About us

ISO 9001 is the world’s most recognised quality management system. The company holds LRQA certificate 860500. Varley and Gulliver are dedicated to quality and continuous process improvement.

Our aim is to ensure that through established standards and procedures complying with the requirements of ISO 9001 and current legislation, the level of quality matches or exceeds our customers expectations. We believe employees at all levels are responsible for meeting high quality standards and encourage their involvement in the quality process.

Our quality objectives have been established by senior management to reflect our customer focus. To assess our performance we operate a process of monitor, measure and act to realize our ultimate goal “Total Customer Satisfaction”. The company’s quality objectives undergo a formal assessment by top management every 6 months to ensure the continuing effectiveness of its policies.

Varley and Gulliver has 10 compliant Vehicle Restraint Systems. This European Standard specifies requirements for evaluation of conformity of the vehicle restraint systems:

• Safety barriers
• Crash cushions
• Terminals (will be effective when ENV 1317-4 becomes an EN)
• Transitions (will be effective when ENV 1317-4 becomes an EN)
• Vehicle/pedestrian parapets (only for the vehicle restraint function)

Pedestrian parapet requirements are not covered in this document. Requirements for the evaluation of durability with respect to weathering are included in this document. Requirements for other forms of durability (e.g. marine environment, sand abrasion) are not included.

CE Marking is a requirement for construction products complying with European Harmonised standards.

This is done through the Construction Products Regulations (CPR), which came into force in July 2013 and stipulates that when a construction product is covered by a Harmonised standard or a European Technical Assessment the manufacturer must draw up a Declaration of Performance when such a product is placed on the market. These products will then be given a CE Mark. The CE Mark is the only mark that attests conformity of the Construction Product. The CPR is a legal requirement within Europe which makes compliance with EN 1317 mandatory as it is a harmonised standard.

EN 1090 covers the manufacture of steel and aluminium structures that are not coverd by a specific product standard.

All installers of vehicle restraint systems in the UK must be trained in accordance with NHSS. NHSS 5a For the manufacture of parapets for road restraint systems NHSS 2b For the design, supply, installation, maintenance and repair of vehicle restraint systems. (excluding bridge parapets). NHSS 5b For the supply, installation, maintenance and repair of bridge parapets. NHSS 10b Permanent vehicle restraint systems incorporating NHSS 2b and NHSS 5b.

From March of 2017 all vehicle restraint system installation operatives are required to be trained in accordance with NHSS 10b.

Installation gangs must have at least one installer to two labourers.

Training Requirements

Labourer:

• Pass CITB operative touch screen test
• Pass appropriate level 1 health and safety test
• Pass NHSS 10b Foundation course

Installer:

• All of the above
• Pass NHSS Job Installer course
• Proprietary system training for each system installed

Note: For safety fence a L2 fencing diploma is required.
Varley and Gulliver are a Lantra approved training provider for the courses indicated above. For further information please visit www.lantra.co.uk.