Accreditations

SELECT

With its foundation as The Electrical Contractors' Association of Scotland at the birth of a new century, SELECT became the first trade association in the world to serve the electrical industry. Leaving aside the ancient trades, that makes SELECT - according to the best available information - the oldest of the "modern" trade associations.

There are over 1150 Members of SELECT each one working to our stringent membership criteria.

These criteria ensure that Members work to approved industry standards and that competent individuals, appropriately trained, carry out the work. Technical and commercial inspections are employed to ensure that standards are met and that Member firms are well-run, financially viable enterprises.

SELECT Members have capability across a wide range of design, manufacturing, testing and commissioning skills and each is accredited to one or more of eight technical disciplines

• Electrical Installation
• Safety & Security Systems
• Information Technology
• Telecommunications
• Electronics
• Controls
• In-service Inspection & Testing of Portable Appliances
• Hazardous Areas

The admission criteria for SELECT are comprehensive and include measures for:

• Financial Integrity
• Use of competent and qualified employees
• Requirement to have in place Employers and Public Liability Insurance
• Compliance with relevant statutory requirements and Industry Standards
• Adherence to an approved Code of Practice
• Participation in a complaints resolution procedure
• Health and Safety Management
• Environmental Best Practice

Also through SELECT, firms can join Constructionline, the government’s long awaited national registration scheme for reputable firms.

More info on SELECT – www.select.org.uk

Constructionline

Constructionline is the UK’s largest register of local and national pre-qualified construction and construction-related services.

It offers commercial gains to the construction industry as a whole by supplying public and private sector procurers with a single national pre-qualification scheme, improving efficiency and streamlining procedures for all.

Set up in 1998 in response to Sir Michael Latham’s 1994 report on modernising the construction industry (“Constructing the Team”), Constructionline is designed to streamline procurement procedures, reducing supplier and client costs and wasted time and effort at the pre-qualification stage, rendering the construction industry more efficient and effective.

Constructionline is DTI owned and endorsed, and is a contributor to the Rethinking Construction initiative.

Over 18,000 contractors and consultants, ranging from sole traders and small specialist firms to large multi-nationals, are registered with Constructionline and have all met strict pre-qualification requirements agreed by industry working groups. Constructionline’s firms cover the full spectrum of construction activities from architecture to demolition, as well as construction-related services such as facilities management, security and IT installation. Over 50% of registered firms have a turnover of less than £1 million and 29% have a turnover of less than £250,000.

Constructionline's 1,500 plus clients across the UK range from large central government departments and agencies to Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Universities and NHS Trusts.

More info …. www.constructionline.co.uk