holds the trend. You see which roofs are deteriorating, which need further investigation, and where proposed investment needs consideration, all graded on one scale and costed into a plan. When the funding case is written, the evidence is already in place, dated and defensible.
- Costed, prioritised backlog maintenance across the estate
- Independent, defensible evidence for a funding submission
- Roof and envelope capture planned around operational services
- A comparable record that holds year on year, not a one-off snapshot
- Capture scope and site controls agreed for each operational site
Public estates, answered
Can you inspect an operational hospital or public building?
Yes. Drone capture is fast and needs no scaffold, so it works around an operational estate with minimal disruption. Where airspace, proximity or site rules apply, we plan and obtain the permissions in advance.
How does this help with backlog maintenance reporting?
Every finding is graded on one risk scale, located on the building and costed into a time-phased plan. That gives you a consistent, defensible backlog position across the estate that supports internal reporting and a funding submission.
Can drone inspection help identify RAAC or structural risk?
Drone capture gives a high-resolution external view of roofs and elevations that can flag areas of concern for further investigation. It supports, and helps prioritise, specialist structural assessment; it does not replace an intrusive survey where one is required.
Is the evidence independent?
Yes. We do not carry out the repairs we identify, which keeps the condition evidence independent of any works contract and defensible in front of auditors and funders.
Fund the estate on evidence.
Tell us about your estate and the funding cycle you answer to. We will fly one building, return graded findings and a costed plan, and show you how it reads across the whole estate.