More than ever, it’s critical for construction organisations to prioritise the safety of everyone within their supply chain, from their own employees to the contractors they work with. We’re here to support you in upholding the professional standards of your organisation by offering transparency and visibility throughout your supply chain.
How SafeContractor can help construction organisations
Health & safety compliance
Although construction is vital for progress, it carries substantial health and safety risks. As an organisation, you’re tasked not only with ensuring a safe and healthy work environment but also with providing training, identifying risks, and regularly reviewing contractor compliance and safety policies.
Supply chain compliance and visibility
Supply chain compliance and visibility are essential for meeting regulatory requirements, mitigating risks, upholding ethical standards, and improving efficiency with organisations.Real-time monitoring of contractor compliance and the ability to identify potential risks are indispensable.
Improving supply chain sustainability
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance gains more importance at the board level, construction companies need to update their supply chain management and reporting abilities, as well as their procurement processes, to demonstrate their commitment to these priorities.
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Our dynamic question set
SafeContractor stands out as one of the few health and safety certification schemes that go beyond core criteria. We ask contractors dynamic, risk-based questions tailored to their business profiles and work types, ensuring all queries are relevant and proportionate to the specific risks involved.
Our dynamic risk-based assessment is designed to mitigate risks and prioritise safety. From ensuring compliance with industry best practices and continuously monitoring health and safety credentials to assessing operational, ethical, and financial risks, we’ve got you covered.
Our approach to construction contractor management
Our proportionate stance
At SafeContractor, we understand the unique challenges faced by small contractors, which is why we take a proportionate approach to our assessments. Our evaluation process is scaled to fit the size and complexity of each contractor’s business, ensuring it’s both fair and manageable. Despite this tailored approach, we maintain rigorous standards to ensure all contractors are compliant and competent to undertake work.
Our certification
Our SafeContractor certification pre-qualification question set aligns with the Common Assessment standard (CAS) and our certification aids in CDM compliance. Covering quality management, environmental practices, health and safety, and social responsibility, these standards enhance reputation, build stakeholder trust, improve efficiency, mitigate risks, and boost competitiveness.
Our people first approach
At SafeContractor, we have the UK’s largest in-house team of dedicated technical experts, which allows us to take a proportionate approach to assessments, tailoring our evaluation process to fit each contractor’s size and complexity. With over 90% of suppliers onboarded and a dedicated team, we provide a thorough approval process, ensuring confidence in your supply chain.
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Building Safety Act (BSA) coverage as part of your assessment
SafeContractor now includes dedicated Building Safety Act (BSA) questions as part of our construction assessments for contractors acting as Principal Designers, Designers, Principal Contractors, or Contractors.
These questions focus specifically on building safety (separate from CDM) and help demonstrate your alignment with the latest regulatory expectations. It’s all part of our commitment to supporting best practice and giving clients greater confidence in contractor compliance.
The SafeContractor platform offers a more transparent and compliant supply chain. With the support of our in-house team of expert auditors, you can map, analyse and report on your on-site and off-site suppliers and contractors. This gives you the information you need to take control and mitigate the biggest risks to your business.
SafeContractor offers you:
Visibility: View your entire supply chain and make informed decisions about who you work with.
Auditing: Our experienced in-house audit team conducts comprehensive audits of your supply chain and helps identify any gaps in relation to health and safety, ESG, sustainability, quality, and more.
Compliance: Identify the suppliers and contractors who are compliant, as well as those who aren’t.
Efficiency: Save time and money by streamlining your supply chain data using our digital platform, allowing you to focus on other priorities.
Sourcing: Use our platform to identify safe, compliant, and ethical contractors and suppliers in your local area.
We take contractor and supplier onboarding off your hands so you can get on with other critical tasks.
Credentials
We’re the largest SSIP registered member to hold UKAS naccreditation, which means we’re open to a higher level of external scrutiny.
In-house expertise
Our technical experts will rigorously audit your supply chain, providing you with an accurate view of compliance levels.
Customer care
You’ll benefit from a dedicated Customer Success Manager to guide you through the process and answer any queries.
Relevance
The question set on our platform is dynamic, which means it changes depending on the activities of your suppliers and contractors. This allows you to manage the work they can do more accurately.
A central repository
Add notes, documents, and contractor RAG ratings to the platform so that you can keep all your key supply chain information in one place.
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Our customers say it best
At SafeContractor, we’re proud to help more than 50 construction sector clients maintain a robust supply chain using our state-of-the-art platform.
“Partnering with SafeContractor provides greater control of competencies, increases knowledge and assists in raising standards for our business in an efficient and compliant manner.”
Briggs & Forrester, Building Services
“We have used SSIP providers before, but for us, SafeContractor is the gold standard. They provide our existing contractors the means to improve and grow their businesses too.”
Homyze, Construction and Fit-Out Firm
“With SafeContractor we can quickly and easily source certified contractors from their 37,000 members. We can protect our reputation and save time when vetting subcontractors.”
Paramount, Construction and Fit-Out Firm
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Hear from our experts
“Partnering with SafeContractor streamlines operations, saves time and money, and lets you manage supply chain skills more easily. It also makes it simpler to report on your social and environmental performance, including carbon emissions management as we drive towards achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050. Let’s transform your supply chain together.”
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Our new White Paper outlines the specific challenges and risks around contractor management, as well as exploring the tools and techniques to address these challenges.
