What does a hand-arm vibration assessment cost?
A desk-based or site-based exposure assessment and a direct instrumented tool survey are different scopes. The estimate starts with a tool-and-task assessment, then shows separate allowances for tool groups, worker patterns, missing records, complex work and extra sites.
Check my situationPrice the work that will be delivered
One provider, Air Dust Odour, publishes about £600–£1,000 plus VAT for a single-site HAV assessment using tool inventories and exposure data, and about £900–£1,500 plus VAT with direct tool measurement. These are provider examples, not a market tariff.
- Specify the number of distinct tool and process groups.
- State whether reliable vibration data and trigger-time records exist.
- Require each quote to say whether direct measurements, exposure calculations and a written action plan are included.
What to do next: Use the itemised range only for planning. Give each provider one task schedule and ask for a fixed scope, measurement decision, exclusions, travel and VAT so the quotes can be compared.
What the model adds
The base covers planning and a written exposure assessment. Each tool and worker group adds work. Complex patterns, missing records and additional sites add visible allowances. A fixed spread creates the displayed range.
Direct measurement
HSE says measurements are needed only where suitable alternative data is unavailable. A complex-brief allowance is a planning prompt, not a promise that every tool will be measured. Ask for the exact method and tool count.
Why quotes can differ
Different trigger-time studies, tool conditions, materials, instrumented measurements and numbers of worker patterns alter scope. Health surveillance is a separate clinical service and should not be silently bundled into an exposure survey.
Published prices are boundaries, not a market average
Vendor Atlas uses these provider sources only to constrain the deterministic planning model. Dates, regions, inclusions and equipment differ, so the result is not a market benchmark or a live quotation.
- Air Dust Odour : Publishes around £600–£1,000 plus VAT for a single-site HAV risk-assessment method, or £900–£1,500 plus VAT with direct tool measurement. One provider example, not a market median.
- SGS United Kingdom : Describes tailored assessment and measurement; no numeric public tariff on the checked page.
- SOCOTEC UK : Describes on-site assessment and control advice; no numeric public tariff on the checked page.
What is still missing: awarded quote data normalised to the same asset schedule, access conditions and deliverables. The calculator shows every adjustment so it can be replaced cleanly as that evidence arrives.
Use the comparable-quote standard