BESA says companies failed to reach its ‘required competence assessment standard’
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) said it has recently suspended five member companies for failing to comply with its independent audit process.
The trade body said the five, who are not named, joined a further 14 firms which were suspended last year.
BESA said the five companies failed to reach the standard required to meet BESA’s Competence Assessment Standard (CAS) which covers business practices, financial solvency, insurance, health and safety and technical proficiency.
Chief executive David Frise said: “We do not suspend members lightly but take our wider responsibilities to the industry and its ultimate clients – building occupants – extremely seriously.
“It might seem counterintuitive for a membership body to suspend or reject companies but membership needs to stand for something. We would always favour quality over quantity and we now have more companies waiting to join – so sticking to our principles is working.”
BESA said its current pass rate for the CAS audit was 62%. It said this demonstrated the system was “robust” and that “several companies still had work to do to ensure they could meet their legal and ethical responsibilities”.
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