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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.

The questions we ask before producing a result

  1. Are you a main contractor, a subcontractor or a materials manufacturer?
  2. Do your own employees or subcontractors work on site?
  3. Do you bid for public tenders?
  4. Is there a green building or financing requirement for the project?
  5. What is the scale of the asset portfolio you manage?

Candidate ISO standards 10

Most commonly confused in this field

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.

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

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