| Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality | RSK Group is one of the few environmental consultancies worldwide to have achieved certification to the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards for quality, environmental, and health and safety management. It has held accreditations in all three standards since 2003, when it was assessed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). |
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| Envirolab/Structural Soils laboratories: UKAS and MCerts Accreditation | - Envirolab is one of the UK’s few laboratories to hold UKAS and MCerts accreditation for most testing scenarios.
- Structural Soils's specialist geosciences laboratories in Bristol and Hemel Hempstead are UKAS accredited.
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| RSK Health and Safety Ltd – UKAS Accreditation | RSK Environment, Health & Safety Ltd is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for the sampling, assessment and identification of asbestos in bulk materials. The scope of accreditation includes the use of Priority Assessment (asbestos management), Type 1, 2 and 3 surveys, and laboratory analysis. |
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| Mobile Plant Licence | RSK’s Mobile Plant Licence (No. 27167) gives it authorisation to apply a wide range of on-site technologies, including: - In situ chemical oxidation;
- Excavation and sorting of soils;
- Biological treatments; and
- Free product skimming and groundwater treatment.
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| Waste Carrier's Licence and WAMITAB COTC | RSK holds a Waste Carrier’s Licence allowing it to operate as a waste broker. As required under waste management regulations, RSK has staff with the Certificate of Technical Competence (COTC). |
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| Investors in People | RSK was accredited in December 2002 to the ‘Investors in People’ standard, a Government initiative encouraging UK businesses to improve the skills and well-being of their workforces. |
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Achilles Verify | RSK Group is registered with and assessed by Achilles UVDB and Verify. Achilles is the world’s leading provider of supplier management information - its UVDB (Utilities Vendor Database) registration and pre-qualification system is used by all major UK utilities to source suppliers and contractors. Verify is an extension to UVDB and is used to further qualify suppliers through an assessment of their SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment & Quality) capabilities, thus promoting supply chain efficiencies, independent assessment and benchmarking, credibility in the market place and industry-specific assessments. In 2006, an audit by Achilles Verify gave RSK Group the following scores in management site evaluation: 90.4% for health and safety, 82.5% for environment, and 95.8% for quality. The ratings for on-site performance were: 89.4% for health and safety, 77.1% for environment and 90.0% for quality. |
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Achilles Supply Line | RSK Group is registered with and approved by Achilles Supply Line. Founded by Achilles Procurement Services Ltd (the Irish operation of the Achilles Group), Supply Line provides an online database of suppliers that can be used either as a first-stage qualification system or a direct means of selecting suppliers for contracts above the EU thresholds, ensuring that key procurement decisions are fully compliant with the EU Directives on Public Procurement and providing an audit trail on decision making for tender selection. |
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Link-up | RSK Group is registered with and approved by Achilles Link-Up, the UK rail industry supplier qualification scheme. Link-Up provides a single common registration, qualification and audit process for suppliers that is shared by the UK rail industry. |
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First Point | RSK Group is registered with and approved by First Point Assessment (FPAL), the oil and gas supply chain database for the UK and The Netherlands and is a division of Achilles Information Limited. FPAL is the key tool used by oil & gas purchasers to identify and select current and potential suppliers when awarding contracts or purchase orders, which successfully eliminates costly duplication in pre-qualifying suppliers. |
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Constructionline | RSK Group is approved by Constructionline, the UK's register of pre-qualified local and national construction and construction-related contractors and consultants. Owned and endorsed by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI), Constructionline gathers and assesses pre-qualification information, providing procurers with access to over 14,000 fully accredited suppliers free of charge while providing contractors and consultants with access to over 1,700 buyers. |
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CHAS | Structural Soils is accredited to the Contractor Health and Safety assessment scheme (CHAS), a scheme supported by the Health and Safety Executive and available for use by any public and private sector organisations to use when shortlisting contractors, as well as suppliers and consultants (companies) who apply to work for them. Companies apply to join the scheme so everyone knows they meet acceptable standards of health and safety compliance. |
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