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Construction and Built Environment

In construction the candidate set sits at the intersection of the company's ongoing activity and project-based obligations. Building rating programmes and corporate management systems are not interchangeable.

Candidate ISO standards
10
Non-ISO programmes common in this field
4
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Most commonly confused in Construction and Built Environment

LEED and BREEAM are not corporate ISO certificates

They are project rating programmes. Project type, country, design stage and the registration/review model are questioned; they are not confused with a company's management system certificate.

ISO 45001 does not remove statutory OH&S obligations

A management system certificate does not substitute for legal duties such as appointing occupational physicians and safety specialists.

EN 1090 is product conformity

It is market placement conformity for structural steel and aluminium components, not an ISO certificate.

Candidate ISO standards10

Non-ISO programmes common in this field

These are not ISO standards; each has its own scheme owner, issuing body and rules. Whether they are candidates is decided by activity and buyer requirement.

  • LEED
  • BREEAM
  • EDGE
  • CE / EN 1090 product conformity

Frameworks & audits for this sector

SCCCertification
Safety Certificate Contractors

SCC is an occupational safety certification family (SCC*, SCC**, SCP, SCCP), issued by accredited bodies such as TÜV across several European markets.

SOACertification
Attestazione SOA

Attestazione SOA is Italy's qualification requirement for public construction contracts of €150,000 or more, issued by ANAC-authorized bodies.

BeSaCCAttestation
BeSaCC

BeSaCC is a Belgian safety attestation for smaller, lower-risk contractors — reviewed by an expert panel, not audited by a certification body like SCC.

SCLAudit methodology
Safety Culture Ladder (Veiligheidsladder)

Safety Culture Ladder 2.0 is a five-step assessment method NEN administers to measure safety awareness and behaviour in organisations.

BuildingConfidencePrequalification register
BuildingConfidence

BuildingConfidence is Achilles' UK construction pre-qualification scheme, which the owner says incorporates SSIP and CAS and goes beyond both.

CHASPrequalification register
CHAS

CHAS is a founding member scheme of SSIP, offering three graded levels of health and safety pre-qualification assessment for contractors.

ConstructionlinePrequalification register
Constructionline

Constructionline is a UK construction supplier pre-qualification database, checked by buyers via login — not a certificate a supplier holds independently.

SafeContractorPrequalification register
SafeContractor

SafeContractor is a UKAS-accredited health and safety pre-qualification scheme and a founding member of SSIP, covering eleven listed sectors.

SSIPPrequalification register
Safety Schemes in Procurement

SSIP is a mutual-recognition scheme joining UK health and safety pre-qualification schemes, so an approval from one member scheme is accepted by the others.

StartBANKPrequalification register
StartBANK

StartBANK is a Norwegian supplier prequalification network for construction and engineering, operated by Achilles since it launched in 2005 with NHO.

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"Construction and Built Environment." Certifidex, FutureTechnologies. Last verified 4 August 2026. https://certifidex.com/sectors/construction-and-built-environment

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