Renewing your Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) accreditations is a time-consuming process. Are there any ways of making it run more smoothly? What should you be doing?
Published 12.02.2015
The introduction of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 confirmed that a more pragmatic approach to contractor selection should be taken. So is this happening?
Published 25.04.2016
The Common Assessment Standard has been developed by a group of construction sector giants in the hope of finally putting an end to the drawn out bureaucracy faced by many sub-contractors. What do
you need to know?
Published 17.05.2019
Will the introduction of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2014 signal the end of third party competency schemes, including Chas, Constructionline, etc., or will these continue as
they are?
Published 23.06.2014
A colleague has told you that if you employ a CDM co-ordinator for a construction project, they must have certain qualifications and be a member of the Association of Project Safety. Is this the
case?
Published 22.10.2007
There’s a new online system that provides a faster and easier way of completing pre-qualification questionnaires. How does it work, are there any costs involved and is it something that you should
use?
Published 04.05.2011
If, like many, you’re fed up with completing numerous contractor competence questionnaires, the British Standards Institute (BSI) may have come up with a solution to end the current farce. What is
it?
Published 12.11.2010
Your staff have been turned away from a construction site because they don’t have Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards. Apparently, having them is now a legal requirement. Is this
really the case?
Published 01.12.2008
One of your clients has requested that all the staff you intend to employ on his site must show a Construction Skills Certification Scheme card on arrival. As they don’t have them, this presents a
problem. What are your options?
Published 26.03.2007