SSIP - will be the standard that every construction company will have to adhere to within 10 years, Like Corgi used to be, a governing body, a set of rules / guidelines / standards working in liaison with CITB and HSE, ensuring all construction companies
1) Have bonafide sub contractors ( which means NVQ qualified and HSE tested )
2) Pre Qualify their sub contractors via means of checking their blue CSCS cards are NVQ standard and not expired ,not green site operative cscs / trade references x 2 / physically view the candidates tiling.
3) All construction companies have up to date professional indemnity / contractor all risks / public liability / employers liability insurances relevant to their core business.
4) The company is deemed sound with a full credit check and financial accounts consolidated.
5) The latest Health & Safety guidelines are being adhered to.
in this day and age of blame / claim / suing
basically, with one email / phonecall to SSIP, whoever employs the service of the said company can rest assured that someone else has done the hard work in collating & checking, all of the information required for tiling quality / health & safety and insurances purposes.
We may not like it, but it is the way it will all go, this industry is going through a transition period, but eventually, all tradesman will require a NVQ to work and be insured, insurance companies already ask if the tradesmen are bonafide, meaning qualified... with certificates.... move with the times or be left behind..
