SNIPEF has joined with certification scheme providers in Scotland to back a new animated film about certification services as the construction industry gets back to work.
The plumbing employers’ association is helping produce a new animated film explaining why the industry should use approved certifiers even more so in a post-pandemic construction landscape.
It follows a Scottish Ministerial intervention last month when Kevin Stewart, MSP, minister for local government, housing and planning, wrote to local authorities to highlight the positive impact of certification. He said that certificates of design and construction provided by qualified building professionals could dramatically reduce the need for local authority verifiers and streamline the construction process.
The new animation also comes at a time when the major industry scheme providers in Scotland have changed the banner under which they operate from the Scottish Building Services Certification to the Scottish Building Standards Certification (SBSC) to more accurately reflect their core competences.
Fiona Hodgson, chief executive of SNIPEF, said: “We are producing this film to shine a spotlight on the many benefits that certification services bring, including public health and safety, greater efficiency and productivity and better peace of mind.
“It creates a straightforward, easy-to-understand message that use of SBSC services can make construction safer, more secure and more skilled, and lead to a quicker and more efficient sector in Scotland.
“This is another step forward in proving that the various elements of the industry can work together for the common good, and that certification can help ensure best practice and uphold the highest possible building standards.”