Manufacturing and Engineering Magazine Volume 425 - January 2016 | Page 60

CIVIL ENGINEERING STEEL CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATION SCHEME

DRIVING
PERFORMANCE
The SCCS was established in the early 1980s to
provide a Quality Management Systems certification
service for steelwork contracting organisations
The Steel Construction Certification
Scheme continues to drive performance in the steelwork industry. The
scheme, which assesses and certifies
the capabilities of steelwork contractors and associated companies
against International Management System standards, has been established since 1986. Since its
inception it has remained committed in its pursuit of driving standards and securing best practice across design, manufacture and erection
processes and associated procedures and practices in the steelwork construction industry.
Quality management systems operated by
the certified contractors are formally
assessed to ensure compliance with the
requirements of ISO 9001:2008. Each certificate issued is valid for three years during
which period SCCS conducts regular surveil-

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lance audits to monitor continued compliance
with the certified management system.
Meanwhile, environmental management
systems operated by the certified contractors are formally assessed to ensure compliance with the requirements of ISO
14001:2004, and occupational health and
safety management systems operated by the
certified contractors are formally assessed
to ensure compliance with the requirements
of BS OHSAS 18001:2007.
Assessment and certification is governed by
an independent certification board whose
members are selected from each sector of the
steel construction industry. The board provides
the essential technical links to ensure that the
correct interpretation of standards, new technologies and work practices are applied to
assessment and certification.

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