Accreditation


Construction Line

Construction Line is a register for pre-qualified contractors and consultants used by the construction industry of the UK. It is a Government-run scheme, which collects, assesses and monitors standard company information ranging from health and safety documentation, company finances and training policies.

This due diligence process and information is accessed by over 2,000 organisations, which demonstrates a contractor’s ability to pre-qualify for projects by becoming members of Construction Line.



BM Trada: Q-Mark Certification Scheme

BM Trada is a UK based, international certification body accredited by major accreditation bodies such as UKAS. Their widely recognised Q-Mark Scheme for maintenance and installation of fire doors demonstrates each accredited member’s ability to supply, install and maintain fire doors to the Q-Mark schemes exacting quality standards.

Each certified member is subjected to both a rigorous initial vetting process and regular on-going checks to ensure that the quality of their work continues to meet the standards of the scheme. Their Q-Mark Scheme raises awareness of Fire Door installation, ensure the product’s fire resistance capabilities are maintained, provides peace of mind that the installer is suitably qualified and that their work is continually assessed by an independent body and equips specifiers with the means to demonstrate that the installation meets the required standard.

Their Q-Mark Fire Door maintenance ensures that participants are suitably qualified to carry out maintenance work to a standard that will allow the door to continue to perform as required and providing peace of mind that the contractor is consistently delivering a quality service through independent verification by a third party certification body.


IFC Certification Ltd is a UKAS accredited and internationally recognised provider of high quality customer focused independent third party certification. IFC Certification Ltd is also a Notified Certification Body for certificating products for CE Marking under the Construction Products Directive.

The company is a member of the long established IFC Group of companies including International Fire Consultants Ltd. In 2021 the IFC Group of companies joined forces with Kiwa Group. The acquisition of the IFC Group of companies adds a new service line to Kiwa’s existing TIC suite of services in the UK.


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