Paradigm Gain SafeContractor Accreditation
Why you should appoint a Safecontractor accredited company for you building restoration project
Any property owner that has suffered fire damage or water damage has probably already experienced a great deal of inconvenience, stress and even trauma. The disruption caused may already be quite considerable however the property owner must then start planning for the insurance reinstatement process to begin as soon as possible. They will probably be also hoping for minimum hassle and inconvenience throughout the process.
It is therefore vital to appoint a reinstatement company that has a good reputation, that has a history of excellent work and case studies and that pays attention to quality and health and safety regulations. However it is not always easy to identify which building restoration contractors have the reputation you are looking for. It is important to ensure that the building restoration company meets industry health and safety requirements while they are on your site.
Paradigm Reinstatements Ltd Safecontractor Certificate 2017
Approved by The Alcumus Group
The Safecontractor scheme was set up in 2003 by the Alcumus Group the market-leading provider of technology-enabled compliance risk management, certification and verification services. The accreditation scheme helps to provide property owners with reassurance that their appointed restoration company has met and passed quality assurance criteria to be awarded their Safecontractor status. There are currently around 28,000 approved Safecontractor and the scheme is expanding.
The Safecontractor scheme provides a health and safety audit service for contractors who want to reassure their clients that health and safety is being handled correctly and sufficiently on their sites. Legislation places an ever-increasing burden on organisations to ensure the health and safety competency of the contractors that they appoint. It is therefore vital to have a reliable system in place to assess the suitability of arrangements made by service providers whilst they are on your premises.
Alcumus Group employs around 700 people and supports more than 30,000 clients in the UK and internationally with their Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) strategies. As a result Safecontractor is one of the fastest growing and most widely recognised health and safety assessment schemes in the UK.
Safecontractor approval helps building contract projects by:
Reducing risk in organisations, ensuring that suitable and sufficient health and safety processes are being met
Managing contractor lists in a cost effective way, relieving them of this expensive administrative burden internally
Delivering dedicated client support, to help ensure the Safecontractor scheme is being implemented efficiently
Offering a flexible service, tailor-made to meet their business requirements, including over 400 different contractor work activities
Meeting the legal health and safety requirements and providing the supporting evidence
Providing visibility of current contractors via the online client portal, which also recommends new, approved contractors.
How Does the Scheme Work?
Safecontractor maintain the contractor lists of our clients' to ensure every contractor has the correct qualifications and sufficient processes to ensure the safety of employees, contractors and customers whilst working on your business premises.
Aside from maintaining an existing contractor base, a list of new, pre-approved companies can be supplied for new projects or contracts.
Clients can access their own list of approved contractors online, at any time.
The Process
The process begins once Alcumus receives a list of contractors and service providers who are required to be assessed by their Safecontractor accreditation process.
Next, a dedicated Safecontractor Business Development Manager will provide a quotation based on how many contractors are already members of the accreditation scheme, and how many will be required to join.
After the contractor data is checked, any new contractors to the scheme are contacted and invited to join.
Once the contractors have joined, they are audited for health and safety practices and, if successful, become Safecontractor accredited.
Contractors are audited on an annual basis to ensure that the required health and safety standards are consistent.
Paradigm Reinstatements is based in Central Scotland and is a fully accredited Safecontractor with specialist skills and experience in the building reinstatement arena. Paradigm is one of the UK’s leading experts relating to all forms of building restoration caused by fire damage, dampness in buildings and flood damage. They are also a leading water leak trace and access expert company with excellent cases studies from work they have carried out throughout the United Kingdom.
