Customer Success • 06.10.20

Case Study Rendall & Rittner

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INTRODUCTION

 

Rendall & Rittner are one of the largest property management companies operating across the UK. With a large and growing residential property portfolio, the company manages more than 80,000 individual units. Their innovative thinking sets them apart and enables them to deliver outstanding management to their clients and lessees.  This is achieved through actively building relationships with both clients and contractors on a daily basis.


CHALLENGE

 

Rendall & Rittner were seeking a solution that would add support and specialised experience to their team, offering greater visibility of their supply chain to ensure that they were compliant throughout. Furthermore, to only hire contractors that had been pre-approved to the same benchmark of health and safety for the work that they needed.


The fact that SafeContractor accredit contractors for the specific type of work that they do, and how they do it, made them very appealing to work with.

Vanessa Brandham, Head of Health and Safety, Rendall & Rittner


SOLUTION

 

SafeContractor offers an easy-to-use online portal that lists all of your existing contractors, as well as new ones you may need, in one easy-to-access location. As the leading UK Health and Safety accreditation, SafeContractor ensures that all these contractors are pre-approved with up-to-date insurance, as well as other regulated areas such as GDPR, modern slavery, anti-bribery and more.

All SSIP members work up to 14-point core criteria and most will then ask their contractors to submit insurance documents in addition. SafeContractor is one of the only health and safety accreditation schemes that go beyond the core criteria to also ask contractors dynamic risk-based questions tailored to their business profile and types of work.

This helps contractors to articulate how they carry out the required work activity, which doesn’t just demonstrate their compliance to help mitigate risks; it allows buyer organisations to make better-informed procurement decisions when considering who to invite on site. This is one of the reasons that SafeContractor is the required standard for so many health and safety-conscious organisations.

As Vanessa explained:

“The fact that SafeContractor accredits contractors for the specific type of work that they do, and how they do it, made them very appealing to work with.”


OUTCOME

 

SafeContractor has now been supporting Rendall & Rittner for a number of years by future-proofing their supply chain management through technology. This has supported their growth by a third, from 60,000 units to 80,000 in their property portfolio.

Vanessa continued:

“By having greater transparency of who is in our supply chain across multiple sites, we can ensure that we are compliant with the ever-increasing regulation in our industry. Furthermore, with SafeContractor we can now source contractors from their 33,000 members to fuel our national expansion.

The SafeContractor accreditation provides confidence for all of our business stakeholders, especially our property managers, as all of the contractors that we work with have demonstrated their commitment to health and safety. This minimises the risk to our business and provides a solid foundation for our continued growth as a leading property management organisation.

We’re also able to give something back to our contractors as SafeContractor offers a huge range of benefits, from health and safety advice to discounts on materials, fuel, energy, and more.”


ABOUT ALCUMUS SAFECONTRACTOR

 

For organisations that need to demonstrate compliance with increasingly stringent legislation, Alcumus SafeContractor, acts as a Supply Chain and EHSQ+ risk partner. We verify the compliance of your contractors and suppliers and make them available through an easy-to-use online portal.

This provides vital insight into your supply chain, enabling you to effectively monitor, manage, and make informed decisions about who you work with.

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Customer Feedback

Don’t just take our word for it…

“SafeContractor provides a measure of consistency when vetting our supply chain. We’re able to use the client portal to select new contractors to work with, saving us time.”

Arnold Clark
Contractor Roadshow

“Alcumus is one of the leading suppliers of global contractor management safety solutions and is trusted by many of the leading brands in high-risk industries.”

Bill Pennington, EHS Research Director, Verdantix

“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 partner with SafeContractor to offer reassurance that contractors who are accredited have been assessed by the UK’s leading health and safety compliance scheme.”

Compass Group UK, Food, Hospitality and Support Services Provider

“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
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