BuildingConfidence is the UK’s highest level of construction accreditation connecting the most discerning buyers with rigorously prequalified sub-contractors and suppliers to provide unrivalled supply chain transparency and reporting confidence.
Buyer members of BuildingConfidence include some of the UK’s leading construction and infrastructure brands.
BuildingConfidence is an exclusive network of rigorously validated and audited suppliers and sub-contractors and major buyers working together to achieve ever higher standards and create a safer, more sustainable and efficient UK construction industry. It is also the UK construction industry’s most in-depth and comprehensive supplier auditing programme.
BuildingConfidence incorporates both Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) and the Common Assessment Standard (CAS) and, importantly, goes beyond these standards to enable suppliers and sub-contractors to demonstrate superior operating standards and buyers to sub-contract with exceptional levels of confidence.
Show your commitment to a higher level of safety and risk management with a BuildingConfidence accreditation and prequalify to bid for some the UK’s biggest and important projects across construction, rail, energy and more.
Achilles gold standard supplier audit is the most effective way to prove your commitment to safety, quality and sustainability. Go beyond Common Assessment Standard and SSIP.
Achilles works with supply-side businesses to help you strengthen your credentials and build long-lasting competitive advantage.
Pre-qualify for major projects with some of the UK’s biggest organisations investing in construction, transport, energy and more and fast track business growth.
Supplier Membership
Our 3 levels of membership can be enhanced to suit your needs. You can also go further by adding extras like carbon reduction, ethical employment audits and audit non conformance reviews.
Suitable where Common Assessment Standard is not required. Demonstrate compliance and improve visibility with a single pre-qualification questionnaire and SSIP Deemed to Satisfy.
Provides all Silver+ benefits plus a Common Assessment Standard accreditation and desktop audit to give your customers additional reassurance.
Provides all Silver+ benefits plus Common Assessment Standard accreditation and full on-site audit for the highest levels of assurance.
We make the process of switching to BuildingConfidence smooth and straight forward. Once you’ve signed up and passed us your relevant documentation we’ll handle migrating all your data to the Achilles System.
To get started simply click here.
We work with you to minimise the effort and of course you get the benefit of Achilles superior accreditation.
We will make sure to keep you informed every step of the way.
Protect your business from contractor risk with Achilles supply chain due diligence and the BuildingConfidence network of rigorously audited, prequalified suppliers and sub-contractors.
Access your supplier and supply chain data, demonstrate compliance and improvement and make annual reporting easier.
Match with 1000s of suppliers using personalised compliance and qualification criteria using our prequalified supplier network.
Achilles goes further – assessing suppliers across a wider range of criteria including health and safety, cyber, financial, GHG emissions and ESG.
“In terms of value, Achilles BuildingConfidence gives Skanska visibility and transparency of our supply chain and highlights where the major risks lie.”
Achieve construction excellence by simplifying the process of gaining CAS accreditation. Our industry leading system and customer support will help you to meet your compliance requirements, benchmark against your peers and have a platform for improvement.
Set your own parameters through custom scoring, personalised compliance and qualification criteria. Compare your ratings with other anonymous buyers.
Integrate supply chain information into your own in-house systems to support more efficient and lower risk procurement.
Help and support
Click on the links to download useful help documents, or visit the help site here for more help and support.
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