Accreditations
SafeContractor
Regarded as one of the UK’s leading health and safety accreditation schemes, Alcumus SafeContractor has been working with contractors for nearly 20 years to ensure their legal compliance. The SafeContractor scheme is a SSIP-approved health and safety assessment scheme for contractors who want to demonstrate that they’re taking responsibility for their legal health and safety requirements.
The accreditation process ensures that GLC’s health and safety paperwork is up to date and meets legal industry requirements.
Acclaim Accreditation
Launched in 2012, Acclaim Accreditation is the health and safety accreditation service provided by Supplier Assessment Services. We carry out an online assessment of your company’s health and safety documentation and work activities as an independent competent assurance of the systems you have in place.
The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme
CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) was created by experienced health and safety professionals in 1997 to improve health and safety standards across the UK. In partnership with the Association of London Government (ALG), CHAS was a key developer of the core criteria held in the Approved Code of Practice which supported the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (now recognised as CDM 2015) and is a founder member of SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement). As one of the founders of third party accreditation, they are not only a trusted advisor on health and safety compliance, they are an authority. They set industry benchmarks, provide assurance and reassurance, and offer best-in-class services that are easy to use and cost effective.
This health and safety legislation was created to achieve the following aims:
To simplify health and safety contractor assessment by standardising requirements.
To allow companies to avoid undergoing health and safety assessments for every job.
There are more than 900 public and private sector client organisations and 70,000 contractors registered on the CHAS database.
Constructionline
Constructionline is the UK’s most connected and progressive provider of procurement and supply chain management services, making contracting simpler and helping their customers achieve more. In September 2017, they introduced two new levels of Constructionline accreditation, designed to accommodate the broadening needs of both suppliers and buyers in a one stop shop for Third Party Governance & Risk Management. Constructionline collect, verify and monitor standard company information through a question set that is aligned to PAS 91:2013, ensuring that their members’ high standards are maintained.
Greater London Cradles are a Level 3 Gold member of Constructionline, which means that our details in the PAS 91 Mandatory (C1-C4) sections are verified, using real-time dynamic data; we have an extended, verified PQQ (covering Environmental Management, Equalities and Diversity, and Quality Management, and ensuring legislative compliance); and it is also verified that we possess a valid SSIP certificate.
Specialist Access Engineering & Maintenance Association
Why you should choose and use a SAEMA member:
There are 10 powerful reasons why you should choose and use a SAEMA member to provide and/or maintain your façade access system:
- SAEMA members are serious, professional companies who have chosen to identify with, and support, the aims and objectives of one of Europe’s leading work at height trade associations;
- As a founder member of the Access Industry Forum (AIF), SAEMA and its members are committed to advancing safety and best practice;
- SAEMA members adhere strictly to the latest national and international standards and guidance for façade access and, through their membership of the Association, are actively involved in developing and setting these standards;
- The equipment and systems designed, manufactured and installed by SAEMA members meet – and often exceed – all current UK and European legislation;
- Product quality, reliability and safety are an essential requirement of SAEMA membership;
- Personnel employed by SAEMA members are professionally trained to industry-recognised standards to ensure their competency as required by the Work at Height Regulations (WAHR);
- SAEMA members work to established benchmarks to ensure the consistency of documentation and manuals;
- Clients are automatically informed of their duties and responsibilities under the law and the need to undertake and formally record statutory inspections;
- Through membership of the Association, SAEMA organisations are in touch with industry news and developments and have access to the latest information and advice at all times;
- Above all, the knowledge, expertise and technical competence of SAEMA members – and their commitment to safety and best practice – is unmatched in its field.
Choose a SAEMA member and you will enjoy the security and confidence that comes from dealing with a professional, highly responsible and totally dedicated company – a genuine specialist in height safety.
National Access & Scaffolding Confederation
Founded in 1945, the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) membership now accounts for a significant share of the UK’s total industry workload and is increasingly making its mark in Europe. Access and Scaffolding is an important part of most contracts and both specifiers and contractors need to know they are receiving the highest quality of service. Consequently, many public and private organisations, and an increasing number of local authorities are now specifying that the Access providers they employ must be members of the NASC.
