HOW DOES CIAPS WORK?
There are two main 'communities' within the service, namely 'member companies' and 'clients'.
Member companies provide information about themselves by completing a set of questions (called the ‘company information profile’ or CIP) in an online database, into which companies also assemble information to support their answers. On satisfactory completion, the company appears on the CIAPS website as having achieved the 'Listed' level.
Some of these answers may then be scrutinised in a certification inspection by a Certification Body, after which the company is shown on the CIAPS website as 'Accredited'.
There is further opportunity for those companies wishing to aspire to compliance with the Construction Commitments to seek an endorsement of their accreditation in any or all of the six Commitments.
For more details on how a company participates in CIAPS, click here.
Clients may be private organisations, national or local authorities, or principal contractors that wish to view member companies' profiles online with a view to retaining/inviting them to provide a service or product within a framework or join a supply chain for a specific project. The level of access is strictly controlled. CIAPS only publishes a list of member companies, their certification status and a summary of key information. All other information held on the company is only accessible to pre-agreed designated supply chain group leaders and is subject to password protection.
For more details of how clients can access company information, click here.